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Post by deerhunter23 on Oct 23, 2017 11:53:45 GMT -5
When you guys hunt field edges, what wind do you prefer? Do you want wind blowing into the field or back into the woods? Or?
I've never really hunted field edges. I did when I was a young hunter, and paid no attention to the wind.
I have a woods I have zero access to until the crops come out. Last year the farmer cut down alot of over hangs and trees along the field edge. It's created a "New" edge so to speak.
It's corn this year, last week they cut 3 passes along the field and woods. In other terms I can now access it. It's pretty secluded, with the new edge, the cut corn, and the corn still standing roughly 30 yards or so off the woods, I think I want to hunt it.
What conditions would y'all recommend?
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Post by swilk on Oct 23, 2017 12:05:04 GMT -5
Bowhunting I prefer the wind to be blowing straight out into the filed... I figure any deer I want to shoot is going to have to come by me before getting downwind.
With a gun the opposite but I would be set up well away from where I expect the deer to come from or go to so its not nearly as important.
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Post by onebentarrow on Oct 23, 2017 12:10:03 GMT -5
I would try to hunt with the wind blowing the opposite directions you expect the deer to come from no matter if it blows in to the field or woods. If you hace deer come from all directions I would hunt with wind blowing away from direction I expect the (BIG) buck to come from or if doe hunting the opposite direction I expect the majority of the does to come from.
It.does not matter which direction the wind blows as long as the deer are not down wind as long as you are mot worried about messing up future hunts.
I have always hunted high (20 feet or more) so i have a 20 to 30 yd buffer strip on the down wind side for deer to pass with out winding me. It has worked too.
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Post by swilk on Oct 23, 2017 12:12:58 GMT -5
I wish I didnt have a fear of heights .... being higher in a tree is most definitely a big plus.
I just cant bring myself to go higher than 20' or so ... usually somewhere between 15-20'.
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Post by drfleck on Oct 23, 2017 12:15:45 GMT -5
One of my favorite stands is on the edge of a woods where two crop fields and a fence row all come together. To access this stand I walk down a road and through thirty yards of woods. Since this woods is so narrow and I don't expect deer to come from it I want the wind blowing in off the field from west or north west. Deer I've shot from this stand typically have been slowly working towards me from an old pasture to the northwest of my stand. This is where they like to bed. If the wind was blowing towards the field they would bust me. Another edge I hunt is along the edge of a muck field and bigger woods. Here I want the wind blowing from woods to field. As I expect to get a shot before they get down wind of me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 14:03:44 GMT -5
I hunt a field where the other side woods to the west is a huge bed area and very rugged steep area. I hunt the east side of the field and only hunt it on West or Northwest winds. The deer come across the field to the woods behind me down to the large creek. The field is over grown and about 5-15 high weeds/sumac trees. Deer also bed in this thick field.
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Post by boonechaser on Oct 23, 2017 14:03:55 GMT -5
Deer (Esp. mature bucks) like to enter fields on the downwind side to check for danger. When setting any stand I try to set based on prevailing wind. There are always exceptions but as a general rule.
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Post by antiwheeze on Oct 23, 2017 14:45:42 GMT -5
An inside corner with a crosswind would be my pick.
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Post by deerhunter23 on Oct 23, 2017 17:00:43 GMT -5
Thanks fellas for the help. I just got back in from walking that property a little. I figured this rain was the best time to do it.
It looks as if it's not much different than years past. Main trail looks to be just inside the woods, covers the whole perimeter. I'm sure there's other but I didn't venture in to far. I've hunted this woods since I was younger. I know primarily how they use it. I would catch them coming back to bed moving from the west to the east. I'd catch them before they made it to bed.
Today I walked out and around that prime bedding area, I never have before. Always sat the same tree year after year, and it's been a good one. But just on the other side of that thicket looked really good. Lots of fresh rubs and scrapes and just inside of a corner.
I think when the wind is right I'll try an all day sit there one day next week.
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