Great post Greg. When I was a beginning hunter I bought in to the "forget the wind" crap that is marketed by the scent elimination companies. After a while I saw the light and figured out that there is nothing that can fool a deer’s nose if they are down wind of you. Now I absolutely will not hunt a stand if the wind is not right for it. Since following that rule I have enjoyed more success and seen more mature bucks. I quit wearing my scentlock suit a few years ago but still wash my clothes and bathe in scent eliminator type soaps.

If you love to hunt like I do, staying at home is not an option, you'll have a stand for any and every situation

Sort of wind related : stand site contamination.
I always try to play the wind. I always do my best not to contaminate my stand sites. I try not to over hunt stands for that reason. But there is one type of stand that I would hunt every day. During the rut, stand sites that are located to cut off traveling bucks in search of hot does, I will hunt my good spots as often as the wind will let me. Even if its 10 day in a row. I believe a lot of the bucks traveling thru these spots don't normally travel thru every day. They will probably not be aware of my past visits. Because of the type of stand I don't think you can burn it out.

Very good. Another reason that I have 10 stand sites. If I need more, I'll move one of them.

Good post magic, I have a saddle that connects to large tracts of landthat is like this, I onlysee bucks from this stand.

I have stands like this andI hunt them multiple times in a row if the wind will let me.

"I have stands like this andI hunt them multiple times in a row if the wind will let me."

I keep seeing this from you Greg and it really inspires me to sit on stand sites for multiple days in a row if I know of a good buck or two is in the area. Too many times I have abandon areas after a day or two of no sightings. There are very few areas where I hunt where I find large buck sign. I have found probably two locations( in all the areas I hunt) on tops of ridges with long fingers that have absolutely monster rubs. If I see them appear again this year I am going to take your advice and be in those stand areas from sun-up to sundown for multiple days in a row if necessary. The rubs I see in one particular area are only on large cedar trees and run the entire length of a 300 yard stretch or so right into a thick bedding area. They are rubs so big I can hardly believe it when I see them each year. I just have never been able to see this buck ( or two). Thanks for the advice, it really helps me out.

Brett

Virginiashadow,
I have found that once the deer season has been in effect for a while, the deer seem to move around their area in a cyclic pattern. Where they were a few days ago may not produce any sightings for a couple of days or so, until they get back to that area. This is especially true of bucks. If they have checked an areas does out and have found nothing of interest, they'll move on. They will be back to check on this spot again. I have a lot of time off to hunt deer and I keep tabs on the does. They are soley responsible for all of the buck activity in a given area. If I see does out feeding with no bucks checking them out, I move to another spot and check on a different doe family unit. I go from one to the other until I find what I'm looking for, just like the bucks! [:-]

Sooner or later, the cycle will start all over again. It's simple, you just have to be there! [8D]

Where could we find a website that does such a thing?

Very smart! Thanks.

This is the one that I use. Just type in your location (Ihate that word ) and go!

http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go&sta=KRAC&state=WI