I know of no better way of ruining a great stand than by hunting it when the wind is wrong.
In certain situations...I can see this.
And the damage is not just for a day or two. If a buck winds you he will remember .
HOW can you POSSIBLY know this???
If you don't know what spooked a deer you are not paying enough attention. A buck will look right at your wind his head will go up neck stretched out and he will turn and bound without hesitation once he has scented you.
OR when he's scented ANYTHING. Or maybe he heard soemthing you didn't.
So you'll go through an area shed hunting......but you won't take a chance to actually HUNT the stand for years???????? Where is the logic, here???? A deer don't know what season it is.....OR whether you're hunting, shed hunting or playing the game boy in the woods....nor does he CARE! You're there....and that's all that matters, to him. If I'm going in there....I figure I might as well hunt it!
If your hunting a bedding area and the wind starts blowing into it ,I feel no matter how high you are, chances are you ruined that hunt.
Here's a case for conventional wisdom meets common sense. I agree with this 100%.