Looking back at my childhood when I started still hunting, I prob made every mistake in the book. Never thought about the wind at all, and always went by the store in the mornings. Nobody in my family still hunted, just stalk hunted and mainly dog hunted. We kinda had to learn the secrets of still hunting on our own. My grandfather would measure every step taking me to and from our deer stands before a drive so I learned early on to walk slower than slow and watch where you step. We killed a lot of deer walking to and from stands. My brother started me bow hunting when I was 15 and we were some of the first to "push" greenfield on our property around here. That was the first time i can remember ever taking wind into account. Anyway, the most important thing I tell my boys and any new hunter (the biggest mistake I use to make), is to stay as late as possible. I can't tell you how many times as a kid I would lower my bow to the ground just as I heard deer coming through the woods to the greenfield. I use to HATE walking out at dark!!! Talk about being scared, I wanted to be back at the truck or house before dark. It's really not that important to me (although I do) to be in the woods before daylight, but I can't count how many times I've shot or seen deer RIGHT AT dark. I tell my boys, if you leave right before dark your missing the best time, prime time. If you can make out a stick on the ground then you can see to shoot a deer. That would be my golden rule or my top one anyway.