Hey,,hey,,hey all you dedicated stand sitters whats the most nastiest weather you've been up there in your stands against,,just had my Goliath x4 up the last weekend and thas a real trip when the winds blowin, kinda like the feeling of being spun around a bit sashaing from one side to the other,, thas a reel trip.

Not sure what the winds were while I was in the tree, but the weather station in State College, PA near where I live registered a 68 MPH gust one evening a few years back while I was hunting. I knew the winds were howling and it was snapping limbs off tree's around me. I decided to leave and get out of there shortly after a big pine snapped off a couple hundred yards behind me.

I've also rifle hunted in some windy, nasty snowy days where it put down a couple inches an hour. Thats was pretty cool. The snow laid all over me and gave me good camo.

ONE YEAR IT WAS SO WINDY I HAD TO COME DOWN FROM MY TREESTAND 15MIN OF FEELING THE TREE WAS GOING TO SHOOT ME OUTLIKE IT WAS A SLING SHOT.. THAT WAS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON SO I SAT AT THE BASE OF THE TREE THINKING SHOULD I STAY OR GO,THE WIND DIED DOWN SO I WENT BACK UP ,NO SOONER I GOT IN THERE HERE WE GO AGAIN ,BACK DOWN AGAIN ,BUY THAT TIME MYBE 45 MIN.TILL DARK IT ENDED UP DYING DOWN AGAIN FOR GOOD BACK UP THE TREE STAND AGAIN NO SOONER I GET BACK IN THERE HERE COMES MR.8PT, I TOOK A SHOT (HIT THAT MYSTERYBRANCH )MISS THE DEER BUT IT WAS WORTH STAYING AFTER ALL THT FUSTRATION....

Unless I'm in a rock solid tree I don't like to be in the air when winds get up to 20mph. My biggest complaint is the tree's movement makes it almost impossible to get a clean shot off. Safty is also another issue. I don't like being in my climber when it's windy. I worry too much about my stand slipping.[:'(]

Give me a solid tree on a windy day and I as happy as a pinney rooter in $#!t

Once while bowhunting I kept hearing a rumbling in the distance. It sounded like a train. By the time I realized it was a storm it was on top of me. I was in a climber and I started down the tree. I was taking the knobs off when lightning hit a 150 yards or so from me. Scared the mud out of me. I grabbed all my stuff and started running downhill. I ran all the way out with lightning hitting very close and trees blowing over. Very nasty! Almost got clipped by a few limbs and such coming down.

I was out last season on the day we were supposed to get hit with a good storm. I remember being on stand while all was calm and within minutes the wind whipped up and I was swaying all over the place in the tree stand. I was about 25ft up. Thankfully my API stand never moved an inch. The teeth on that sucker bite in good!

Call me a wimp if you want but I won't go out if I know a storm is brewing . Me and Ol' Man Lightning will never get along , and the thought of being up a lightning rod when he comes just ain't appealing ! []

Wimp? How about a man of wisdom. In New England the wind is often blowing and that I can tolerate but I but no means take on lightning. Intentionaly hunting through a lighting storm is ignorant IMO.

I hunted one fall afternoon just as a cold front came thru. Not sure of the wind speeds, but I had one hand on my hat and one on my bow. Got down after 2 hours of nothing but rockin' and rollin'.

i have a stand in one of my frequent haunts that sits in a cut-over that was cut around 10 years ago. it is really thick, but has grown up enough that a guy can put a stand in it. my stand is 13 ft. up a small oak sapling that is about 5 to 6" dia at the base of the tree...needless, to say, it doesn't take much of a wind to get me swaying in that tree. after a while, a guy gets used to it i suppose.