HOLY CRAP was the wind blowing this last weekend. The wife and I went to Unit 73 to fill our 3 doe tags. Wind was blowing 40-65 mph. Seems the harder the wind blows the spookier they get. Most all of the herds we saw were running. Sunday we decide to set up by a water hole that the antelope use a lot. Not a single one showed up - we sat there for about 4 hours. Filled one tag in three days - first time that's ever happened.
Wyoming Wind
- Thread starter robsev
- Start date
Horsenhike
Very Active Member
We were south of Gillette a couple weeks ago deer hunting and lost a day and a half to wind. Hard to glass when you can't hold still. We were out when it started and tried to stick it out, but just wasn't with it. Once it stopped though, they came out of the woodwork.
Manualman
Active Member
I'm hunting 73 now and it's blowing 20-30 with gusts to 50. It rained this morning just to add to it
dan maule
Very Active Member
Mr Drysdale
Active Member
- Mar 24, 2013
- 404
- 309
Went on a hunt in the Uintas a few years back and had 65 mph winds. Being from Mississippi I had never encountered such wind unless a Tornado was coming. I hid behind a boulder to get out of the wind and decided to get a dip. Wrong move. Did without that day.
ore hunter
Very Active Member
- Jul 25, 2014
- 699
- 114
I was in unit 69 a week and a half ago,,bad wind 50mph gusts for a couple of days then turned nice.As they say welcome to wonderful windy Wyoming,,,nice to visit but I don't know if I could put up with the wind
SixShooter14
New Member
- Jul 28, 2015
- 33
- 0
I hear you guys...I was driving across SD on Sunday morning heading to Broadus, MT. Was definitely a 2 handed drive most of the way...and killed my gas mileage. Once I got up into MT it kinda laid down some as night came. And today wasn't too windy until the rain rolled in.
shootbrownelk
Veteran member
Did you have any snow in #48? Any elk around or were they all on private? I used to hunt in 48 years ago.
wy-tex
Veteran member
Always get a chuckle when I hear weather reports for other parts of the country with high wind warnings for 20-30 mph winds. We get em up to 60-80 sustained with some systems that move through. Animals will move very little in the wind but will find the lea side to bed and feed. After about 2-3 days of wind they will literally come out of the woodwork. We usually hunt bedded animals if we have to hunt the wind. Good glass is a must.
Yeah Manualman, when it rains there you're pretty much screwed. can't even walk in that crap. Nice thing is after a rain it usually doesn't take very long to harden up. Have fun washing your truck.
Horsenhike
Very Active Member
No lie there. The mud on my boots is unbelievably tough. Gonna have to sit them in a bucket of water or something.
There is still mud stuck to the plastic mud flaps on my truck. Been back a week and drove 750 miles! Crazy.
dihardhunter
Active Member
Just got back from a week in that same area, and yes, WINDY!!! Great hunt though, saw 1 other hunter in 6 days. 5 of us each had a buck tag. Took a 79", 74", 73", a 2 right at 70". Enjoyable hunt...buck numbers a bit ridiculous. ~275 glassed on public land in 5 days, bucks that is. Will hopefully get around to posting a full report once I get caught up at work.
Manualman
Active Member
I will have fun washing my truck, I picked up a brand new Chevy Colorado 2 weeks before coming out here. Maybe a black truck wasn't the smartest choice LOL
Colorado Cowboy
Super Moderator
Been hunting Wyoming for 40 years....Wind & Wyoming start with the same letter and go together almost like the same word!!LOL
Just expect it.
Just expect it.
shootbrownelk
Veteran member
Right CC, In Wyoming 30mph winds are a gentle breeze. When it starts blowing semis on I-80 over...that's a strong wind. If you don't hunt on windy days, you'll do little hunting. We learn to deal with it.
dan maule
Very Active Member
There was some snow up High then sunday night it snowed, rained snowed and snowed some more. We had to get out of there while we could because that much precipitation makes the road we take into the cabin impassable. So we had to bail around 11pm Sunday night. We seen a ton of fresh elk sign but in the two days that we hit it hard did not see any elk. We were hunting the extreme north part of area 48.
shootbrownelk
Veteran member
Thanks for the reply, I thought it might be soggy up around there. I'll bet there were plenty of elk in neighboring #120. They need a bit of hunter pressure to move them into #48. Are you going back?
dan maule
Very Active Member
Not sure, my son is the one with the tag hoping I can make it work. My brother and I hunted 120 last year. I was surprised how much pressure the elk actualy tolerated in that unit.