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to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
#6103597
12/27/15 07:55 AM
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tonyguitarguy
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Was planning on heading out tomorrow noon time and hunt the afternoon and night for hogs. Then hunt the full day Monday and come back home at night. Just saw Freer is expecting 25-35 mph winds for the entire time I was planning on being out there. What do y'all think? What's yalls experience? My next time out will be on Friday(new years day) when the winds will be down and still around 40-50 degrees.
Last edited by tonyguitarguy; 12/27/15 07:55 AM.
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Re: to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
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#6103599
12/27/15 08:04 AM
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Mike Honcho
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Ive had no success this year on windy days for what its worth and hunt about about 2 counties south of you.
“Two things that define an individual what you do when you have everything, and what you do when you have nothing."
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Re: to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
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#6103600
12/27/15 08:30 AM
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tonyguitarguy
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I've also noticed when the wind is N/NW, I never see. Could be because its downwind to where the deer trails are. A month ago we had a rare south wind and saw 4 doe pretty close to the blind.
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Re: to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
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#6103692
12/27/15 01:41 PM
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Zach S
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Hunt son hunt.
Took the wife out yesterday and back at it this morning.
Saw a nice 10pt and 8pt in the afternoon and a 7pt and 8pt again this morning. Cold fronts are funny things at times.
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Re: to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
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#6103696
12/27/15 01:46 PM
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stxranchman
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One thing would sway my decision...the rut and you should be in the middle of it or at least start of it. I would hunt.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
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#6103863
12/27/15 03:27 PM
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flintknapper
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Late in the season, I always hunt as much as I can, not just when conditions are 'ideal'.
It doesn't sound as if you have to choose between the two dates cited (but can hunt both times) so...get your butt out there!
Pretty sure you won't see anything sitting on the couch at home.
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
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#6103885
12/27/15 03:42 PM
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TFF Caribou
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Late in the season, I always hunt as much as I can, not just when conditions are 'ideal'.
It doesn't sound as if you have to choose between the two dates cited (but can hunt both times) so...get your butt out there!
Pretty sure you won't see anything sitting on the couch at home. Exactly, if you have to choose between 2 times, pick the better conditions. If you can get out both times. GO!!!!!!!!
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference. -George Washington
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Re: to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
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#6103921
12/27/15 03:56 PM
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rickym
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Can't shoot anything if you don't go huntin
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Re: to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
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#6104159
12/27/15 06:49 PM
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TXGH
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I hunted yesterday in 20 MPH wind and had a nice doe walk up.. I am uploading all the video from my scope to YouTube right now.. Will post a video soon!
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Re: to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
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#6104168
12/27/15 06:53 PM
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n2Deer
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Can't shoot anything if you don't go huntin X2, I hunted Brooks CO yesterday and this morning. Saw a nice 10 in the evening, nothing in the morning. Back at it now. Good luck.
“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.” Sigmund Freud
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Re: to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
[Re: tonyguitarguy]
#6104460
12/27/15 09:02 PM
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Erathkid
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You need to be out there. I shot my buck yesterday in 20 mph winds and muggy, 80 degrees
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
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Re: to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
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#6104729
12/27/15 11:07 PM
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allterrain
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I wanted to bow hunt this morning with the north wind but got rained out at my place, creek gets up and will not go across when it is raining because it can get wide and deep otherwise I would have hunted.
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Re: to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
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#6104790
12/27/15 11:47 PM
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Roll-Tide
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I've seen nothing in the wind. I hunt a wooded property, about after the third tree i hear fall, I'm gone.
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Re: to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
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#6107905
12/29/15 04:25 PM
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coachwhite34
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I hunted yesterday in a bad wind in Menard. Feeder went off at 4:45 and had 8 does come in. Shot 2 does. I didn't think I would see any but we did. My dad walked the property and saw 4 bucks bedding and they spooked when they saw him.
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Re: to hunt in this wind or to not hunt in this wind
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#6107991
12/29/15 05:18 PM
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jshouse
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unless the wind is wrong, the answer is always "hunt."
If I send my neighbors a text and ask them to give me feedback on my lawn and plant rye into a giant dong pattern, I'm probably going to get some less than positive feedback. Same goes here.
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