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Proper way to use a Kestrel in long range hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="swampbug" data-source="post: 2599190" data-attributes="member: 115992"><p>Yes, I have read the book also. You might want to read it twice. The statement that the wind is most important at the point you are standing is not an all inclusive statement. To imply to the OP that he can buy a kestrel, go hunting, hold it above his head to get a wind reading and that will produce the correct wind hold for a long range shot is just wrong. Simple example for you. You are stalking along a ridge, kestrel says there is a 3 mph wind where you stand. Is that what you would use thinking that's the most important reading for a shot across a valley to the far side at 600+ yards? Hopefully not. There are so many other things to consider. Am I blocked from the true wind by trees or a ridge. What is the wind on the far side. How high is my bullet traveling across the valley and what could the wind gradient be at that height.</p><p>Again, my point is, sure you can look at close up wind signals, make a guess at what you think the wind is and compare it to a kestrel reading, WHERE YOU STAND, but that may or may not not be the correct wind call for a long range shot. </p><p>Yes lots of sport shooters and hunters carry kestrels. Probably very few know how to properly use them. Even guys that do know how to use them, use them for hold over information and effects in changes in DA or environmentals during the day. But if you are dependent on a kestrel to give you a correct wind call for every long range shot while hunting, you are going to be disappointed and you are going to spend a lot of time pulling out your kestrel and trying to get it to figure wind speed ( which probably won't be correct any way). What if the wind direction changes 30 degrees. What if the animal walks 100 yards to the left before you get a clean shot. What if the wind is variable and gusting now. How about this, what if your batteries die on a once in a life time hunt and the shot has to be taken now.</p><p>Are you seriously going to stop, pull out your kestrel and stand there with your arm up trying to figure out the correct wind speed.</p><p>I get everybody has to read and then think they have the answer. But if you don't know why that answer didn't work, you will never learn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampbug, post: 2599190, member: 115992"] Yes, I have read the book also. You might want to read it twice. The statement that the wind is most important at the point you are standing is not an all inclusive statement. To imply to the OP that he can buy a kestrel, go hunting, hold it above his head to get a wind reading and that will produce the correct wind hold for a long range shot is just wrong. Simple example for you. You are stalking along a ridge, kestrel says there is a 3 mph wind where you stand. Is that what you would use thinking that's the most important reading for a shot across a valley to the far side at 600+ yards? Hopefully not. There are so many other things to consider. Am I blocked from the true wind by trees or a ridge. What is the wind on the far side. How high is my bullet traveling across the valley and what could the wind gradient be at that height. Again, my point is, sure you can look at close up wind signals, make a guess at what you think the wind is and compare it to a kestrel reading, WHERE YOU STAND, but that may or may not not be the correct wind call for a long range shot. Yes lots of sport shooters and hunters carry kestrels. Probably very few know how to properly use them. Even guys that do know how to use them, use them for hold over information and effects in changes in DA or environmentals during the day. But if you are dependent on a kestrel to give you a correct wind call for every long range shot while hunting, you are going to be disappointed and you are going to spend a lot of time pulling out your kestrel and trying to get it to figure wind speed ( which probably won't be correct any way). What if the wind direction changes 30 degrees. What if the animal walks 100 yards to the left before you get a clean shot. What if the wind is variable and gusting now. How about this, what if your batteries die on a once in a life time hunt and the shot has to be taken now. Are you seriously going to stop, pull out your kestrel and stand there with your arm up trying to figure out the correct wind speed. I get everybody has to read and then think they have the answer. But if you don't know why that answer didn't work, you will never learn. [/QUOTE]
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