Ground Blind users

[JeffT]

I always hunt the wind no matter what stand/blind i'm using.

[EarleyBird]

You should always be mindful of the wind, regardless of the type of stand.

But you will get away with more in a pop-up.

[myway]

You should always be mindful of the wind, regardless of the type of stand.

But you will get away with more in a pop-up.

You are spot on they come from no telling where but you at least want to have the wind in your favor at least where you put hand corn or where your feeder is. The thing that drives me crazy is when you make every effort and they wind you in a matter of seconds and then you dont do anything and they stay downwind for a half hour.

[Coach W]

you got that part right I've been there and didn't get busted. Nothing personal but maybe look into a cover scent or something. Maybe switch what you're using, cause it doesn't sound like it works.

If you can set up wind of deer then you must be using the secret formula? Do tell what it is that you use? Very interested in this. Because if i have deer down wind of me, they either bolt stomp and snort forever, or they just bolt so fast you would have that I shot a cannon off in my blind!

So if you got the secret please hook a brother up!

I use the scent away products, cover scent of doe pee, and sometimes but not all the time coon pee.

[mhbaseball]

If you can set up wind of deer then you must be using the secret formula? Do tell what it is that you use? Very interested in this. Because if i have deer down wind of me, they either bolt stomp and snort forever, or they just bolt so fast you would have that I shot a cannon off in my blind!

So if you got the secret please hook a brother up!

I use the scent away products, cover scent of doe pee, and sometimes but not all the time coon pee.

haha

[Coach W]

haha

I really wasnt trying to be a smart ***!!! That just comes naturaly to me!!

I am very interested what yall use that works so you can not worry about the wind??

My hunts go down like this:

Question 1: Where are my big bucks are travelling?
Question 2: Which way is the wind gonna blow?

If I miscalculate either of those questions I will not have a successful hunt.

[k9trainer]

Good luck, but like others have said. It's not impossible.

[bloodtrail]

Might fool some deer. But not many mature deer or big pigs.

[k9trainer]

I've never been busted in a ground blind...

I never play the wind either... Deer come from all directions on every place I've hunted in Texas!

Now if your hunting in a tree over a food plot then yeah, but not where I hunt!

Might fool some deer. But not many mature deer or big pigs.

have you seen the deer this guy has shot?

[GR5]

Pets act like that

[Coach W]

Pets act like that

Yes sir.

I know from actual experience... field exprerience... and TONS of it... that when trying to get close to big deer you have the wind in your face, or crossing your face.

Same goes for hog hunting, or predator hunting.

I guess to each their own on this one.. but I will hunt the wind, at all times. My number one concern!

Rifle hunting from an elevated position carries less of an importance but its still a factor!

[k9trainer]

Good luck to you two, hope you get your scent control worked out.

[Coach W]

Good luck to you two, hope you get your scent control worked out.

You have still yet to post up your scent control method.... I'd really like to know what yall are doing so I can Improve mine!

[Codie]

You have still yet to post up your scent control method.... I'd really like to know what yall are doing so I can Improve mine!

Im taking a shower other than that I have never worried about what the wind is doing. I have had 20-30 deer pass me on trails within 15 yards (some inside of 5 yards) on every sit for years sitting on a white 5 gallon bucket outside of a wheatfield and never had one show any sings of smelling me. A LOT of it has to do with the human pressure/hunting pressure in your particular area.

[big_smith]

I must just smell like a KILLER, so they are more jittery around me. I built plywood ground blinds with one window, which is sealed and left closed until I am ready to shoot. All seams are caulked, and I have weather stripping around the door. If I have the wrong wind, I am 9 out of 10 times screwed. Some times if it is cool, and I can make it to the stand without any perspiration, I can get away with it. Most times, I am going to hear the stomp and blow. I do all the scent stuff, shower every time, wash and seal clothes every time, change into hunting clothes at location, spray down with some sort of scent killer (tried them all by the way), rubber boots, even tried wearing latex gloves for a while, used Ozonics, vanilla, cover scents, rubbed down with cedar for a while (that stuff sticks with you), stepped in cow turds, coon pee, fox pee, you name it I have tried it. The facts are this everything works some of the time, and nothing works all the time.

I just got back from hunting for a week. One hunt I did all the scent stuff shower, fresh clothes, changed from drive out clothes to hunting clothes, spray down, hunt in sealed blind: result, winded. The next hunt I wore shorts and a t shirt, did not spray down with anything, and had deer down wind. Do everything you can to stay scent free, but the fact is some times no matter what you do, they are going to wind you.