Depends on the weapon. With a rifle, I'll hunt in any conditions.
But in archery? I won't bother in excessive heat because of spoilage concerns. I also won't bowhunt in heavy rain due to tracking concerns.
In the upper Great Lakes, we often get annual winds that are called the "Gales of November". Many may know that term from the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
But the gales are not unique to that event. The worst damage was done in a 1913 Gale, where 19 ships were sunk and another 19 were run aground. That storm produced 90mph winds and 35 foot waves on the Great Lakes. A Cat 1 hurricane starts at 74mph.
In early 2010, I'd planned a 5 day hunt for late October. Having planned my hunt dates months in advance, you can guess what happened during those days. The Gales blew early.
Here's a headline from my hunt period...
A gale for the recordbooks
October 29, 2010
It was a gale for the recordbooks.
Northern Michigan felt the wrath of Mother Nature Tuesday, Wednesday and into Thursday as dual weather systems blew in and blew out of the region, bringing with them ferocious winds which tore off roofs, downed trees and snapped power poles.
Some of those winds touched Category 1 hurricane range, as wind gusts clocked at 78 mph at the Mackinac Bridge.
Oddly enough, I since those were the days for that hunt, I went out and sat for about 2 hours each evening, far away from any big tree's. I sat in some small, thick row pines, safe from falling trees and limbs.
But it was a total joke and I was openly laughing to myself when the wind really had a big gust. I saw zero living creatures during 4 day "vacation".
I went out mainly because it was a break from home, 4 young kids, the rat race, etc. But again, it was a joke at that point.
Here's a news clip from one of my hunt days...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWz1sOcSzWE&feature=relmfu Here's the winds on the last day of my hunt...
Topic: What days do you not hunt? (Read 754 times)
