Bowhunting Windy Days
10-13-2012, 03:51 AM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: ELY, MINNESOTA
Posts: 80
Bowhunting Windy Days
What do you guys do when its really windy out like 15mph+? What type of stand should I set up for this situation. Latly its been really windy and I just want to go out but everytime I have gone out and its windy I see no deer. I must have wrong stand locations.
Thanks
Thanks
10-13-2012, 06:32 AM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Downwind, New York
Posts: 578
Yesterday was windy here. I used that time to scout a new area. I still hunted. I got to within 50Yds, of a spike and doe.
The wind was swirling pretty bad so I didnt stand hunt.
Early In's comment was right on!
The wind was swirling pretty bad so I didnt stand hunt.
Early In's comment was right on!
10-14-2012, 05:13 AM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southern New Hampshire
Posts: 190
Learn how to spot & stalk! Windy days I always hunt on the ground and have taken more deer that way than I ever have in a tree stand. Deer typically move less on windy days because the have a harder time hearing the preditor and have to rely more on smell and vision.
Tree stand / blind hunting is for when it is too quite in the woods IMHO!
Tree stand / blind hunting is for when it is too quite in the woods IMHO!
10-14-2012, 08:25 AM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: northernwestern south dakota
Posts: 722
Windy days are my favorite, but you have to understand my terrain as well, Rolling plains with brush filled draws, It is windy here more than it is calm. But the wind kinda forces the deer to stick to the cover in the draws as they travel. I usually sit on the ground in heavy cover along a travel route on these types of days.
10-15-2012, 07:04 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Sulphur,Indiana
Posts: 1,350
Did not get in the blind last night due to the wind,lost the chance to drop another Doe at 12 yards. Would not have been in a tree though thats for sure. They do move and they are vulnerable as has been stated their senses are limited in high wind situations.
