Stong Winds

spitfire125 · Post by **spitfire125** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:44 am

Anybody go out hunting in the strong winds of ontario this weekend. Have you seen much activity or movement , Debating whether or not to go out this afternoon

one shot scott · Post by **one shot scott** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:39 pm

I went out sat night in the Hamilton area not really expecting to see much because of the high winds. around 5:00 I saw a doe out of range, and another at 6. But boy were they SPOOKY!!I guess they were bedded during the morning rain/wind and decided to come out in the eve.

sunset · Post by **sunset** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:40 pm

I went scouting Thursday and found fresh scrapes that had just appeared. I hunted Friday morning and saw more scrapes. The wind started building thru Friday but we hunted Friday night anyway. Turned out to be too windy. Went out Saturday night since it wasn;t actually raining as predicted. Again it was too windy even in the bush. I'll wait this system out since we have such a generous season.

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:49 pm

I find wind to be a great time to hunt in the corn rows, the noise is well covered on days like this.

Mike P · Post by **Mike P** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:45 pm

Pydpiper wrote:I find wind to be a great time to hunt in the corn rows, the noise is well covered on days like this.

I do the same thing Pydpiper. I love hunting standing corn when a gale is blowing. I do however hunt with my compound instead of my phoenix as it is so much easier with a vertical instead of a horizontal.

MADMAX2 · Post by **MADMAX2** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:10 pm

I was out in the flamborough swamp hunting turkeys on sat I was able to get to 70yds on a bedded doe and fawn lying on a high clump of cedars I thought jets where overhead at times with that wind howling I called in 15 hens to just outside of crossbow range I was surprised by how loud they are in the bush!!I was not able to close the deal with the exomax the birds were really nervous I think it was because of the wind!!

ehntr · Post by **ehntr** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:18 pm

Windy in AB too!
We had winds up to 102 kph in Edmonton on Saturday! http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/081026/c ... wind_fatal

No way was I going out in that!. I went out on Sun after church and many trees were down on the trail leading to my stand.

honker · Post by **honker** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:01 pm

Too windy out my way... no point wasting time and educating them where i hunt!

crazyfarmer · Post by **crazyfarmer** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:09 pm

the low is forming in the NE right now so the east coast of the US is gonna see 20-45mph gusts for the next few days...

im gonna try to hunt a few mornings before the wind kicks up to much... i never have good luck hunting in winds above 20mph

FredBear · Post by **FredBear** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:13 pm

Bad winds equal a bad situation! If I encounter a wind shift I get out of the woods. There no worse feeling then getting busted doing something you know is wrong! I file this to learning from your mistakes..

GREY OWL · Post by **GREY OWL** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:49 pm

Hunting in the wind is down right dangerous. Even a small branch that breaks off, can hurt you bad, not to mention a tree.

But.......... if you ever want to walk up on a BIG BUCK, that's the time. My tip if your hunting in a heavy wind, Always walk in a cross wind direction. A big buck can smell you if your up wind, and can see you down wind, cause that's where he's looking.

But that darn cross wind, messes them up but good. After years and years of still hunting or stalking you learn quick.

Grey Owl