Ive been bowhunting for 26 years, Im not a pro by any meansbut I spend at least 60 days a season in the woods hunting whitetails. Everyone has opinions, views and different ideas on hunting so I cant really say any replies are right or wrong, some I agree with more than others based on my own personal knowledge or perception of what will cause a deer to bust me because of wind. Here we go ....

To me wind direction is the number one thing I try know ahead of my hunting a stand location.By knowing ahead of time what direction the wind is "suppossed" to be blowing will rarelycause me get out of a stand. If it changes someafter Im in the stand,then I hope using scent control sprays, rubber boots, etc will help me out some. If its really blowing right where I know the deer will be coming from and its still early in the hunt and I dont have any deer around me I'll more than likely get down after carefully evaluating the area for any deer. Will getting down cause me to get busted,which I believe was the main question being asked in the original post. If Ive been paying attention to whats around me then no, it wont get me busted "most" of the time. I get down because over the past 26 years, I have had deer wind me, somethat I could recognize, like a litte basket 6 pt. Days or weeks later I have been back up in the same stand with the wind now blowing in my favor and I have witnessed the same6 pt or that Doelook right up at the stand, possibly because they remembered smelling and picking me out, they definately continuoisly watched that tree for movement or anything that would alarm them. Those few early encountersin my bowhunting years changed the way I hunted. I try to give myself a better chance intercepting deer by knowing their bedding and feeding travel routes which allows me to use the wind as a weapon rather than having deer use it as a weapon against me.

I forgot who said it a few pages ahead, but in my opinion the most overlooked scent we omit is from breathing.Takeany of your hunting clothes, even clothes that havent been washed in scent wash, and take a good whiff, now go stand in front of Germ, or any of your hunting buddiesfor example, and let him breathe in your face (lol sorry Germ) for3or 4 hours.No scientific proof from me except my from nose which is far below a whitetails built in sniffing labratory. Your constantly puffing out scent through yourmouth or nose,right into the wind or air stream, its like your own little constant Buck Bomb, except its a Breath Bomb that goes off as long as your in the woods.I know we all cant wear face masks, but by trying to use the wind as a weapon for yourself, I personally think its your best, and free weapon against the Breath Bomb and any other things like Fart Bombs, Burpp Bombs, etc .... wether deer can determine if human breath is a bad thing or not I cant prove, but I can prove using the wind as my own weapon is a definate plus for me.