Hunting and playing the wind in areas with ridges is always difficult because you have to worry about thermals and with the countours of the land the wind doesn't necessarily move in the direction that the weather channel says because the land features change it. Another consideration is the calling. If you are going to call it is a good idea to put some kind of break downwind of you if you can. This way if the buck tries to get downwind, which they usually do, the break will hopefully funnel them close enough to your stand that you can get a shot before they get downwind.

In your case the wind just swirled at an inopportune moment. There is no way to predict that or deal with it that I know of. It's funny though how it always swirls right when a deer is there.[:@]