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Post by M4Madness on Nov 8, 2023 15:38:37 GMT -5
Food plots and agricultural fields are the easiest to set stands for prevailing winds. The challenge comes when you have neither at your disposal and are hunting forested ridges. Deer are much less predictable when there are no edges and they can come from any direction. The best I can do in that situation is to sit downwind of a trail that they may use.
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Post by buckbuster13 on Nov 8, 2023 16:54:56 GMT -5
This time of the year in my opinion wind direction doesn’t matter. There’s no way to know what direction they might come from. Early October is a different story when accounting for wind direction.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Nov 8, 2023 17:04:30 GMT -5
In hill country you need to pick sets not only based on wind direction, but thermals as well. I just need to know how to set stands for many of these EWW winds we always get. Every which way.
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Post by tynimiller on Nov 9, 2023 7:53:14 GMT -5
If I am hunting my land, my father's or someone who has been gracious enough to let me hunt that I respect - I will ALWAYS hunt the wind.
I want my presence and footprint left behind to be as minimal as possible, the number one way to ruin even the best properties is to make your presence known and felt.
Now if I was a gun hunter that shot with ease over hundred yards....I'd perhaps throw caution to the wind more on public or piece of ground I don't care about. But I'm neither a sniper or one to ever have the mindset of not caring.
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Post by esshup on Nov 9, 2023 8:24:11 GMT -5
On the one property that I hunt when the landowners are out they walk the perimeter trail 2 or 3 times a day, so there is human scent there around the whole property. They are talking on the phone or talking to each other and the deer have gotten used to that. Deer will stand and watch them walk by from 40 yds away. Now when you go sneaking down the trail, trying to be quiet, they know something is different and run away when they see movement.
That's for does, yearlings and small bucks. Big bucks aren't there 24/7 so they don't get used to the human activity.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 9, 2023 18:32:09 GMT -5
I've never hunted or not hunted a particular stand location due to the wind. I'll stay home if I think the wind is too strong, except on opening weekend of firearms season. I've always said that all bets are off and scouting is out the window 10 minutes after daylight on opening say. I say that as someone that primarily hunts public land.
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