The wind tunnel

[Jakebird]

Hey Guys, I'm new to the forum and have watched a couple of Dan's dvd's, and had never heard of the wind tunnel, but it makes perfect sense
but I have a question about how the wind works over the terrain, here I Pa you have a mountain side and then have several ridge down wind of that mountain
so with a wind out of west would create a wind tunnel on the down wind side of the mountain and the ridges???

[dan]

Hey Guys, I'm new to the forum and have watched a couple of Dan's dvd's, and had never heard of the wind tunnel, but it makes perfect sense
but I have a question about how the wind works over the terrain, here I Pa you have a mountain side and then have several ridge down wind of that mountain
so with a wind out of west would create a wind tunnel on the down wind side of the mountain and the ridges???

Not on all ridges.. If its a blocked ridge it won't... Sometimes in mountain type terrain you need an off wind blowing the side of the mountain creating small bedding areas around knobs on the leeward side of the nob, or rock outcropping... Sometimes they bed based on transitions like flat ground too...

[Jakebird]

Thanks Dan

[cedarsavage]

Hey Guys, I'm new to the forum and have watched a couple of Dan's dvd's, and had never heard of the wind tunnel, but it makes perfect sense
but I have a question about how the wind works over the terrain, here I Pa you have a mountain side and then have several ridge down wind of that mountain
so with a wind out of west would create a wind tunnel on the down wind side of the mountain and the ridges???

Not on all ridges.. If its a blocked ridge it won't... Sometimes in mountain type terrain you need an off wind blowing the side of the mountain creating small bedding areas around knobs on the leeward side of the nob, or rock outcropping... Sometimes they bed based on transitions like flat ground too...

What do you mean by blocked ridge?

[dan]

Secondary ridges on a mountain that are lower and not getting hit by the leeward wind cause that is much higher

[Jakebird]

So with the ridges being lower, does the thermals dictate most of the wind direction, also say the top of the mountain it pretty much
featureless, no points or saddles, but 600 feet lower has a ton of benchs and points, would the deer still bed off those points?

[dan]

So with the ridges being lower, does the thermals dictate most of the wind direction, also say the top of the mountain it pretty much
featureless, no points or saddles, but 600 feet lower has a ton of benchs and points, would the deer still bed off those points?

I would look at the benches and points and figure out how there using them with the wind currents available.

[Jakebird]

Thank you for your input Dan.

[Perryhunter4]

Walk that entire secondary ridge (aka bench) and check the points and saddles. If it's still much higher than the low ground (small creek bottom/flat), they would certainly still bed there. Look at the prevaling wind that day, and take milkweed or wind checker with you and see what the wind is actually doing on that bench (probably not the same as prevailing.