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<blockquote data-quote="Timber338" data-source="post: 965961" data-attributes="member: 33822"><p>I'll pass on my experience. Definitely not a pro at reading the wind. I hunt in Colorado in a spot where there are several cross canyon shooting opportunities. Typically these shots are shooting over a river or creek ... which is what formed the canyon to begin with. And the water has to flow from higher elevation to lower elevation. a typically sunny day (no cold front moving through), first light will have the calm cold air moving down the creek/river fairly light, crosswind to shooting across the canyon. Some places will have aspens and timber that you can look at to see how much wind at various locations along your shooting path, other places have oaks or bare ground which are much harder to detect wind movement, but generally it is calm/consistent/predictable, usually less than 5 mph. about 2-3 hours after the sun rises, the wind stops as it is about to change direction, then it will start blowing uphill. I say 2-3 hours, but where I hunt it's almost like clockwork between 9:45 and 10am. It's going to depend on when the sun hits the ground where you hunt and warms up the air enough to make it start moving back uphill. Once it changes direction, and the day warms up, the air gets very unsettled along with a pretty nasty up-slope component that pushes your bullet in the vertical direction. So just keep in mind that it's not like shooting on flat ground where your bullet stays nice and close to the terrain at all times. You might have 800 feet or more between your bullet and the canyon bottom and that's a big column of air that might push your bullet up in the afternoon. In those conditions I have not been able to figure out a way to read that, so I limit my shots to more calm conditions... which typically are the first few hours of the day.</p><p></p><p>Everywhere is different, but I think very helpful to get a good feel for the general wind patterns so you know what to expect on a typical day. Even looking at where you'll hunt on a topo map might be good to give you a big picture perspective of what to expect with the wind patterns. Stuff you probably already know, but just passing on how I approach any hunting spot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timber338, post: 965961, member: 33822"] I'll pass on my experience. Definitely not a pro at reading the wind. I hunt in Colorado in a spot where there are several cross canyon shooting opportunities. Typically these shots are shooting over a river or creek ... which is what formed the canyon to begin with. And the water has to flow from higher elevation to lower elevation. a typically sunny day (no cold front moving through), first light will have the calm cold air moving down the creek/river fairly light, crosswind to shooting across the canyon. Some places will have aspens and timber that you can look at to see how much wind at various locations along your shooting path, other places have oaks or bare ground which are much harder to detect wind movement, but generally it is calm/consistent/predictable, usually less than 5 mph. about 2-3 hours after the sun rises, the wind stops as it is about to change direction, then it will start blowing uphill. I say 2-3 hours, but where I hunt it's almost like clockwork between 9:45 and 10am. It's going to depend on when the sun hits the ground where you hunt and warms up the air enough to make it start moving back uphill. Once it changes direction, and the day warms up, the air gets very unsettled along with a pretty nasty up-slope component that pushes your bullet in the vertical direction. So just keep in mind that it's not like shooting on flat ground where your bullet stays nice and close to the terrain at all times. You might have 800 feet or more between your bullet and the canyon bottom and that's a big column of air that might push your bullet up in the afternoon. In those conditions I have not been able to figure out a way to read that, so I limit my shots to more calm conditions... which typically are the first few hours of the day. Everywhere is different, but I think very helpful to get a good feel for the general wind patterns so you know what to expect on a typical day. Even looking at where you'll hunt on a topo map might be good to give you a big picture perspective of what to expect with the wind patterns. Stuff you probably already know, but just passing on how I approach any hunting spot. [/QUOTE]
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