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<blockquote data-quote="BrentM" data-source="post: 771601" data-attributes="member: 61747"><p>All good points. When she was shooting and just before the wind was mostly in our face and perhaps 10-15 degrees from the right. After I shot I thought it through and checked the wind again. It was definetly in the 35 degree mark. The rock was on the right side of a gully, on a finger that fed that gully, in a large bowl shaped area. Being a pilot I recall much of the training regarding mountain features and how the wind may rise or fall depending on the features. Ya know, back sides vs front sides of fingers, ridges etc. I think shooting across the canyons, gullys, ravines etc presents a unique challenge as the wind has less influence from the obstacle of the earth. </p><p> </p><p>Another perfect example of a wind issue was with my wolf hunter. On the top end of the ridge and coming down the finger the wind was stout and at about 45 degrees from our target. Hiking down the ridge about 1100 yards the wind was more at a 90 to 100 degree mark if using the same reference direction of a target. On the front side of the finger the wind was blowing 16-19 mph. On the back side it was blowing 3-5 and swirling. </p><p> </p><p>So if you were on the front side would you shoot the wind reading 16-19 and on the back side would you shoot the wind reading 3-5?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrentM, post: 771601, member: 61747"] All good points. When she was shooting and just before the wind was mostly in our face and perhaps 10-15 degrees from the right. After I shot I thought it through and checked the wind again. It was definetly in the 35 degree mark. The rock was on the right side of a gully, on a finger that fed that gully, in a large bowl shaped area. Being a pilot I recall much of the training regarding mountain features and how the wind may rise or fall depending on the features. Ya know, back sides vs front sides of fingers, ridges etc. I think shooting across the canyons, gullys, ravines etc presents a unique challenge as the wind has less influence from the obstacle of the earth. Another perfect example of a wind issue was with my wolf hunter. On the top end of the ridge and coming down the finger the wind was stout and at about 45 degrees from our target. Hiking down the ridge about 1100 yards the wind was more at a 90 to 100 degree mark if using the same reference direction of a target. On the front side of the finger the wind was blowing 16-19 mph. On the back side it was blowing 3-5 and swirling. So if you were on the front side would you shoot the wind reading 16-19 and on the back side would you shoot the wind reading 3-5? [/QUOTE]
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