What about when WIND doesnt matter?????

WesternMdHardwoods · 07-21-2008, 01:21 PM

I have a treestand that I hunt that is absolutely surrounded with trails! The deer can and will literally come from every direction around me. Therfore I cannot hunt the wind in this certain spot, I just have to keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best!! Knock on wood I have been fairly lucky, I can only recall being winded a handful of times in any spot I hunt!!

So does anyone else hunt spots like so, and if so do you do anything in particular??

HuntingBry · 07-21-2008, 01:24 PM

I've had some spots like that, so I try to hunt when the wind is most favorable. That is when it is blowing in a direction that the fewest trails come from or that I am least likely to be able to get a shot.

With that said, I'm sure there are times we have all been winded and busted by deer and never even known it.

GMMAT · 07-21-2008, 01:25 PM

Even though I have a spot like this (where I've taken my best two bucks).....I KNOW which direction their bedding area is. I don't hunt there if I know it's blowing towards their bedding area.....but I won't get down if it shifts, either. I may leave earlier than I normally would......but I won't scratch a hunt if I'm already there.

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With that said, I'm sure there are times we have all been winded and busted by deer and never even known it.

Absolutely.

WesternMdHardwoods · 07-21-2008, 01:28 PM

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With that said, I'm sure there are times we have all been winded and busted by deer and never even known it.

Ohhh I am sure of this as well!! Probably more often then we think also!

130woodman · 07-21-2008, 01:59 PM

Most of my stands are like that. Scent control has become a major practice with me. I can have a deer come from any direction at any time.

BobCo19-65 · 07-21-2008, 02:14 PM

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So does anyone else hunt spots like so, and if so do you do anything in particular??

Sure do. I try to hang a stand like this in a smaller tree, so I can easily see behind me. Also, you may want to pay attention to the prevailing wind direction, and try to face the stand into it.

JoeRE · 07-21-2008, 03:08 PM

Every one's woods are unique. With that, here is my point of veiw when I find an area like that. I always hunt the edges or or other funnels leading to such an area. I used to plunge in and set up in the middle, but without fail after a couple hunts my deer sightings went way down, so I have learned to back off. Just because a small area is carpeted in sign does not mean I want to hunt it...though I will likely want to hunt near it, if the sign points toward a buck making much of it. I have just seen my 'luck' get so much better ever since I took a more cautious aproach to bowhunting, I really think my revised method is paying off. I used to burn out a lot of places by hanging a stand right in the middle of where the most deer are on any particular property, then overhunting it.