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Light and variable

Unread postby OHBB24 » Wed Oct 25, 2017 3:30 am

I was looking at forecast for start of November, I know there's time for change but so far all my hunting dates are dominated by light and variable winds. Any strategy for handling these winds? Do thermals still work. Do deer still work tunnel location if there is no steady wind? Seems like I ran into same issue last fall but I was lucky to tag out day 1.


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Re: Light and variable

Unread postby brancher147 » Wed Oct 25, 2017 3:38 am

I think tunnel or no tunnel, bucks generally cruise closer to the tops and the upper 1/3 elevation line. Light and variable wind is a good time to hunt up high with rising thermals above these travel corridors.
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Re: Light and variable

Unread postby muddy » Wed Oct 25, 2017 3:39 am

Good thermals will help but man I hate seeing light and variable in the forcast
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Re: Light and variable

Unread postby Jhand » Wed Oct 25, 2017 3:42 am

Most of my early season the winds have been like that. Any time when you have low winds you can expect them to vary. It makes picking access and tree selection difficult. One thing you can count on are thermals tho. Can't really help with using wind tunnels or not, where I hunt it's completely flat.
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Re: Light and variable

Unread postby gjs4 » Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:10 pm

Ironically this year here in upstate NY has had strong and variable. Never had seen it before and now it’s once a week....5-30mph and an occasional up gust from the opposite direction on platter flat ground. That sucks.
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Re: Light and variable

Unread postby vtbuck » Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:23 pm

That’s why we have milkweed. It’s helped me a ton in understanding thermals and where exactly my scent was going on a certain wind in spots I hunt.
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Re: Light and variable

Unread postby strutnrut716 » Fri Oct 27, 2017 3:04 am

I always think the "variable" is the hardest to hunt. I would take a steady light wind with no variable anytime !


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