Prevailing wind stand location

[Royal]

I'm sure it's been covered but couldn't find anything in search. Where would you place your blind in conjunction with your feeder to play the most wind directions in western Texas?

[Dakota7493]

Seems to me that the wind is most often SSW for me. So I guess I'd place my stand NE of the feeder.

As it sits now....my feeder is directly S of my blind and I'm pretty Tree blocked from most any north wind.

[cashcropper]

I don't know about your area but in Southeast Texas the prevailing wind this time of year has some East in it. Mostly Southeast wind and some Northeast. When a front comes through its out of the North but it doesn't last but a day or so.

[hoythunter02]

I don't know about your area but in Southeast Texas the prevailing wind this time of year has some East in it. Mostly Southeast wind and some Northeast. When a front comes through its out of the North but it doesn't last but a day or so.

This is how it is on our place too. I have a tripod at the NW and another at the SW corner of feeder, feeder is set off to the W from my sets.

Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

[dustoffer]

Google "wind rose" and I think you'll find the info you are looking for. When I get to the desktop instead of this iPad I'll verify and repost if needed.

One thing I've noticed is that we are having far, far, far more North and NE winds this year than any year in the past 8 that I've been hunting my current place, where prevailing winds have always been SE before.

[flywise]

It depends on where their bedding area is

[SaltwaterSlick]

I hunted Del Rio for over 30 years... prevailing winds were Southeast, and the other thing is the wind almost NEVER blows from the west for more than a couple hours when a front comes through. pretty much all my stands were on the West, maybe NNW at all my sets.

Same for my property in Liberty county...

Depending on the specifics, you may be able to just put your stand on the west side of your feeder and do just fine, however if the location of your feeder is such that the animals come from the west to southwest/northwest, then you may have to adjust your stand location. In Liberty county, this has been the case for several of my sets... In those cases, I just don't hunt if the wind is not right for the location.

[Geezy Rider]

I have three different set-ups and on one of them I have two ladder stands set up. One for a north wind and the other for a south. The other two stands are for a east or westerly wind.

[gonehuntin68]

I hunted Del Rio for over 30 years... prevailing winds were Southeast, and the other thing is the wind almost NEVER blows from the west for more than a couple hours when a front comes through. pretty much all my stands were on the West, maybe NNW at all my sets.

Same for my property in Liberty county...

Depending on the specifics, you may be able to just put your stand on the west side of your feeder and do just fine, however if the location of your feeder is such that the animals come from the west to southwest/northwest, then you may have to adjust your stand location. In Liberty county, this has been the case for several of my sets... In those cases, I just don't hunt if the wind is not right for the location.

X2 and one other thing to consider is deer movement during certain types of winds. For example, our deer move a lot more during cool/cold weather. When we have cold weather the wind is out of the N. whether it be NW, NE or N. Because the deer move a lot more during N. winds I always have a set for those winds even though our prevailing wind is SE.

[txdukklr]

agree most often you give yourself the most flexibility with the blind to the west

[Tradman1971]

west

[Casey]

For Abilene:

[Royal]

Great. Thank you all.