If the wind isn't right...

[JHarrell89]

Coyote came in and I missed.

[JHarrell89]

Just a tad under

[GarGuy]

Teach me your ways...

Wind direction is my number one consideration when setting up a spot. Im generally hunting the edge of a big thicket bedding area. I will use a field edge, over grown fence row, busy road, or my all time favorite, A deep creek . There has to be something to make the deer circle in front of me instead of behind me. There are tons of things that assure he will come from one direction.

If the wind is blowing into the thicket, the deer know Im there before I ever get in the stand. One time of that is all it takes to keep a mature East tx buck from showing in daylight.

[EastTx]

Wind direction is my number one consideration when setting up a spot. Im generally hunting the edge of a big thicket bedding area. I will use a field edge, over grown fence row, busy road, or my all time favorite, A deep creek . There has to be something to make the deer circle in front of me instead of behind me. There are tons of things that assure he will come from one direction.

If the wind is blowing into the thicket, the deer know Im there before I ever get in the stand. One time of that is all it takes to keep a mature East tx buck from showing in daylight.

Exactly. I tried explaining this to a buddy who kept getting busted at a spot where he had a very nice buck coming in. He took my advice and moved his stand right to the edge of a steep bank on the river and waited for the pefect wind. He got busted again the first time he hunted it. Come to find out he walked right through the area in front of his stand to get to it that morning.

This is one of my favorite spots late in the season. There is thick cover surrounding this feed pen with a steep creek bank as the border on one side. My stand is on the opposite side of the creek from the pen so that my shot is actually across the creek.

[JHarrell89]

Wind is now in my face

[JHarrell89]

Besides the coyote still no movement

[Ricky T]

Sounds like a lotta guys need some more stands.

[q2xlman]

Should be early movement this evening....

http://www.realtree.com/fish-game-forecaster

[TX_Hoghunter]

Anytime I set up a stand I take a compass. I know what the "normal" wind is for the area and plan accordingly. My favorite stand is named the honey hole. I have to have a south wind to hunt. One season I only hunted it twice because of the wind, but after 5 years it is still a great spot because in that time I have only been busted a couple of times.

-john

[Richard]

Nope wait for a good wind.

[Skinny]

No I wouldn't hunt it until the wind is right.

[Jmh05]

I had a buddy that said that too. One day we were hunting about 80 yards apart and I saw a buck circle behind him and scent check him then slip away. Tell yourself you're scent free all you want and forget the wind. You may never see what you're missing!

I've been slamming some huge bucks the last half decade, I trust my scent free routine. Your buddy may not be as disciplined as he needs to be. And being 80yrds apart, sounds like a scent catastrophe.