Does Wind Direction Affect POI?

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This morning wind was 15 miles per hour from the north. I was shooting west. My POI was shifted about 3 to 5 inches to the left at 20 yards. Any seasoned hunters out there who wants to validate my observations. At 40 yards POI may be off enough to miss a bird.

[twyatt]

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I'm not a seasoned hunter, but I can confirm POI change for sure with a strong wind.  I shot today at 40 yards and my entire pattern was several inches to the right.   Wind was a stiff 25mph crosswind, and I had no idea it would affect it the way it did.   So I'm going with YES, definitely.  I'm not even sure I'd have hit the bird with the effects I saw.
I did shoot at 20 yards too and the effects were minimal at best.  At 40 I could REALLY see the wind effects.
Shooting a 870 20ga and TSS 9's and the gun/optics were previously sighted in/patterned, and I was shooting off of a bench rest, so this wasn't a case of anything except the wind

[squidd]

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I would say yes and hate shooting Longbeards into the wind - that filler can’t be good for the lungs!