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Re: James Squires, wind, thermals, hills, and when to be aggressive

Unread postby greenhorndave » Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:32 am

Watching while eating something before I head out for my hunt today.

James does a great job of breaking down his setups. Really nice filming quality too.

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Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:18 am

Really good footage and explanation of your setup James :clap: . Thanks for sharing. Good luck with the rest of your season.
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Thanx Dan and James.
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Thank you. Thermal videos are some of my favorite.
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Re: James Squires, wind, thermals, hills, and when to be aggressive

Unread postby Kokes » Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:40 pm

James - at 11:02 into the video you show your entry route, stand, bedding and wind... do you approach far enough away that you are not worried about the bucks smelling you? Or do you feel that if the bucks in fact so smell you it may increase the odds of them working by your stand as they'd head toward you instead of the field?
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Unread postby Randyflash » Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:47 pm

Great footage and play by play :clap:
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Re: James Squires, wind, thermals, hills, and when to be aggressive

Unread postby James » Mon Oct 28, 2019 2:03 pm

Kokes wrote:James - at 11:02 into the video you show your entry route, stand, bedding and wind... do you approach far enough away that you are not worried about the bucks smelling you? Or do you feel that if the bucks in fact so smell you it may increase the odds of them working by your stand as they'd head toward you instead of the field?


Great question. On this particular day the wind wasn’t super strong and it was early season there was a ton of foliage. I weighed the risk but between the distance, foliage and wind strength I wasn’t too worried about it. I definitely did not loiter around when I was straight E of the beds though. Overall it worked out. I just wasn’t planning on that 10 being bedded on the opposite ridge that day.
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Re: James Squires, wind, thermals, hills, and when to be aggressive

Unread postby Kokes » Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:36 pm

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Kokes wrote:James - at 11:02 into the video you show your entry route, stand, bedding and wind... do you approach far enough away that you are not worried about the bucks smelling you? Or do you feel that if the bucks in fact so smell you it may increase the odds of them working by your stand as they'd head toward you instead of the field?


Great question. On this particular day the wind wasn’t super strong and it was early season there was a ton of foliage. I weighed the risk but between the distance, foliage and wind strength I wasn’t too worried about it. I definitely did not loiter around when I was straight E of the beds though. Overall it worked out. I just wasn’t planning on that 10 being bedded on the opposite ridge that day.


Makes total sense, and obviously the risk almost paid off...Great video James thanks for sharing.
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Re: James Squires, wind, thermals, hills, and when to be aggressive

Unread postby funderburk » Tue Oct 29, 2019 12:00 am

This video has a very EWT feel to it...and I love it! :dance:
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Re: James Squires, wind, thermals, hills, and when to be aggressive

Unread postby Wolfofmibu » Tue Oct 29, 2019 1:48 am

Great video James !, do you plan to tackle some rut sits in the same manner?.
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Re: James Squires, wind, thermals, hills, and when to be aggressive

Unread postby Cutter » Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:08 am

This past weekend I went out to hunt an area I knew bucks would be bedded. It's a ridge point running N to S. We had a predicted W to NW wind this weekend making it a decent time to go in and set up. However, once I got to where I might set up the wind kept switching from NW to SW essentially blowing straight up and down the entire bedding area. It was around 2pm. Also, the thermal currents kept switching. One minute they are going right into the bedding, the next they are pulling down the ridge as I wanted. My question is can you avoid this situation? How do you adjust? Or does it even matter? I appreciate all replies.
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Re: James Squires, wind, thermals, hills, and when to be aggressive

Unread postby James » Tue Oct 29, 2019 12:54 pm

Wolfofmibu wrote:Great video James !, do you plan to tackle some rut sits in the same manner?.


Yup, I’ve already been at it. I get a little more aggressive with my sits in the rut as they can come from anywhere, but I try to sit on the leeward side downwind from Dow bedding. This Thursday looks to be a good wind day for an all day sit like this.

I’ll be in Kansas starting next week hunting public all week. Look for some future film on that. We filmed and scouted last spring there.


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