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How do YOU read wind in the field?
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<blockquote data-quote="KYpatriot" data-source="post: 1032016" data-attributes="member: 48028"><p>Everybody has their techniques...but there are few oeople whose actual skill at this is as good as they think it is. We have all had thise days when we couldnt miss because we were killing the wind call that day. But if we are honest with ourselves, was that really because we were fortunate enough to have a good guess on the first shot and scored a hit instead of needing sighters to walk in with? </p><p>I think the only wind call that counts is the first one. The very first round you send is worth all the rest, and your first round hit performance is the only responsible way to determine what range is ethical for you. If you have kept notes, and you should, you should know what your first round percentage is for certain wind conditions...calmer days, low wind with slight gusts, high steady winds, high gusty winds...our limits should be relative to those conditions because we should KNOW we are gonna hit when we send one on game. </p><p>One round a day over twenty days is much better practice than forty in one session. The more experience i get the less confidence i have in the wind even though i am improving. We too often come up with a reason for a miss when really we just missed a wind switch downrange or a vertical wind component.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KYpatriot, post: 1032016, member: 48028"] Everybody has their techniques...but there are few oeople whose actual skill at this is as good as they think it is. We have all had thise days when we couldnt miss because we were killing the wind call that day. But if we are honest with ourselves, was that really because we were fortunate enough to have a good guess on the first shot and scored a hit instead of needing sighters to walk in with? I think the only wind call that counts is the first one. The very first round you send is worth all the rest, and your first round hit performance is the only responsible way to determine what range is ethical for you. If you have kept notes, and you should, you should know what your first round percentage is for certain wind conditions...calmer days, low wind with slight gusts, high steady winds, high gusty winds...our limits should be relative to those conditions because we should KNOW we are gonna hit when we send one on game. One round a day over twenty days is much better practice than forty in one session. The more experience i get the less confidence i have in the wind even though i am improving. We too often come up with a reason for a miss when really we just missed a wind switch downrange or a vertical wind component. [/QUOTE]
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