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<blockquote data-quote="FearNoWind" data-source="post: 1059419" data-attributes="member: 50867"><p>Brent obviously has considerable experience with wind doping. It is not a science; it's an art. With a zero value 3 mph wind behind you there may be a full value 10 mph wind half way to the target. It may be 2 - 3 mph at ground level and 15 mph at the height of the arc of your bullet's patch. You're on the right track comparing vegetation movement at your shooting position to that at the target's location but when you're shooting over a canyon or similar terrain there can be wind shifts that are nearly impossible to judge. Energy tends to concentrate in terrain like canyons so air movement differs from what we experience over ground that is relatively flat. Canyon walls heat and cool at a different rate than surrounding plains. The type of vegetation, concentration of rocks, presence of or absence of water, amount of moisture in the vegetation, etc. will all affect wind. I'd suggest learning all you can about doping wind over flat ground. Once you've become an "artist" at that you may have some success at making wind calls over uneven terrain. I have never mastered it and some of the guys I shoot with who believe they have are more than likely simply blessed with greater luck than I have. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FearNoWind, post: 1059419, member: 50867"] Brent obviously has considerable experience with wind doping. It is not a science; it's an art. With a zero value 3 mph wind behind you there may be a full value 10 mph wind half way to the target. It may be 2 - 3 mph at ground level and 15 mph at the height of the arc of your bullet's patch. You're on the right track comparing vegetation movement at your shooting position to that at the target's location but when you're shooting over a canyon or similar terrain there can be wind shifts that are nearly impossible to judge. Energy tends to concentrate in terrain like canyons so air movement differs from what we experience over ground that is relatively flat. Canyon walls heat and cool at a different rate than surrounding plains. The type of vegetation, concentration of rocks, presence of or absence of water, amount of moisture in the vegetation, etc. will all affect wind. I'd suggest learning all you can about doping wind over flat ground. Once you've become an "artist" at that you may have some success at making wind calls over uneven terrain. I have never mastered it and some of the guys I shoot with who believe they have are more than likely simply blessed with greater luck than I have. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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