ORIGINAL: GregH
ORIGINAL: BobCo19-65
Another possibility is that you may be able to hunt a wind that is seemingly wrong for a stand if the wind is blowing OVERthe deerto a place of no concern. I have a couple of stands like this.
Could you elaborate? How high up are you? Is it at the top of a hill? Are the trails very close in? etc
I have one stand that is 23' high in a narrow strip of brush. The distance from the stand to a plowed field (after harvest) behind my stand is 27 yards. The deer trail is 12 yards from my stand. I have another trail 14 yards in front of my stand. I hunt this stand with the wind in my face. By having the trail so close behind me the wind blows right over the deer and out into the field. I have shot bucks on both of these trails. I have a couple more stands like this but this illustrates the point.
That's actually a great point we haven't hit on too much. My stand I referenced in the aerial is 23, 24' off the ground as well. Most of the time (I have to assume) is my scent is over the deer as well, under the dominant wind direction but to what length I'm not sure.
Honestly, in a great spot, sooner or later there WILL be a deer downwind even in a perfect wind. At least in mine.
They come from anywhere at any given moment.