Hey guys anyone going out today to sit in the stands in this beautiful weather? up to to 100 km winds gusts in my area
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Hey guys anyone going out today to sit in the stands in this beautiful weather? up to to 100 km winds gusts in my area
i'm working and looking out my window. it's calm and the sun is peeking through the clouds. my bet is right now a few animals are being wacked as they look for food between rains.
High wind and rain is not the most responsible time to be bow hunting (IMO) hard to track and pretty good chance of arrow not flying true.
Or trees falling on you.
LOL :)!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunter John
Was thinking of going for a sit today but with this weather I think I'll wait till Wednesday.
Deer may move but most times they bed down and wait it out. Not safe to be in a tree. Easy to fall out and really their will be better days to hunt. I find in the winter months some days when the wind is calm deer are every where and crappy days like today it is better to stay home.
Safety is important, obviously. But I will say that some of my best hunts have been in terrible weather. Animals don't "hunker down" nearly as much as people think.
Rain/snow 'terrible weather' can make for great hunting. Wind, not so much though, because deer cannot hear because of the noise and cannot notice motion as easily because of the wind. Wind will tend to make them hunker down. Rain - not a lot of difference. Snow will make them wander about stupidly.
currently 75km gusts here. I drove past a bean field and there was 4 deer out in it...
I'd like to know what my arrow would do at 40 yards in 75km cross wind LOL
a friend of mine cut the horns of a monster 11 pointer that was hit by a truck today .100 yards past the town sigh .he was a true monster over 300lbs .thy got a pic of the rack and I am waiting for them to send it to me .I guess the meat was no good as he was hit by a 18 wheeler ..Dutch
went out a couple hours, had to watch for widow makers around my ground blind, wind was really bad. Saw one buck out of range, leaving, saw one doe exiting pines but way off crossbow range. So they were moving, just not close.
After the huge ice storm last year and sitting in stand this year i noticed all the broken branches still in the trees. this is a good wind to blow them out of the tree. Not my idea of fun hunting :/
I decided just to go check a cam or two, and low and behold watched a tree up root and come crashing down 80 yards away....not a good time to be in the woods at all.:scream:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunter John
100 km winds are enough to blow anyone out of a stand. Wait for the good weather to return and they will come out from hiding hungry!
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Originally Posted by werner.reiche
Well said. I have the same experience. Worst thing is wind, they usually don't move, IMO any wind above 25KM/hour is not a good day for hunting...
Went into the bush today to check cams and saw a few freshly fallen trees
You are missing out on a lot of hunting opportunities if you aren't hunting in over 25km winds.Quote:
Originally Posted by shikarchi
I went and checked my ground blind yesterday, it had blown about 50 yds to the north (i had it pegged to the ground too!)...yet my chair was still in the same original spot...I guess I would have been ok if I had been in there at that time? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by exocet
With the wind and rain I figured it was a good time to relocate my stand to a hopefully more productive stop.
wore rubber boots and gloves to not stink up the place to bad. We will see next time I get out if this was a good idea.