I hunt regardless of the wind speed. If it's 20mph+ I'll hunt from the ground by my stand or other spots that I've got setup for ground hunting.

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See a lot of deer with 20mph?

 

Yeah I have. Shoot 1 of my biggest bucks during the rut a few years back on a crazy windy cold day. The bucks still chase whether it's windy or not.

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Good to know.

 

I am sane enough to get out of a treestand when it is rocking like the mast of a sailing ship.....and branches from above are dropping. While I have personally not had good fortune on very windy days, I know a few people who have. Since I try to shoot in the conditions I hunt, I have shot in winds of 20+ and do not like what it does to my arrow impact. I work too hard on my shooting form and tuning to watch it go out the window due to high winds. If I can't tuck in on the ground where the wind is knocked down a bit, I stay home.

 

Never had much luck in the wind. In fact I prefer to not hunt with winds over 10mph. It seems everything just kind of shuts down. Just my experience.

 

Wow, your missing out. Sounds like you need to find another piece of property if slight wind shuts down deer movement.

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Was 25' up in a tree at noon the other day with gusts of 35 mph. I hoped that by close to sunset the wind would die down. Instead at around 3:30, the gusts got extremely strong. Don't know the wind speed but it was time to go. I realized on the way out that it was the first time I ever walked out of this place in day light.

 

The wind has more to do with hunter comfort than the deer comfort. Unless we are talking extremes, I don’t think the wind keeps deer from moving.


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One thing to consider is that the more wind you feel on your body the harder it will be to hold on the target.

 

That's the biggest thing. It's hard to hit anything when the tree is really swaying.

 

I rarely see deer moving when its windy.

 

Yesterday in PA it was steady 15-20 mph winds and gusts over 30. It was also snowing at times and blowing the snow sideways. I saw 6 different bucks moving and quite a few does. I will hunt a strong wind during the rut especially. Early season I am less likely to sit in the wind but that’s just me.


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I think it depends on where you are hunting and what the deer are accustom to, here in MS 20 mph winds don't happen that often, I have hunted in SD and 20 mph winds seem to be the norm. Deer live outside and have to get on with the business of being deer, rain or shine, high wind or calm, I do, however, believe that weather outside the norm can and does affect deer movement and in really bad weather you are far less likely to see deer, but I usually still go, because you never know.

 

Anything over 20 and I stay home. Hunted many windy days in the past, sure they will move in my area at last shooting light.

 

hunted yesterday and winds were 20 with gusts of 30 deer were moving like normal at 3 pm...anything higher then that i wouldnt hunt....but if i didnt hunt 20 mph winds wouldnt get much hunting in durimg nov dec around here....i shorten my range to 20 in heavy winds

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Your poll sucks.
I can only pick one option, and it's limited to a 5 MPH variation.

Deer will move well in up to close to 40 MPH winds.
But with winds less than 5 MPH, it's virtually impossible to get one close enough to your stand that you can shoot it before it smells you.

 

I shot a doe this year in crazy winds. Was sure I wasn't going to see anything but turned out I was wrong!

 

We had a steady 20 mph wind this past saturday and saw more deer that day than any other day of the season.

 

I like the light winds … 5 to 10 mph . provides some concealment from movement and noise . you get much more than that the tree starts moving . you gotta consider wind effect on the arrow with shots out past 20 yds .