Friday, September 30, 2011

What Does That Cloud Look Like to You?

I came across a very interesting topic today; a discussion based on deer movement and clouds. It was a blog post from Outdoor Life, and a follow-up to a wind direction and wind speed article. I thought it was worth a link:
http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/big-buck-zone/2011/09/whitetail-tips-how-cloud-cover-affects-deer-movement

What I found very interesting was the preceding post on how wind and barometric pressure relate to deer movement. 29 is the barometric pressure number that I, along with most hunters, are familiar with. Rising and falling from this number is thought to spur deer up on their feet during daylight hours.
"The stronger the wind speed, the quicker barometric pressure will rise and after it subsides is the time to be out. After checking more than 100 Pope and Young records of 170+ bucks against weather conditions 8-12 hours before harvest, I found that a tremendous amount were taken after a wind of at least 30 mph had dropped to 10 mph.".
Now, I would really like to know what 'tremendous' equates to, but it is still something to file away.

As a general rule I try and get out before a front rolls through assuming deer will be on their feet and moving. But, what I really like about this article is that is actually throws some time frames out to use as an additional gauge. I also like the concept of clockwise wind changes.
Anyone have thoughts or journal entries that back this information up??

~Swany

Friday, September 2, 2011

Snow White, But There is No Dwarfs...

This was way too cool not to share. Nature is an amazing thing indeed.
http://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=8852&et_mid=517084&rid=3447483

The thing I find very interesting is that I had always heard Albino bucks really didn't, or couldn't grow tremendous racks. But this guys is a beast!

So in Native American lore, Albino animals were considered sacred and would not be killed. What would you do???