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Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby flinginairos » Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:49 am

Saw this today on YouTube and thought Randy explained it perfectly!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFEDTktq7rw


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Re: Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby wiser blood » Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:12 am

Awesome video! Thanks.
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Re: Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby Bigb » Wed Dec 13, 2017 12:08 pm

Curious to see what time everyone thinks thermals switch, 10a seems a little late for me in central Illinois, I usually think its around 830ish during November, but always wonder what other people think.
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Re: Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby weatherdude » Wed Dec 13, 2017 12:16 pm

Great video!
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Re: Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby flinginairos » Wed Dec 13, 2017 12:20 pm

Bigb wrote:Curious to see what time everyone thinks thermals switch, 10a seems a little late for me in central Illinois, I usually think its around 830ish during November, but always wonder what other people think.


I think it mainly depends on what time the sun hits the hillside. The ridge I hunt is fairly late because it's a north slope and doesn't see sun until later in the morning
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Re: Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby brancher147 » Wed Dec 13, 2017 2:15 pm

flinginairos wrote:
Bigb wrote:Curious to see what time everyone thinks thermals switch, 10a seems a little late for me in central Illinois, I usually think its around 830ish during November, but always wonder what other people think.


I think it mainly depends on what time the sun hits the hillside. The ridge I hunt is fairly late because it's a north slope and doesn't see sun until later in the morning


Yep. It depends on the terrain. I hunt a NW facing steep hillside above some cliffs and the sun does not hit the cliffs directly until after noon, about 2pm this time of year. So sometimes I get rising thermals after that for a bit and then they fall again when the sun goes down shortly. But usually the thermals just pull down in this spot, there is never much of an updraft.
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Re: Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby Twenty Up » Wed Dec 13, 2017 6:06 pm

Time of year is a huge factor as well I believe Dan mentioned this in the past... foliage blocks the floor which delays thermals. Once your leaves are gone the thermals tend to pick up faster
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Re: Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby pewpewpew » Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:34 pm

Cool video, but I’m confused. So thermals wind occurs everyday based on the sun position. This occurs independent of the actual wind direction. I just don’t know how to apply this to hunting. Does a hunter focus on the wind or thermals? If your strategy is hunting the top 1/3 travel corridor on the leeward side, do you only hunt In the AM for thermal purposes?
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Re: Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby pewpewpew » Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:40 pm

I imagine thermal wind speed might be dictated by the UV index or barometer, but generally is the speed consistent? Does the wind direction only trump thermals if the it’s a 15 mph wind?
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Re: Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby JShea » Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:32 am

pewpewpew wrote:Cool video, but I’m confused. So thermals wind occurs everyday based on the sun position. This occurs independent of the actual wind direction. I just don’t know how to apply this to hunting. Does a hunter focus on the wind or thermals? If your strategy is hunting the top 1/3 travel corridor on the leeward side, do you only hunt In the AM for thermal purposes?


The sun has too heat the ground for thermals to kick in.
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Re: Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby oneflag » Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:52 am

I found Randy Newberg this past summer while researching and planning a September elk hunt. He shares and teaches in his videos, Using the rock explaining thermals was cool. Thanks for posting.
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Re: Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby Whitetailaddict » Thu Dec 14, 2017 1:02 am

Nice video. Thanks for sharing. Thermals are a beast of their own.
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Re: Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby Mario » Thu Dec 14, 2017 1:03 am

Great video, the first minute he mentions the 1/3 down elevation from the top of the him.. that large rock was a nice prop for the discussion
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Re: Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby flinginairos » Thu Dec 14, 2017 1:05 am

mt008 wrote:Great video, the first minute he mentions the 1/3 down elevation from the top of the him.. that large rock was a nice prop for the discussion


Yep, the elk were bedded exactly like a big buck would be. I also wonder if the wind was coming over the top as well when the hunters spooked them from the top. I bet it was 8-)
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Re: Excellent video on thermals!

Unread postby hunter_mike » Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:00 am

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