really windy days

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i was reading an older post help with bigger crp fields and someone said windy days how birds will let you walk right past them? Hmmmmmmm? i personally find it just the opposite really really windy days i find them really spooky and tend to jump up way ahead and flush wildly i know that we are in there bedroom but i never understood how they can possibly hear you or know your there with all the noise of the wind and crp whipping baack and forth whts everyone elses experiences?
 
I find that they are more spooky when it is windy. The only expection to that would be the start of the season when some of the young dumb ones stick around. Talking pheasants here.

I don't think I have seen any effect on quail, other than the high wind can make it tougher for the dog to locate them.
 
The birds normally sit pretty tight for me on windy days. Sometimes I almost have to step on them and, of course, walk slowly. The season before last I actually stepped on the head of a hen in thick cover with the wind blasting away at 45 MPH. That poor bird did the death flop for about ten seconds and that was it. It sort of ruined my day to have that happen.
 
I have seen both spooky Pheasants and ones that hold tight. But I must say I do see more wild flushes in warmer weather. I'm not sure but when it's real cold out, it makes no difference, they will hold tight most of the time. I would also have to agree with SetterNut on Quail. When Quail do flush in high winds it makes for some real sporty shooting.
 
I've seen it both ways.

Have had times where you park quietly, get out, no yelling, working into the wind, and they still jump 1/2 mile away.

Have had other times where we hunted the 'best' spot of the field into the wind thinking we'd get good dog work. Then worked around to other side of the field and walked back to truck with the wind and had dogs pointing left and right with birds holding solid.

That said, we always still try to quietly hunt into the wind and hope for the best.
 
OKIEGunner said:
I have seen both spooky Pheasants and ones that hold tight. But I must say I do see more wild flushes in warmer weather. I'm not sure but when it's real cold out, it makes no difference, they will hold tight most of the time. I would also have to agree with SetterNut on Quail. When Quail do flush in high winds it makes for some real sporty shooting.
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I think you hit on a good point about the warm temps. Around here durning bird season if it is really windy, it is generally a pretty warm day for that time of year.
 
Oh neat, a pheasant hunting conversation! Good timing on the thread OP.



Warm windy days are tough on me and the dog. We see birds, but typically at a distance.

No doubt a stiff 25mph "breeze" helps when it's 11 degrees F. If I could pick my windspeed each day I think it would be in the range of 8-12mph. NI would choose 12mph on "gassy" days when I'm wearing my overalls:eek::D
 
kansasbrittany said:
Oh neat, a pheasant hunting conversation! Good timing on the thread OP.



Warm windy days are tough on me and the dog. We see birds, but typically at a distance.

No doubt a stiff 25mph "breeze" helps when it's 11 degrees F. If I could pick my windspeed each day I think it would be in the range of 8-12mph. NI would choose 12mph on "gassy" days when I'm wearing my overalls:eek::D
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lol i knew i had better submit the thread before i forgot it while it was fresh in my head :confused: i was also kind of curious of why you guys think they are so jumpy in high winds?
 
I think it depends on what your hunting. Thick stuff, woody cover type stuff, pheasants are more comfortable with hiding, anytime wind or not. More sparse cover, grassy fields where pheasants can run they will, then fly up somewhere out of range. Depends to on how hard the birds have been hunted and how late in the season your hunting them. On those real windy days I like getting down in the bottoms, willows, brush and junk.:)
 
I suspect that pheasants get more jumpy when it is real windy because they can't hear much and there is so much movement of grass and trees in the wind that they can't spot predators.
 
I think SetterNut nailed the reasoning for spooky birds in windy conditions:10sign:
 
I don't like the wind much myself. I have found that unless it is really cold almost to the point of uncomfortable the birds are really jumpy in the wind. I do like some wind but not gail force. There is so much to take into account when hunting in high winds, almost so much that it makes it unemployable.
 
SetterNut said:
I suspect that pheasants get more jumpy when it is real windy because they can't hear much and there is so much movement of grass and trees in the wind that they can't spot predators.
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I have to agree, but suspect it affects the pointers more than the flushers.......at the point, pause in the action. I think the bird loses track of the dog and hunter, to the point of a wild flush.

With a flusher, I believe the birds content to wait out the dogs next move.....no perceived threat, no wild flush.

From a flusher fan standpoint, I enjoy hunting the wind.....high head, hard charge flushing.

Different styles on different days.:cheers:
 
Interesting topic - I've always been perplexed as to how these birds seem to hear you from 100 yards out with wind howling in your face and we mere humans can't hear a darn thing. Have had better luck with birds holding when high wind is accompanied with rain/sleet but dry warm weather I'd just soon sleep in and eat big breakfast.
 
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