Jagermeister
10-16-2012, 06:58 AM
Arose this morning with the intent of a little solo hunt. Soon discovered that the wind was slightly more than brisk. It brought to mind an episode that H47 posted a while back about his field trip seeking shelter under a bridge.
I hate hunting during high wind.
With so much standing dead trees, one has to keep an eye out for widow makers crashing down on one's self. This takes away from keeping an eye open for any game that you may kick up.
And then there are the trees that have already fallen blocking your path. I am not keen to get off or out to cut them out of the way. Especially not knowing if the one that is still standing that was beside the one that is now blocking your path is going to topple at the precise moment your bent over removing the one on the ground. No siree, not my cup of tea.
And back to the game, they usually are hunkered down in areas of dense brush and on high alert. Gone in a flash at the sign of trouble.
Mind you, sometimes a wind can be an advantage to the hunter. Hunting into the wind can be beneficial providing you are in an area that you don't have to worry about beetle killed forest smacking you down.
I like those areas of mature fir that have their roots strongly anchored into mother earth. None of those areas really huntable where I live due to limited access.
Anyhow, I will just carry on with a couple of projects at hand, like the reloading bench which is partially constructed and waits completion. Or perhaps some river fishing, don't mind doing that in the wind.
I hate hunting during high wind.
With so much standing dead trees, one has to keep an eye out for widow makers crashing down on one's self. This takes away from keeping an eye open for any game that you may kick up.
And then there are the trees that have already fallen blocking your path. I am not keen to get off or out to cut them out of the way. Especially not knowing if the one that is still standing that was beside the one that is now blocking your path is going to topple at the precise moment your bent over removing the one on the ground. No siree, not my cup of tea.
And back to the game, they usually are hunkered down in areas of dense brush and on high alert. Gone in a flash at the sign of trouble.
Mind you, sometimes a wind can be an advantage to the hunter. Hunting into the wind can be beneficial providing you are in an area that you don't have to worry about beetle killed forest smacking you down.
I like those areas of mature fir that have their roots strongly anchored into mother earth. None of those areas really huntable where I live due to limited access.
Anyhow, I will just carry on with a couple of projects at hand, like the reloading bench which is partially constructed and waits completion. Or perhaps some river fishing, don't mind doing that in the wind.