There is always a lot of talk about barometric pressure, i was just wondering what is considered high pressure? And why does a high pressure get the deer moving?
I know there's a thread out there somewhere when we discussed this a year or two ago and there was a lot of good info in there, I will see if I can find it and post it. If I remember correctly, I don't think there's too many solid facts as to why they move, but the fact is that they do seem to move more before and after storms which is typically when the barometric pressure is either rising or falling. I think I've read that rising BP is best for deer movement, specifically when the BP is 30.0+ inches.
Playing with that myself this year. From what I had been able to understand a pressure of 30.20-30.40 is ideal. So its good to be 30 and rising like Spear said.
I keep track of a number of weather factors every sit (temp, wind direction/speed, BP, cloud conditions, moon). I find that I see the most deer when the pressure is above 30, pressure closer to 31 is best.
I was curious about this subject too, and after a quick google search, I found several links (most of which are from this forum). Links below: https://forums.bowhunting.com/threads/barometric-pressure.36706/ https://forums.bowhunting.com/threads/barometric-pressure.75119/ http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/big-buck-zone/2011/10/how-barometric-pressure-affects-deer http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=624837 I personally use weather underground (wunderground.com) for getting pressure readings. Most weather websites and apps have the readings, but you have to dig a little.
