For you guys who are religious about playing the wind.....and you hunt small properties....

How often do you have to "bag" a hunt? My first time is.....right now. I got up at 4:30....and thought I had a good spot to go to. Winds are starting in the WSW.....switching to NW by 7AM. I don't have a spot for that. So........I'm gonna watch a little tube....and go back to bed. There's always the afternoon.

Wind in AR is coming from the NW at 5 which is perfect for my one stand Hope it shifts for you later today. Altho a good scentlock suit might take the worry out of the wind a little. Today is openning day here and I'll be in my stand in hour and a half! Good Luck!

Good luck to you ark.

I should have a steady NW wind later....and I've got a spot picked out. No worries....as I have some son of a bitching drywall sanding to keep me plenty busy, this morning.

I'm a "moderate" believer in the SL technology (not treally the technology....as I think it's pretty well proven....but the overall effectiveness), but the temps are too warm for that, now.

Anyways....I wish you luck

I always try to "play" the wind but when it is not in my favor...I still get out on stand. I still feel like my chances are better (with a bad wind) than staying home. There have been plenty of times that a deer has come to me from downwind. Those are the days you have to trust your scent control. IMO.

I don’t bag hunts. If I don’t have a good wind for a particular spot I’ll find one, even if that spot might not be very productive. I don’t have the luxury of bagging a hunt based on a non-ideal wind.

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Wuss.... why don't you just say you didn't feel like going hunting.[8D] There's always a spot that's down wind. Go ahead, tell us the truth.... your wife made you a better offer and you decided to bag it for the hunt.

Jeff that sounds to me like a perfect morning to grab the longbow and take a walk in the woods. Find ya a nice tree trunkwith some good back cover and have a seat on the ground or just lean against the tree. Bad winds for stands can make good winds for a ground hunt.

I have stands set for every possible wind combonation.

x2 I'm not able to get out a lot because of my class schedule, so when I can hunt - it doesn't matter what the wind is doing. I'll do my best to pick a stand that works with the wind, but I have one spot that I can go to for any wind direction really (creek bottom) because the wind swirls down there anyway