wind question
 

well, i'm from nc and it's blowing like crazy here! i was just wondering what the worst wind you will hunt. i won't to go out but i'm not sure it's worth it. the wind is 15-25 gusting to 35! i don't think i could here anything over the wind. what do you guys do when it's real windy??????????

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I tend to be anti anything 30mph+. Thankfully there are a couple spots on our land that thick woods and rolling hills block the wind if it's coming from the west, which it normally does around here.

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Seems like it blows like that quite a bit here. I'll still go out and maybe stalk or if I am in my stand I'll rely on my eyes to do the work. Only a tornado would keep me from going!

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I still go, but the deer stay put and hole up.
Gotta still-hunt. It's easy to be quiet, but toughto find deer.

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im the same as mottz..only a tornadoe would stop me from goin..actually ive hunted through thunderstorms..during spring turkey..i was in the woods when there was reports of tornados touchin down in adjacent counties on my radio..i kinda got the point tho and packed up and left lol.

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Stalking is the way to go when it is windy imo. You can't hear much but the good thing is neither can the deer. Move very slowly and keep your head on a swivel. Move a few steps stop and take a good look around. It takes alot of patience but it does pay off. Like someone on here signature line says: you can't kill'em from the couch!

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I'll hunt in a hurricane if i have to.

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They'll seldom move when it's that windy...unless pressured. Or horny.

And....a crap day in the woods still beats sittin' home gettin' b*tched at...

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wind direction can greatly be greatly influenced by terrain in a specific area. Compared to those who hunt hill country or mountainous settings generally provide a disadvantage. Wind behavior can be pretty tough to predict when it swirls and rebounds off hillsides. However, there are some general concepts that once understood will help to balance everything out. For begginners and veterans alike, it is a good idea to hunt as high as possible in a hilly setting. Hilltop field funnels, ridgeline points and saddles offer great places to hunt, not only becuz the features tend to funnel or concentrate deer movement but also becuz the wind direction stays more consistent in those areas relative to valleys oer lower elevations. At least this is what i have found, and it seems to help on those windy days.

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Actually, if the wind remains from the same direction I hunt in it, if it is swirling and changing I stay out of the woods that day. Many times a windy day will turn into a calm breezewith about 1 hour of shooting light left.

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I don't mind wind and since I like to still hunt I can use it to my advantage. I don't like really strong wind though especially during rifle season in the northeast. Too many large limbs (widow makers) and trees come crashing down to be safe. When it is like thatI stay in camp, drink beer and play cards.

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i still go out and try and hunt. one year i skipped our homecoming dance cause our school scheduled it on the same day as opener of bow season. it was one windy day i stayed until it started thundering and lightning later on then i figured it was a good sign to leave

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One time I went bowhunting in early afternoon intending to sit for about five hours till dark. Around 4pm a storm blew in so suddenly, I never saw it coming. It was just like a wall of wind. I imediatly lowered my bow and hunting backpack. I Started coming down my tree in my climber when the rain hit. I ended up jumping, and yes, I went back and measured the next day, about 11.5 feet to the ground. I grabbed my stuff and took off running to the 4 wheeler, I thought I was gonna die. No idea how fast those winds were, but sometimes its best to just get out of the woods.

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If the wind is steady at 20+ I don't waste my time.

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I forgot to add that I don't care what direction it's coming from when it's just an average wind speed. I don't hunt the wind at all. Where I hunt the deer don't freak at the moment of a new scent hitting their nose.

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i absolutley love indy days. espeially when its nasty sharp ind that stings your fae. unofortable, yes but produtive as hell up here in the big woods. as a traker or a stillhunter i love it. the wind is whippin in every diretion and the deer ant really pinpoint you too well. its bloing all these forien smells from all diretions and it masks your noises. ive killed some of my biggest bare ground buks on really windy days. but, im not a stand hunter either

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usually anything above 25 mph i won't hunt in.

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I've hunted through a tropcal storm, the tree was swaying back and forth, it was like an amusement park ride....i don't remember what the winds were but they were whipping.....

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swirling winds are by far the worst to hunt.

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you obvously arent a tracker nor a stll hunter. swrlng winds work so such and advantage tracking and stillhunting it almost isnt fair to the deer