wind

[brandonmlee]

how much wind is to much for calling?

[bucksnbears]

25 is my cut-off point unless i'm hunting thick bedding cover or i'm away from home on a trip.

[brandonmlee]

thanks

[barebackjack]

I pretty much go home when it hits the high teen to 20 mph.

Unless I "have" to be hunting.

[Jerry Hunsley]

If you must hunt in 25+mph winds , go to the river bottoms in heavy cover or go to the cedar steep breaks. Coyotes don't like being out in the wind either. In those conditions the wind can be your friend in that you can make a lot more calls in an area.

[brandonmlee]

so then how critical is wethor or not the wind is at your back or in your face.. heard guys say both dont matter and that you need it in your face so you wont get winded.. but if you have way better odds of not spooking them walking in and a better stand with the wind at your back and a light wind.. cant you just use scent block? or do i need to make a different stand at the same spot adjusting for the wind?

[Jerry Hunsley]

I never was a fan of using scentblock. Generally, if you can call into the wind, you are better off. Some guys have luck calling with the wind. Positioning a partner downwind from the caller can work sometimes. I try not calling with the wind if possible. There are guys here that may shed a little light in calling with the wind.

[EO caller]

Coyotes can smell 1 ppt. (part per trillion). 75 % of there brain is dedicated to sorting out what they smell. So leave the scent block at home, get the wind right,,,,,,or take a bath in fox piss and don't breathe.

[Coyotehunter]

EO that is some funny shit. I will say I have had some luck calling with the wind at my back. Not something I look for in a stand but sometimes that is what you get. The coyote may not be directly down wind when you start but they will get there. I find I need to be ready to shoot as soon as I see them. Just have had some situations were I needed to get a coyote killed and the wind was not in the right direction. I can not always just come in from another direction. Lots of reasons; terrain, permission, visibility (can not gaurantee getting in there without being seen)....I find I call most spots now with a crosswind of some sort. I really do not like the wind right in my face. Cross wind I can see the down wind side. wind in my face I can not.

[EO caller]

Totally agreed CH. I just like throwing out random trivia that my brain happens to trap.