Anyone notice the wind this year?

[Stratosman]

Is it just me or is it that every time I could go hunting the wind has been blowing east, or southeast? I had set all my stands for a north to west to SW wind which has usually been the prevailing wind in the past. It has made me mad since the property I hunt isn't set up real well for an easterly wind, I had to finally hang a couple stands for that darn direction or else would have gotten to hunt about a third as much as usual. Seems it's finally gonna blow west for a few days (I hope).

[CrappieJohn]

Boy...you hit the nail on the head when you used the term "wind". What ever happened to a gentle breeze? Yep....alot of the stuff from the east this year.

[catman71]

i have noticed. not in my bow stand but everytime the wind blows from the south and it is cool out I can smell the drain vent stack on my roof when i am out on the deck. YUCK. Seems like almost everyday the last month or so.

[chucker34]

I have noticed it as well. Seems like we can't just get some gentle breezes. Anyway, related to this. I went out to practice last night and it was very windy. I was hitting the 3d target dead on in the vitals from 15 and 20 yards out for about half an hour. I moved back to 25-30 yards and was having trouble - hitting just above the vitals or right under the belly and sometimes off to the side a little. Theory is that I was tired and not holding the bow as steady as when I first started or that the wind was pushing it a little at that distance. Can the wind affect the trajectory of an arrow like that? I am shooting a new Parker BuckHunter. It's not the fastest bow out there but its definitely not a slowpoke either. Anyway, ruined two arrows and muzzys by skinning the back of the target and sending them into a woodpile. I compensated after that and was hitting the target but not as consistently as I wanted. Going to try er again tomorrow and make sure I'm confident from that distance before hunting Thursday, Friday, and the weekend.

[bigbucks]

The wind has stunk this fall for the most part. For a while we'd get W or NW winds only on Wednesdays, which were evening I was tied up with the kids & church. I've hunted 22 times this year & shot three does. Each of those does it was the only time I hunted those spots. 2 of the 3 were N & NW winds. They don't move as well with those warmer winds in my experience.