hunting on windy days
10-12-2003, 11:30 AM
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Durham, NC
Posts: 449
RE: hunting on windy days
I do. It makes it harder to conseal your scent and also harder to hear movement in the woods. You have got to be on you toes and keep your eyes open. I have found it to be best to hunt from my climber as high as I can get and still feel safe.
10-12-2003, 11:37 AM
#3
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location:
Posts: 59
RE: hunting on windy days
I sometimes do, but I' m very leary about a long shot in the wind. When I practice in the wind, my bow arm is really affected by the wind. I took a nice 6 on a windy day, but it was only a 7 yd. shot. I can' t say weather someone should or shouldn' t hunt on really windy days, but if you do, make sure you have practiced to see the effects on your shooting, and limit your range to what you can comfortably shoot in the wind. For me, I' ll only shoot if they' re really close.
10-12-2003, 04:56 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: the woods of NJ.
Posts: 5,643
RE: hunting on windy days
Like cardeer said it messes up their hearing, everything is moving, makes a nice day to do some stalking, The trees are swaying too much to hold a pin steady in a stand. And if you do go don' t forget the Dramamine or Bonine
10-12-2003, 07:39 PM
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Missouri USA
Posts: 5,420
RE: hunting on windy days
IMO a deer can' t come as near smelling you on a real windy day as he can on a day thats calm or just a little wind, I think on a windy day it blows and scatters your scent all up to where they can' t pick it up near as easy. The only thing I don' t think deer move near as good on a real windy day, everything is against their defenses and they tend to stay put.
10-12-2003, 09:24 PM
#9
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: N.E. Arkansas
Posts: 156
RE: hunting on windy days
One of my best hunts was on a morning after a stormy night and the winds were blowing 20-25 mph. Most of the hunters in the campground stayed in that morning while my brother and I both took two deer each before 9 am. You should have seen the looks as my brother and I started unloading deer to hang when we got back to camp.
