wind speeds

Unread postby **backstraps** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:15 am

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Unread postby **JoeRE** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:25 am

Once the wind hits 20+ mph I can count on seeing a lot of deer. In the hill country I generally hunt deer concentrate in certain areas to get out of the wind, particularly when it is colder...that means its easy to find them!

Also I have noticed that there seems to be less movement when it is dead calm....I have a couple of ideas on that. If the wind isn't blowing, the barometer is not moving, and deer in general move more with a moving barometer it seems. I probably am in the woods less when it is calm, if the air movement is light and highly variable I may not go hunting.

Unread postby **BigHills BuckHunter** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:34 am

I see the most in the 5-10 category but like joeRE stated...When it is REALLY windy the deer seem to move around even midday.

Unread postby **dan** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:49 am

I know that some people have posted best results on a windy day, and I think that might be specific to certain areas, here, I see my best activity on calm days. When it gets very windy they seem to shut down.

Unread postby **goldtip5575** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:04 am

calm to very light winds...

Unread postby **gatorbait42** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:45 am

dan wrote:I know that some people have posted best results on a windy day, and I think that might be specific to certain areas, here, I see my best activity on calm days. When it gets very windy they seem to shut down.

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Unread postby **whitetail007** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:51 am

10-15 is what i like.

Unread postby **backstraps** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 4:28 am

I have seen most activity with a very light wind as long as its a constant wind. 3-5 mph

When I do a weather data on my trail cam pics.using weatherunderground the only time I have gotten pics of a buck that is 3.5+ its been a a calm wind though

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My YouTube Channel · Unread postby **bowhunter15** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 6:05 am

Hard for me to determine whether or not the winds between 0-3 or 3-5, but typically it feels pretty darn calm when I see a lot of movement. Especially when the wind was in the 5-15 range during the day and stops right before last light.

Unread postby **Stanley** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 6:11 am

I see more deer activity with light 5 mph winds. I however see big buck movement in 20-25 MPH winds.
Keep in mind I'm not hunting open fields but thick buck brush. I have killed a lot of bucks in 20-25 mph winds. It may be the only buck I see that day but the big boys do move under windy conditions. I hate hunting in calm no wind days. Wind direction is so flimflam on those days. Hunter movement is detected easily, your scent pools up up around the stand. I could write a book about it.

Unread postby **kwaldeier** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:22 am

Light winds here

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Unread postby **Casper** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:33 am

I said 10-15, it is a lot easier for me to get into spots closer to bedding when you have the cover of wind to mask your entrance.

Unread postby **xpauliber** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:42 am

Stanley wrote:I see more deer activity with light 5 mph winds. I however see big buck movement in 20-25 MPH winds.
Keep in mind I'm not hunting open fields but thick buck brush. I have killed a lot of bucks in 20-25 mph winds. It may be the only buck I see that day but the big boys do move under windy conditions. I hate hunting in calm no wind days. Wind direction is so flimflam on those days. Hunter movement is detected easily, your scent pools up up around the stand. I could write a book about it.

That's a book I would read!!

Unread postby **backstraps** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:28 am

xpauliber wrote:
Stanley wrote:I see more deer activity with light 5 mph winds. I however see big buck movement in 20-25 MPH winds.
Keep in mind I'm not hunting open fields but thick buck brush. I have killed a lot of bucks in 20-25 mph winds. It may be the only buck I see that day but the big boys do move under windy conditions. [glow=red]I hate hunting in calm no wind days. Wind direction is so flimflam on those days. Hunter movement is detected easily, your scent pools up up around the stand.[/glow] I could write a book about it.

That's a book I would read!!

X2 on the book reading!! Stanley would you mind to start a thread with some discussion how the scent pools up?

Unread postby **JoeRE** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:16 am

dan wrote:I know that some people have posted best results on a windy day, and I think that might be specific to certain areas, here, I see my best activity on calm days. When it gets very windy they seem to shut down.

I do think that is true. I have hunted some in northern WI too where it is much flatter...and if the deer go somewhere on really windy days I have not seen found it yet. Most of my hunting is in bluff country though, deer just stack up out of the wind and I have had a pile of great hunts hunting near where does go to get out of the wind during the heat of the rut...honey draws flies!

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