Independent Study

One of those data points showing more buck activity. had to do with either wind direction changes or a lull in wind then a change in direction. Or something like that you found wasn't it. ?

Yes. Excluding dusk and dawn movements, better than 70% of mature bucks I catch on camera in broad daylight fall within an hour one way or the other of a major wind direction change. Most generally it's when a front moves in and southerly wind dies down to a calm before the storm and picks back up from the north. The bucks, even the old guys, are on their feet during that lull. It happens at each side of a front.

I've got ideas of why it happens but not totally sure. Regardless it happens and I kill good bucks by planning for it. Other conditions often coincide with it like sudden barometric pressure swings, steep temp changes, precipitation, cloud cover, or any combination. My simplist guess is it's because a buck's bed is compromised by the wind change so he moves to a more suitable bed for the new wind.
 
Yes. Excluding dusk and dawn movements, better than 70% of mature bucks I catch on camera in broad daylight fall within an hour one way or the other of a major wind direction change. Most generally it's when a front moves in and southerly wind dies down to a calm before the storm and picks back up from the north. The bucks, even the old guys, are on their feet during that lull. It happens at each side of a front.

I've got ideas of why it happens but not totally sure. Regardless it happens and I kill good bucks by planning for it. Other conditions often coincide with it like sudden barometric pressure swings, steep temp changes, precipitation, cloud cover, or any combination. My simplist guess is it's because a buck's bed is compromised by the wind change so he moves to a more suitable bed for the new wind.
Definitely good points.
 
could you imagine an "if then, then that" workflow chart for deer hunting with a perfected & proven variable analysis?

lowest probably of this is ~0.0%. not saying i would want that because i feel certain it would remove the fun, for me at least. and it would likely look unreadable haha!
 
Back
Top