Shooting in high wind

[Gill-T]

Geese overhead, wings cupped on a painfully slow crawl prior to landing into a 30-35 mph headwind. Where do I place my lead?  Do I account for wind effect on the shot string?  I put my bead ahead of some birds yesterday for what seemed like a gimme, pulled the trigger and.......not a feather.  The only thing I can figure is I was not accounting for the wind effect on the shot string and I was shooting behind.  Normally I swing thru birds but with the slow crawl on the birds I missed I was able to actually locate my bead and aim.

[Kevin J Legg]

Wind can certainly have an effect on shot string as you can see shooting cripples. That said, I find if I think about lead I can never hit anything. I always swing though and let instinct take over. Much better results than if I try to think it out.

[Gill-T]

I am sure that is what happened.  It was maddening to not hit such slow moving targets when I am used to hunting grouse.

[rolmops]

I think your lead stayed in front of the geese. The slower the target moves the more you have to fire straight at your target. The speed of your lead makes the wind effect negligable,unless it takes more that 3 seconds to reach your target, or so they taught me in the army. LOL they also taught me to shoot 7 lengths ahead of an incoming jet fighter, but I never hit one.

[Nontypical]

Ya if their only out there say 40yrds or so the wind isn't going to affect your shot that much, I'd say you were ahead of em, I never hunt in that bad of wind tho so I could have it backwards..

[ray koziatek]

take yer safty off