In the morning I'll always have my back to the bedding area and will only hunt that location if the wind is in my face. I'll never hunt, period, when the wind isn't in my face. When the wind shifts, I'll move or turn and face the other way hoping beyond hope to catch a straggler.

Never, ever, ever hunt with the wind at your back and expect good results. It can happen but that is just an anomaly.

I don't understand the wind in the face all the time deal. If the deer are bedding to the east and feeding to the west and the wind is out of the north then I might set up on the south side of their trail, facing the northwest. I always want deer walking broadside down my right side and never being directly in front or to the left of me. Reason being, I am left handed and shoot my gun and bow off the right side of my stand. With the deer on the right side, I never have to stand to shoot my bow or swap hands to shoot my gun. I guess, simply put, I like the wind to hit my right side first.

Heck..I dont understand. I usually set up DOWNWIND of an active Deer run within 25-35 yards , so I can shoot it.

Dont yall hunt active runs?

Or do you just randomly pick your stand site.

I freaking LABOR over my stand trees...as to hunt an area correctly.
With the right wind and not spooking them coming in...and not walking across the trail where they are coming so they wont pick up my ground scent.

I spend alot of time evaluating the sign, the trails to be at the exact right tree. Thats what works for me.

Heck..I dont understand. I usually set up DOWNWIND of an active Deer run within 25-35 yards , so I can shoot it.

Dont yall hunt active runs?

Or do you just randomly pick your stand site.

I freaking LABOR over my stand trees...as to hunt an area correctly.
With the right wind and not spooking them coming in...and not walking across the trail where they are coming so they wont pick up my ground scent.

I spend alot of time evaluating the sign, the trails to be at the exact right tree. Thats what works for me.

Pretty much what I do as well. But we have to deal with thermals up here in hillbilly land. For that reason I hunt a hub and spoke set up often when they are really on their feet. I rarely hunt one trail. That way you are on multiple trails and a wind or themal shift won't shut you down. I always want to be in exactly the right tree, location, location, location! I have several spots with more than one stand at them.

I have two of those spoke trail intersection hubs. Thats where I got all the pics of that big 10. My North wind or west wind stand 35 yards from that intersection is money.

I have another one where three trails meet and go across a dam to a few islands. I have 2 stands on that x-ing..one for North wind and one for south wind.

Ive seen deer cross that dam everytime Ive sat there.

I run my cameras on both those xings too..heck , the beaver dam x ing is where I got that pic of the 8 pt I just shot this last saturday.