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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5417338" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>I consider anything 4yrs+ mature, especially right here in Coffee Co. where we have more hunters than deer. Due to having them on camera for years, I'm fairly certain they're both 4yr olds. But for fun here's some that are zero doubt mature <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /> The deer below are not from Coffee Co., unfortunately.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>First pic was inside a 2hr window of 6mph east wind. Each side of that window was north winds of near zero. He was up & moving during the wind shift. </p><p></p><p>Second pic was inside a 4hr window of 0mph north wind. Each side of that lull was 4mph-6mph westerly winds. He's in the middle of a plot tearing up a scrape at almost 1pm. </p><p></p><p>Third pic is around 7am, right at daylight. He's there for almost an hour in the wide open woods. Aside from that scrape vine, which he ignored, there is a water tank just outside camera view. Beginning at 2am there was a steady 3mph south wind, then at 5am it died to a 0mph north, and picked back up to a 3mph south wind again at 8am. He was in that spot almost the entire time the wind was lull. </p><p></p><p>Fourth pic is 930am with a less than one hour 0mph north wind lull. Leading up to it was sustained 6mph-10mph NW wind. After the short lull it was 6mph-10mph NE wind. He was in broad bright sun hitting a scrape right smack dab in the lull between wind direction shift. </p><p></p><p>I've got many examples of this over several years, on several properties in two states. In nearly every daylight cam capture I have of a "big" buck, there's a dead time window of low or no wind while the direction of the wind is changing. It's not coincidence. What I do not know is if they're reacting to the change, or the cause of the change. For direction and speed of wind to change in such a short time frame, it generally means a change in pressure. Either a front is approaching or else moving out. I also do not know how thermals play a role. That change in weather usually means change in temp, wind, precipitation, pressure, everything. That all also effects thermal breezes, and that's something not outlined or recorded on weather sites. I'm still trying to figure it all out, but so far am convinced that a major shift in wind, even if brief, increases my chance of seeing a buck in daylight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5417338, member: 20583"] I consider anything 4yrs+ mature, especially right here in Coffee Co. where we have more hunters than deer. Due to having them on camera for years, I'm fairly certain they're both 4yr olds. But for fun here's some that are zero doubt mature 😁 The deer below are not from Coffee Co., unfortunately. First pic was inside a 2hr window of 6mph east wind. Each side of that window was north winds of near zero. He was up & moving during the wind shift. Second pic was inside a 4hr window of 0mph north wind. Each side of that lull was 4mph-6mph westerly winds. He's in the middle of a plot tearing up a scrape at almost 1pm. Third pic is around 7am, right at daylight. He's there for almost an hour in the wide open woods. Aside from that scrape vine, which he ignored, there is a water tank just outside camera view. Beginning at 2am there was a steady 3mph south wind, then at 5am it died to a 0mph north, and picked back up to a 3mph south wind again at 8am. He was in that spot almost the entire time the wind was lull. Fourth pic is 930am with a less than one hour 0mph north wind lull. Leading up to it was sustained 6mph-10mph NW wind. After the short lull it was 6mph-10mph NE wind. He was in broad bright sun hitting a scrape right smack dab in the lull between wind direction shift. I've got many examples of this over several years, on several properties in two states. In nearly every daylight cam capture I have of a "big" buck, there's a dead time window of low or no wind while the direction of the wind is changing. It's not coincidence. What I do not know is if they're reacting to the change, or the cause of the change. For direction and speed of wind to change in such a short time frame, it generally means a change in pressure. Either a front is approaching or else moving out. I also do not know how thermals play a role. That change in weather usually means change in temp, wind, precipitation, pressure, everything. That all also effects thermal breezes, and that's something not outlined or recorded on weather sites. I'm still trying to figure it all out, but so far am convinced that a major shift in wind, even if brief, increases my chance of seeing a buck in daylight. [/QUOTE]
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