I'd also still like to know what good scent checking does while you're already in your stand. If it doesn't suit your stand location.....are ya gonna get down and move? Go home?

Isee this all the time on TV.....and I'm wondering what they're gonna do?????? It looks really important to check the wind......but I do that by watching the weather and by stepping outside. This is the first time I've ever said this......but I have always had a unique sense of direction. When I was playing college baseball......by the time I was a junior....I knew pretty well all of the schools we were going to play.......what town they were in......and the relationship of their ballfield to our campus (though MILESand MILES away). I could tell you before we got on the bus to go to an away game whether the wind was blowing in or out at the field when we'd get there. you might htink this is funny....but I was RARELY fooled. I use this same "knack" to decide where to hunt. I deal with computers, write contracts, deal with numbers and specialized equipment and dimensions on a daily basis in my job duties......but I can't seem to get the knack for inserting the information into my GPS that would aid me in hunting. I'm glad it comes naturally.(EDIT....sense of direction comes naturally.....NOT the hunting knack.....)....lol.

Jeff