Wind

[bowshooter74]

I went outside this morning and we have a stiff breeze at about 15-20 mph gusting up to about 25 mph occasionally. I have a basement range of about 13 yards and i see all nock in the basement and bullet holes through paper.

I go out side and notice a notice the the tail is planing off to the right like a slow glide type thing, not a wiggle or a porpouse. not on every shot though. Before i go and pull what little hair i have left out, Can this type of wind cause some false readings or just some not sure if its the wind or the arrow situation? I have a high fenced back yard and it does get a lil swilry in there at times. Ill note that the arrow was moving the same direction the wind was comming from. an bad exzperiences with the wind? hunting or competition?



I read over on another site and they used a term called windcock or weathercock, is this what this is?

[Viper]

Bow -

Yes. An arrow, almost by defination is a weathervane. The tail will move in the direction the wind is blowing, and the resultant force will make the arrow point into the wind.

Hell yes it matters!!! :mad:

Viper out.

edit - sorry can't type ...

[steve morley]

Did a tourney a couple of years ago on the North Yorkshire Moors, 50+mph winds, I came in with my lowest score ever but had the highest score of the tourney, funny watching all the Compounds, cause couldn't keep their arrows on the rest without a human windbreak of about three people (looked a bit dangerous to me).

It was a fun and interesting experience and very cold.

[bowshooter74]

wow i couldnt imagine trying to shoot a tourney of somekind in 50+ wind conditions.

i just wanted to make sure that it wasnt in my head, when you have all those voices in your head its hard to determine witch one to listen to. :) :thankyou:

[van_fl]

A most positive HELL YES !

When shooting 900 round last year, at 60yds, I was gaping on the next targets left buttpost . What a neat thing it was to watch. The arrow leaning into the wind drifting over into the next target ten ring (correct target). :cheers:

BTW This was one of those times that it paid to shot the wind rather then the lulls.

[pondscum2]

jus' one more reason to hold your shots to 17.3 yds or less, LOL! ps2

[Bob Gordon]

Shot a 3-D tourny last month in the sagebrush in lots of wind. I shot about half the targets on my knees to keep the wind from rocking the old body so much, also had the problem of keeping the arrow on the shelf. Needed a three hundred pounder to stand next to my bow as a windbrake but as all trad shooters look like athletes and are nice and skinny so no luck there. LOL....kinda weird to hold on a foam deers butt to hit in in the shoulder...warf

[van_fl]

Bob
If you weren’t so tall, You wouldn’t have to contend with the the Jet Stream.
:lol:

[Bob Gordon]

Van, yea, your right, even on my knees I'm taller than most. I guess the wind you get in Florida is the kind that puts the palm trees in the next state every now and then. Pigs come home to roost yet?...warf

[Desert Archer]

One other point that hasn't been mentioned yet. There's a reason the NAA and Olympic target shooters use those little bitty vanes. WIND! Trad shooters with their big 5" fletching are asking to watch the rear end of the arrow get thrown around in the wind. Big fat hunting type arrows are more subject to wind as well.

I shot in our state's FITA Field tourney last year. I was with two string walkers who knew what they were doing and had the best equipment. This included Easton ACE shafts (skinny little barreled shafts with Spin Wing vanes). One target ran along a ridge line and the wind was gusting at 25-30 across the line of fire. When we got to the target butt my arrows (Easton carbon Light speeds with 4" fleathers) were all going in at an angle and on the down wind side of the bale. Their skinney little ACEs were in the target straight and in the middle.

Yea, the "in the middle" part had more to do with skill than wind but the kind of arrows they were shooting made a huge difference when it came to bucking the wind

Dave.

[bowshooter74]

that stuff is pretty amazing :cheers:

[van_fl]

Bob
Had one small sow at the feeder two weeks ago . been on the run last week and haven’t had a time to check the trail cam. However we have had 5 inches of rain week before last and so far only 4 inches this week. (and we are in the dry season). Am hoping to get out back this Friday to check the cam and fill up the feeder. If I can find my hip boots.
:)

[pondscum2]

so, are any of you working on another method of stabilizing the flight with NO fletching yet????? heavier tip to shaft weight or ??? gotta be a way, as techy as SOME of us here are, WHY NOT one of us.... :2cents: ps2

[Pinelander]

sorry ps2... not me, them feathers are just too doggone perty not to have 'em on a shaft. Besides those black carbons are so butt-ugly as it is, gotta add some color. :p

I do some bare-shafting... but since I shoot all of my arrows with feathers on them, I pay more attention as to how my broadhead flys with 4" feathers attached then anything else.

Wind problems?? Yes, I've watched shafts with 4" feathers sway in the wind and then recover in a pocket, very interesting to watch this happen. I don't like hunting in winds higher than 20mph... especially when up in a tree and the arrow might have to buck a cross-wind. Only solution is an itty-bitty shaft diameter and itty-bitty fletching coupled with a well-tuned setup... about as good as you're gonna get.