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RE: How I hunt the wind

Guy's,
There's a lot of good information being discussed here, however, the main jist of my post was to show that it is important to break down the range of wind in degrees that are huntable. Doing so adds another level of precision to help you accomplish your goals. Another tool to help avoid making mistakes.

RE: How I hunt the wind

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ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer

Great advice but what if you hunt a stand that allows the deer to come from any direction.

My favorite stand, one that has produced very well for me is in the center of a funnel.

I rarely hunt a stand where deer can come from any direction. I try to find places where the can come from 2 - 3 directions. Otherwise it is too easy to get busted.

I never sit in the center of a funnel. It is usually too easy to get busted and ruin the whole funnel. I sit in the mouths of the funnels at either end, depending on the wind.

I understand what you saying but you'd never be able to hunt this particular parcel at all then.

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I understand what you saying but you'd never be able to hunt this particular parcel at all then.

I also believe in "doing what you gotta do".

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I've learned that sometimes the best stand to hunt in a bad wind is no stand at all. Stay home if the wind isn't favorable whether your using scent eliminating products or not.

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I understand what you saying but you'd never be able to hunt this particular parcel at all then.

Rob, How wide is your funnel? Could you maybe block part of it off with limbs or brush to guide the deer to where you could hunt from an edge?

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Shultzy, that is exactly what I do. It makes no sense trying to hunt an animal that you are forcasting your presense to. Wait for a better day.

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Thats a very good post Greg, I kind of do the same thing except, I look at the local doppler for my area, then think about were to hunt as I drive to the woods. I also go through a scent regiment, which includescentkillers. Knowledge of how scent particles work is priceless while trapping and deer hunting. Scent particles are left behind as you walk trough the woods, themore time you spend in an area, the more particles you leave behind. With scent killers, scent lock, ect. The level of scent particles you leave behindaremuch more tolerable to wildlife and fade away quicker. Deer have been forced to tolerate a certain amount of human oder, he may think he is at a safe distance while your drawing backfrom 30 yards away.

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I understand what you saying but you'd never be able to hunt this particular parcel at all then.

Rob, How wide is your funnel? Could you maybe block part of it off with limbs or brush to guide the deer to where you could hunt from an edge?

No you couldn't block it. To my east, upwind is my food plot in amoungst a crp field that is roughly 80 yards wide. Beyond that, corn or beans depending on the year. Behind me is the main woodlot(downwind) but I'm in the corner. Years (25) of watching and patterning these deer have me in the tree I'm in and placed my plot where it's placed. The hedge row that joins the two woodlots (the other being small and the beddding area which I also have a stand up against which would be the far end of the funnel and I hunt it when the winds right BUT, the deer come from 360 degrees around you). The entire funnel (small woodlots, corn/beans, hedgerow emcompasses 100's of yards in reality. The deer focus/funnel down the CRP that my stand overlooks BUT, again the deer can and do come/go from any directions at any given time. The predominant wind direction comes from west/ southwest and blows my scent through the corner of the woodlot and out over a back corn/bean field from which the deer could come from. Mostly they come from/to the bedding area to my right/ N/W.

I think this stand comes down to what Greg said.

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I also believe in "doing what you gotta do".

The 3.5 year old I put in the 04 contest came from that back cornfield. I heard him walking in the woodlot behind me, directly down wind. I called him into the crp field and shot him. I've had them come from the, from my left, from my right, from downwind and upwind. They wonder through that exact area thusly why the stand hangs where it does. Scent control is a must for this stand IMO.

I'll try to get an aerial up to show the example.

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ORIGINAL: MNpurple

A couple times in the stand doesn't mean you have it figured out for future wind directions. I would take it a step further. I have stands that the terrain, maps, everything else says I can only hunt with a NW wind. Over time I have learned that a SE wind is what I truly need for this stand because of the deep ravines and high ridges and whatever that wind does in these areas.

My best advice although its not feasible for all of us, but if you can during the non hunting season, visit you stand sites during all different types of wind directions (especially for those up us with steep hills and deep ravines) to see what wind you truly need for that stand site. Why wait until hunting season and try it out a couple times and learn it then? Do your homework before school starts, not the next day at lunch.

I also hunt hill's, hollows and bluffs. In some situation, the wind is much more predictable. One particular spot I hunt, The wind can come from a wide range of degrees from SW to W and always dose the same thing when it comes up the hollow or around the bluff.