Jim:

Again (I'm not arguing your point....as it's not arguable) you're banking on an absolute "worst-case-scenario" that I'm comfortable throwing caution to the wind over. Some may not be. But like I said......if I stayed out of an area I KNOW is "hot" on an "iffy" morning........who gains the advantage? Me? The deer?

My '07 8 pointer was shot on Novemebr 6th. Wind was PERFECT. Temp was cool. Before daylight the wind shifted and the clouds rolled in (I thought I was gonna get wet). I stood my ground.....and killed him at 7:05......coming from (for maybe the first time in my life) EXACTLY where I thought he'd come from.

I was clean. It worked out. He's on my wall. He came from downwind of me (downwind at that time). I can't explain it other than to say......I thought it was gonna work out. It did. I only know that if I'd climbed down when the wind shifted.....he'd have lived another day.

I'm not saying "I" have the "killer instinct". But I'm saying "something" told me to trust my spot (I'd seen him in that area on the previous Friday, Saturday). I killed him Tuesday morning.

The best tool we have is between our ears. If yours tells you to get down every time the wind shifts.......by all means do so.