As Wirehair said the wind when strong can work to your advantage if the terrain is right, most areas I hunt have gullys in them, I like to still hunt on the downwind side of gullies, the deer get down in the gullies to get out of the wind, the wind as already stated allows for mistakes in noise and also gives you a bit more freedom in movement because everything is moving due to the wind, it is rare I will stop hunting due to a strong wind, I just change my tactics, the same way that the deer change thier patterns in heavy wind.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club