Originally Posted by
Jack Ryan
Stand set ups are always the same for me. Regardless the weapon, I want it close, I want it to be a piece of cake assassination, dirty rotten unsuspecting shot right in the back. Like lighting bolt out of the clear blue sky that can't miss. Rifle or piston from a bow and arrow set up is just icing on the cake.
I like the one shot stands with concealment every where but the one intersection where several trails come together, a water crossing or ditch where they go up or down the side. I like to be high up.
But I'll take a wide open clear shot situation in a hot wood lot full of acorns if that's where the deer are. I use a climber and ever spot is on the best tree in the place I want to be. I'll turn it around on the tree if the wind changes. I want the wind blowing in my face, not theirs.
I save my miracle shots, challenges, and may bees for the target range.
I've read this tip many times, and I still find this whole wind situation and stands very confusing. I am not criticizing this at all, I am just trying to understand as a beginner hunter how this whole thing works.
For example, look at the image above.
1) Fig 1 would be the perfect scenario. Deer is coming, and wind is right on the hunter's face, so the deer can't smell the hunter. Why in the hell would the deer take this route on a day like this? I thought whitetail don't like to walk in the same direction as the wind. Wouldn't the deer take another route in this case? or go to another food source - bed area?
2) Fig 2. Deer is walking with the wind on his face, so hunter turns his stand. Why wouldn't the deer smell the hunter in this case? I mean, the wind is on the hunter's face, but it is still carrying hunter's smell to the deer...
3) Yes, my artistic skills are terrible. But I am not here to paint deer, I am here to harvest them.
. And stop the insults guys... what's the point?