Well just looked at the forecast, and right now its showing 15-25mph winds for Saturday due to the wind. I think im going to just go bird hunting Saturday and wait for the cold front to come on through and get after them Sunday morning. Anyone going to hunt in those windy conditions?

What direction will the wind be coming from? I might try a good thicket on the leeward side of a mountain

Right now its saying NW 15-25 MPH where i hunt, but thats subject to change. I dont have any mountains on the property, so that wont be an option for me. I do need some quail for the freezer though and i know my dog has been itching to go

Yum, love me some roasted quail

I'm kind of bummed out, had some plans for a good spot Saturday but the high winds may kill Plan A. Still planning on going but it may be a ground attack setup near a thicket. No way I'm climbing a tree in wind like that, especially a cold wind.

Yeah I climbed a tree the last time a cold front was coming in and I won't make that mistake again. Scared me to death when a gust of wind would come up.

Only bad thing about that wind quail hunting is that those jokers will be screaming when they get up in that wind

10-15 in Stevenson and I have the option of leeward side of the mountain so I'll be out there. Is it just me or has anyone else just not had a cooperative wind this season? I have hunted in nothing but 10+ mph gusts.

I will add that it is supposed to rain throughout Friday night so that's a plus.

So do you still climb hunting leeward side on windy days? I'm just trying to open my mind up to any strategy at all. I'd prefer to climb a tree if it's at all bearable.

Yes, I always climb I just try to get in an area where the wind isn't whipping as bad. It's definitely harder but I just get out there and try. I'll probably use a climber Saturday morning and get up high on the mountain near bedding and a water source.

10-4. I'm still fairly green in terms of building a knowledge base for stand placement for bow hunting so I appreciate all the good info shared in here.

Hey no problem. I've been hunting a long time and I'm still learning. You can read 10 articles and every one of them will say something different. It happens because they did ____ before the hunt and killed a deer that day so it becomes law. I think they did a study in Oklahoma years ago and found that while wind affected the way they moved, they still moved as much at dawn/dusk regardless of wind speed.

Like has been said before. When you can go deer hunting, go deer hunting. 90% of the time I spend in the woods is just to be in the woods and watch what happens. Maybe a deer is involved... maybe not. Don't let the weather be an excuse. if you enjoy it like I do, then get after it while you can. 25 ft up a big pine on a windy day can be pretty exciting.

dont get me wrong i love some deer hunting, but i love to watch my dogs work too. figured it would be a good opportunity to get out there and spend some time with my brother and kill some birds. good luck to all deer hunting saturday. Ill be chasing tail again on Sunday bright and early.

As you get older you'll prefer quality sits over quantity of sits. Helps keep pressure down.

I'm 32 and I've noticed this. I'm still happy to be out there regardless, but I have noticed I get increasingly frustrated when I'm not seeing deer...which has been the story of my season so far. It's hard not to and the reason is so much of it is luck especially in the world of bow hunting and maybe even more so in the traditional bow hunting crowd. Luck is a fickle thing. Last year, I saw deer almost every time I got in the stand. Same story with the year before that. This year the pin oaks dropped acorns and I found a cedar near one completely destroyed with feeding sign and a few rubs a few days before season started. I hung a stand there and hoped for a NW wind blowing my scent out of the draw. Haven't seen a deer out of that stand yet. It just dried up. Its a year where we have a lot of acorns and on 1500 acres you just hope to make the right educated guess. The tough thing about it is, being so much luck involved, you don't know when that will turn around and you have little control over it.

From my personal experience, wind has never been a limiting factor in deer movement. If anything, I've seen more deer movement in wind than on calm days. Most deer I ever saw during one sit was on a 20 degree day with winds over 15 mph.

Second that!! I see more deer with winds above 8-10 mph than when there is no wind.

Sat till 10 this morning, nothing even the squirrels weren't having any of it.