Originally Posted by
rogerstv
I place stands where the wind blows from me to a barrier such as a deep ravine, a thick pile of brush, a road, a pond, etc..anywhere I expect the deer not to be. Doesn't always work out. But, that is my thought process when hanging a stand. If the deer are expected to the southwest, I want a southwest wind and will not hunt there in a northeast wind.
If the wind changes, I move to a setup based on the new wind direction. Moving myself to the other side of the tree is not going to help. It will cause is me to turn around the tree to shoot and/or get busted. I still expect deer to travel the route I am watching or to enter the field and feed where I planned. Moving myself from one side of the tree to the other does not make sense to me as the deer are still on the trail where I expect a shot and now the wind is blowing towards them.
I can picture the scenario you describe. Makes some sense if you have no where else to go.
This is what intuition tells me (Fig 2) on my post. People keep telling me "hunt with the wind on your face". And some people repeat that, as a golden "rule of thumb" and that's all there is. And I think to myself, that's not really all there is!. Right? I mean, I am a total noob at deer hunting, but it just doesn't make sense to "have the wind on your face" if deer are walking towards your back.
1) If you are on a stand, wind on your face, and deer is walking towards your back, you're screwed.
2) If you are stalking, wind is on your face, and you are NOT walking toward the deer, but they are behind you. You are screwed!
So if wind is not right, I am not turning my stand around, I am hunting somewhere else. Am I right?