Originally Posted by CNC
Originally Posted by 2Dogs
Originally Posted by blumsden
Yea, I remember those discussions on the qdma. There used to be some very good discussions and I enjoyed them. I see your point, and I wish I could answer it, but I'm not a scientist, so I can't. Bottom line deer and dogs have too good of noses to be fooled by gimmicks. Use the wind and thermals to your advantage, I think we can agree on that.


We can.

Let me touch on " just hunt the wind" . Works great in flatland mid -west TV shows where the wind is almost always blowing hard and from a constant direction. Makes for easy hunting. "just hunt the wind" will not put a buck in the truck in hill and mountainous country. When the hill and mountain hunter understands thermals ( more vertical) air movement and wind currents( more horizontal) wind movements he'll become much more successful . Most understand what thermals are , the sun comes up and warms air in the valley or hollow below and the air lifts. But then there is wind currents around the hills. Wind in hills and mountains acts like water currents in a stream , when it meets an obstacle it changes course .
I recall back in the QDMA forum days there was a young Lawyer ( big buck killer) from middle TN who had written an article in the QDMA magazine about wind/thermals/currents and hill/mountain hunting. I started a thread about his article and made comment that was the first article I'd ever seen in any magazine on the subject and every hill country hunter should read it. He came on the thread and he and I had a great discussion about the subject. Those midwest pro hunters, and there were some sharp ones , on the forum sat on the sidelines and were like WTF they talking about.


I completely agree with what you're saying......The only I'd say differently though is that the situation you're hunting up there is not necessarily unique as compared to let's say Macon , Bullock Co....Except for a few exceptions like maybe some areas around the Florida line.....there is no flatland... We're all hunting different degrees of Hill country. I deal with the same principles in Macon and Bullock that you do in Jackson...the difference being that the effects are far more dramatic for you and to a lesser degree for me. Still though, there are individual nspots in Bullock County hat have deep ravine and steep ridges where it may be just as dramatic for the one location


Doesn't have to be much of an elevation change to alter the wind , rolling hills will do it.



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