For you guys who are religious about playing the wind.....and you hunt small properties....
How often do you have to "bag" a hunt? My first time is.....right now. I got up at 4:30....and thought I had a good spot to go to. Winds are starting in the WSW.....switching to NW by 7AM. I don't have a spot for that. So........I'm gonna watch a little tube....and go back to bed. There's always the afternoon.
Wind in AR is coming from the NW at 5 which is perfect for my one stand Hope it shifts for you later today. Altho a good scentlock suit might take the worry out of the wind a little. Today is openning day here and I'll be in my stand in hour and a half! Good Luck!
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I should have a steady NW wind later....and I've got a spot picked out. No worries....as I have some son of a bitching drywall sanding to keep me plenty busy, this morning.
I'm a "moderate" believer in the SL technology (not treally the technology....as I think it's pretty well proven....but the overall effectiveness), but the temps are too warm for that, now.
For you guys who are religious about playing the wind.....and you hunt small properties....
How often do you have to "bag" a hunt? My first time is.....right now. I got up at 4:30....and thought I had a good spot to go to. Winds are starting in the WSW.....switching to NW by 7AM. I don't have a spot for that. So........I'm gonna watch a little tube....and go back to bed. There's always the afternoon.
I always try to "play" the wind but when it is not in my favor...I still get out on stand. I still feel like my chances are better (with a bad wind) than staying home. There have been plenty of times that a deer has come to me from downwind. Those are the days you have to trust your scent control. IMO.
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I don"™t bag hunts. If I don"™t have a good wind for a particular spot I"™ll find one, even if that spot might not be very productive. I don"™t have the luxury of bagging a hunt based on a non-ideal wind.
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Wuss.... why don't you just say you didn't feel like going hunting.[8D] There's always a spot that's down wind. Go ahead, tell us the truth.... your wife made you a better offer and you decided to bag it for the hunt.
Jeff that sounds to me like a perfect morning to grab the longbow and take a walk in the woods. Find ya a nice tree trunkwith some good back cover and have a seat on the ground or just lean against the tree. Bad winds for stands can make good winds for a ground hunt.
I don"™t bag hunts. If I don"™t have a good wind for a particular spot I"™ll find one, even if that spot might not be very productive. I don"™t have the luxury of bagging a hunt based on a non-ideal wind.
x2 I'm not able to get out a lot because of my class schedule, so when I can hunt - it doesn't matter what the wind is doing. I'll do my best to pick a stand that works with the wind, but I have one spot that I can go to for any wind direction really (creek bottom) because the wind swirls down there anyway
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Playing the wind on small properties
Hope it shifts for you later today. Altho a good scentlock suit might take the worry out of the wind a little. Today is openning day here and I'll be in my stand in hour and a half! Good Luck!
