#2028844 - 08/13/10 09:28 AM
Re: Wind Direction
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tndrbstr
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Loc: knox co tn
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Nothing you can do about thermals or eddies.
If you are hunting on the back side of a ridge from the direction the wind is moving from, you can actually try and put your stand into the direction of the main currents from the area your hunting. That may actually put you down current of the hunting area in the eddy itself...its all just a gamble tho...
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#2029156 - 08/13/10 01:03 PM
Re: Wind Direction
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Rowdy
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Egads....how in the heck did all the "old timers" ever kill anything....no internet, no weather channel...no wonder they died young back then.
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#2029188 - 08/13/10 01:29 PM
Re: Wind Direction
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Pursuit Hunter
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Egads....how in the heck did all the "old timers" ever kill anything....no internet, no weather channel...no wonder they died young back then.
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#2029206 - 08/13/10 01:47 PM
Re: Wind Direction
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whistlinwingman
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Loc: Morristown
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Check wind i.e thermals before you ascend into tree. Check often while in tree. Check when you come down. It may take a while but eventually you will start to get familiar with the thermals and how they work in a particular area or stand.
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#2029572 - 08/13/10 08:45 PM
Re: Wind Direction
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Mike Belt
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As mentioned, pay attetntion to thermals and wind currents in relation to the terrain you're hunting. Winds will have different reactions to different types of terrain features and may actually reverse directions against the flow so it's possible to have an "upper" and "lower" current between the ground and your hunting height. I always check the hourly forecasts on a weather site and it comes in handy when they're right. For instance I may know the wind direction is due to change by 9:30 in the morning. If I have a particular place I'm going to hunt with winds prior to 9:30 I'm prepared to come down and move by then. I always try to have at least 2 stand locations to accomodate opposite winds in any location I hunt and I've moved from one to the other in the middle of a hunt several times.
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#2029632 - 08/13/10 09:29 PM
Re: Wind Direction
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Boone 58
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Hunt with the forecasted prevailing wind in mind....same thing happens in my area....still if they are calling fro winds from the west/north west i hunt with that in mind..Even if the wind changes a direction it still will yeild that most favored direction the biggest % of the time and that is all you can do and that is enough! Just Hunt. Dont worry.
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#2029654 - 08/13/10 09:40 PM
Re: Wind Direction
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Bertman
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I just hunt..
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#2029699 - 08/13/10 10:21 PM
Re: Wind Direction
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Travis E
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Registered: 06/16/09
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Me too Bertman. I have no idea what thermals or any of that stuff is.
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#2030632 - 08/14/10 08:29 PM
Re: Wind Direction
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Football Hunter
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Registered: 10/22/07
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Loc: Wilson Co/Perry Co
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Use a climber and set up on (what you believe/hope will be) the downwind side of where you expect to see deer. I look at the weather channel on the internet which shows how the prevailing wind is predicted to shift hour-by-hour. Nothing you can do about thermals or eddies.
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