Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
For the last three years or so, we have been noticing more East winds at various times throughout the year. What got us thinking about this is that we have been looking at weather forecasts during the hunting season and have been seeing several days in a row with east winds. Nearly all of our stands have been set up for what we consider to be the dominant wind for northern MO - anything with west in it (SW, W, NW) and sometimes a straight northerly wind. We also tend to set our tree tube stakes up on the dominant wind side, and it has been obvious that that is not always the best strategy. As a result, I have been digging into whether or not wind direction has been shifting over time. So far, I have struck out for finding anything indicating actual patterns. One thing that seems to be a pattern, is overall increased wind speed. You can choose just about any month in the last three years and it works out to be higher speeds than the average of the last 30 years. This might be a short-term shift, but I thought it was worth mentioning. Like I said though, wind direction has been fairly typical. I've been looking through historical wind rose data and there are not a lot of trends that jump out. It does seem like Easterly winds are picking up more in the spring, but that is about it.
Has anyone else noticed this? I feel like it may just be some bias on our part, but we are definitely looking at including another stand location on what we consider the non-dominant wind side of hunting locations.
Has anyone else noticed this? I feel like it may just be some bias on our part, but we are definitely looking at including another stand location on what we consider the non-dominant wind side of hunting locations.