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Re: Which way do you face?
[Re: slanddeerhunter]
#1635987
02/01/16 03:06 PM
02/01/16 03:06 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 16,498 Guntersville
AC870
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Guntersville
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I don't worry about the wind. It's the property line I try to keep to my back. Just kidding. I do try to play the wind as far as not having it blowing from me to where I think the deer will be coming from. You can get away with crosswinds and quartering winds sometimes.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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Re: Which way do you face?
[Re: slanddeerhunter]
#1636021
02/01/16 03:22 PM
02/01/16 03:22 PM
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 17,206 Huntsville, AL
Claims Rep.
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Huntsville, AL
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I always climb 40' to begin with. The direction I face is dependent on the surroundings.
Jesus... I hope you know Him personally like I do.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
Proud crossbow hunter!
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Re: Which way do you face?
[Re: slanddeerhunter]
#1636022
02/01/16 03:23 PM
02/01/16 03:23 PM
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Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 3,801 Remlap
Reno
10 point
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10 point
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I saw more deer this year than I ever have and I can tell you first hand that I saw more deer moving into the wind than anything. Some deer had it at there back but more often than not they went head on.. Most deer crossed my scent and I didn't get busted but once (watching a buck at 35 yards and they slipped in from the other direction and busted me at under 10 yards) the places I hunt, the deer come from all directions so I was very careful about my scent control this year and I saw a big difference when it came to seeing deer.
Roads? Where we're going, we dont need roads. ~Doc brown
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Re: Which way do you face?
[Re: burbank]
#1637206
02/02/16 12:40 PM
02/02/16 12:40 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 12,258 Oxford, AL. USA
Big Game Hunter
Doesn’t Know His Code
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Doesn’t Know His Code
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Oxford, AL. USA
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Codie faces the corn pile. Let it be written. Codie always hunts up wind and he knows best. I meant upwind of the corn pile.
IKNOWMYPHUCKINGCODEDAMMITYOUDICKHEAD!!!
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Re: Which way do you face?
[Re: Big Game Hunter]
#1637221
02/02/16 12:53 PM
02/02/16 12:53 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 16,984 Madison
BowtechDan
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Madison
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I don't worry about the wind much. For bowhunting I try to be on the shade side of the tree or near cover.
Nathan Carl Goff 19 Sept 2016 - 14 Jan 2017.
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Re: Which way do you face?
[Re: slanddeerhunter]
#1637863
02/03/16 04:50 AM
02/03/16 04:50 AM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 11,408 Kennedy, al
globe
Booner
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Booner
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Posts: 11,408
Kennedy, al
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You guys are killing me saying you don't worry about the wind! I've seen deer wind ME from 200+ yards when it shifts wrong, and I try to be as scent free as possible. I have 3-4 dif properties I hunt and I go to which ever stand best suits the wind. My confidence level would be zero if I hunted the south side of a power line with a south wind.
Everything woke turns to shucks
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Re: Which way do you face?
[Re: globe]
#1637870
02/03/16 05:00 AM
02/03/16 05:00 AM
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Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 14,117 Chilton County
MarksOutdoors
Booner
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Booner
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Posts: 14,117
Chilton County
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You guys are killing me saying you don't worry about the wind! I've seen deer wind ME from 200+ yards when it shifts wrong, and I try to be as scent free as possible. I have 3-4 dif properties I hunt and I go to which ever stand best suits the wind. My confidence level would be zero if I hunted the south side of a power line with a south wind. X2. I have bathed in scent-free, washed the clothes in scent-free and sprayed down with scent "eliminator"....and then still get busted when the deer is not even within view and is over 100 yards into the woods. And of course, I've had them walk right underneath me. I am convinced that they can smell you 500 yards away, but it is up to them to ignore your scent or raise up the white tail and head the other direction.
Last edited by MarksOutdoors; 02/03/16 05:00 AM.
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -G. K. Chesterton
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Re: Which way do you face?
[Re: slanddeerhunter]
#1637916
02/03/16 05:33 AM
02/03/16 05:33 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 5,924 Decatur
chevyman
12 point
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12 point
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Decatur
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I try to hunt with the wind in my face,but most of the time it ends up swirling,Also,when I think I know beyond a shadow of a doubt which way the deer will be coming from they come from somewhere unexpected..Just hunt.
Wisdom doesn't always come with age. Sometimes age shows up all by itself. Roll Tide
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Re: Which way do you face?
[Re: slanddeerhunter]
#1637920
02/03/16 05:34 AM
02/03/16 05:34 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 5,924 Decatur
chevyman
12 point
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12 point
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Decatur
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Certain weather conditions will get you winded from anywhere.Other times they seem oblivious to me being around them.
Wisdom doesn't always come with age. Sometimes age shows up all by itself. Roll Tide
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Re: Which way do you face?
[Re: slanddeerhunter]
#1637930
02/03/16 05:42 AM
02/03/16 05:42 AM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 8,030 Central Alabama
muzziehead
14 point
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14 point
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Central Alabama
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I usually tend to hunt with my face into the wind, but we have fingers on our property that we know the deer travel south on in the morning and north on in the afternoon, so there will be times when their normal travel route dictates where I sit even the wind is not necessarily in my favor. There are times especially during the rut that want to upwind of the deer, especially if have put out a scent drag or buck bomb, in hopes that they will wind the scent and come in to investigate it. Scent control is KEY ALWAYS, I always wear fresh washed clothes and shower with dirt soap and then spray down before walking into the woods. Rubber boots are a must.
My son killed a big 10 this past Sunday that was walking one of the treeline fingers I mentioned and he was walking dead downwind, along with another buck that had passed earlier. They cant and dont always walk with the wind in their face. If they did, we would never see the same deer twice, by now they would be up in Huntsville somewhere, heading on into Tennessee.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: Which way do you face?
[Re: slanddeerhunter]
#1637941
02/03/16 05:46 AM
02/03/16 05:46 AM
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Posts: 23,950 Clarksville, TN /Greenville, ...
bill
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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I watched a 2 year old 6 point wind me yesterday and he didn't like it but he just kind of slinked on off but the day before, I had a 3 year old busted up deer come almost to the base of my tree in response to a grunt call. The wind was not blowing to him but he smelled where I walked through some weeds to climb. It had rained pretty good on me all morning but he still smelled me. He did not hesitate to get out of dodge. For those that don't worry about the wind, try hunting a food plot with the wind blowing directly into it and let me know how you do. Young deer will tolerate a lot of human intrusion. Older deer, not so much.
"Political debate: when charlatans come together to discuss their principles" - Bauvard
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Re: Which way do you face?
[Re: slanddeerhunter]
#1637951
02/03/16 05:54 AM
02/03/16 05:54 AM
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Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 2,616 Alabama
dirkdaddy
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 2,616
Alabama
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I usually end up with the wind blowing across my face I feel like. I am careful enough with scent control and get high enough usually that I want a shot at my downwind side if possible.
I have two approaches I usually take to my down wind side. Often times I'll give myself the easiest shot I have close to my down wind side so I can whip around and take one out that may hesistate and smell instead of bolting. Alternatively I'll try to position cover, say a sweet gum tree or a mess of vines, on my down wind side so I can only be smelled, but not seen clearly if one approaches.
Thermals in the morning also rule over predominant wind. Killed the biggest buck of my career facing south east on a day when a light nw wind was blowing. But I had a large 90 acre bottom land cut over to my left/front and a steep hill behind me. That buck came in exactly "down wind" of me according to the wind direction, but due to thermals/topography my scent was really being carried up directly behind me and to my right. He got within 10 yards before realizing he messed up, then he got a 30-30 bullet through both shoulders.
Last edited by dirkdaddy; 02/03/16 05:59 AM.
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Re: Which way do you face?
[Re: ACT3]
#1638008
02/03/16 06:36 AM
02/03/16 06:36 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 5,924 Decatur
chevyman
12 point
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12 point
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Posts: 5,924
Decatur
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Been facing the wrong way all year!! Seems that way sometimes.
Wisdom doesn't always come with age. Sometimes age shows up all by itself. Roll Tide
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