Good stuff there Greg!!
I couldn't agree more on what you said.
The land you hunt is it fairly flat? Reason I ask is the woods I hunt Is fairly hilly and most of the time what the wind is doing in one spot will not be doing in another. It really makes it tough and frustrating but thats hunting I guess.
Its kinda funny now with all the scent control products and clothes hunters think they don't have to hunt the wind nearly as much anymore. No dought it will cost them a big mature buck at sometime or another. It could be as simple as a doe picking up your scent and heading into a different direction, game over then being most likely the next buck that comes through will most likely take her same trail and not the one she was intended to take.