WELL WITH JULY HERE I WILL START HANGING TREE STANDS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I WENT UP TO MY BROTHERS TODAY AND WE GOT ALL HIS STANDS OUT AND HUNG A COUPLE OF THEM.
WE ALL PLAY THE WIND WHEN HANGING STANDS AND HUNTING OUT OF THEM. I HAVE FOUND THAT A LOT OF HUNTERS DO NOT THINKS ABOUT THERMALS WHEN HUNTING. AFTER YEARS OF BEING BUSTED I LEARNED THAT THERMALS PLAY A MAJOR ROLL ALONG WITH THE WIND ON WHAT STAND I WILL HUNT. THERMALS RAISES IN THE MORNINGS AND WILL CARRY YOUR SCENT UP. THERE IF I FIND A PLACE AROUND A HILL SIDE I WILL PLACE ONE STAND ALMOST AT THE TOP OF THE HILL AND ANOTHER ONE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. THIS WAY MY SCENT GOES UP INTO THE AIR WITHOUT DEER WINDING ME. NOW IF THE AFTERNOON AROUND
2 PM I WILL MOVE TO A STAND AT THE BOTTOM OR BASE OF THE HILL DUE TO THERMALS FALLING. THIS WAY THE DEER APPROCH FROM ABOVE ME AND CAN NOT SMELL ME HOPEFULLY. I HAVE SOME STANDS THAT I ONLY HUNT IN THE AM WHEN THE WIND IS RIGHT AND I HAVE OTHER THAT ONLY HET HUNTED IN THE PM WHEN THE WIND IS RIGHT. SINCE DOING THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO I HAVE SEEN MORE DEER THEN BEFORE THEN WHEN I JUST HUNG STANDS PLAYING JUST THE WIND.
HOPE THIS MIGHT HELP YOU ALL WHEN HANGING YOUR STANDS THIS YEAR. GOOD HUNTING.