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SERIOUS QUESTON ABOUT HUNTING THE WIND
#434643
10/28/12 02:22 AM
10/28/12 02:22 AM
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Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 4,291 CAHABA WMA
PEA_RIDGE
OP
10 point
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OP
10 point
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 4,291
CAHABA WMA
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I see al the post about hunting the wind and everything. Now I was thinking if you have your stand hung in a way you want to hunt a particular spot and a particular wind . you get there and the wind is RIGHT you get settled in and everything then when it is PRIME time all you hear are deer blowing at you because they have deicded to come into your stand from a differnet location. how many can honestly say that every deer they hunt will come from that exact direction every single time?.. In my honest opinion i think deer will come and go as they please from what ever direction they please. im not one to pay hundreds of dollars on all the HIGH TECH carbon gimmic suits and everything, only thing i use is a bottle of dead down wind and that is it .. if i want to hunt a certian stand i spray down and hunt it if i get winded then so be it.. ..
again what is your opinion on this thinking
Fletch Triple Toe Assassins, Where Pellets Meet Peckers
"A turkey's brain development exceeds that of nearly all vice-presidents." - TOM KELLY
The bird possesses a remarkable ability to turn arrogance into hopelessness. - TOM KELLY
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Re: SERIOUS QUESTON ABOUT HUNTING THE WIND
[Re: PEA_RIDGE]
#434647
10/28/12 04:33 AM
10/28/12 04:33 AM
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Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 3,872 Spanish Fort
teamduckdown
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 3,872
Spanish Fort
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Ofcourse they come and go as they please.
But, you can still hunt smart and hunt in a way that there is only a small chance a deer will come form down wind. I play the wind every chance I get, But sometimes there is no way around it. If you set up down wind of the food source, and down wind of the major trails, obviously you have greatly decreased your chances of being winded.
Turkeys be damned.
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Re: SERIOUS QUESTON ABOUT HUNTING THE WIND
[Re: PEA_RIDGE]
#434650
10/28/12 06:24 AM
10/28/12 06:24 AM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 5,391 Cleburne County
NortonZ7
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 5,391
Cleburne County
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Just gotta give up deer coming from down wind. Most of my places I know where deer come from MOST of the time. If you scout a place well enough you should know where they should come from and should hunt that spot depending on the wind. But like you said you have some random passer-bys every now and then, but there's nothing you can do about that.
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Re: SERIOUS QUESTON ABOUT HUNTING THE WIND
[Re: leroycnbucks]
#434816
10/28/12 12:21 PM
10/28/12 12:21 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 39,449 Marshall County
FurFlyin
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Marshall County
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I wouldn't hunt in this wind today. Daggumit! I much prefer to hunt in a 10-15 mph sustained wind than the normal 1-3 mile per hour swirling wind we normally have. On days like this, I slip in closer to the bedding areas than I would normally go. The wind helps cover any noise. The deer are still going to move. I've killed some of my best bucks on windy days.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Re: SERIOUS QUESTON ABOUT HUNTING THE WIND
[Re: cha]
#434874
10/28/12 03:13 PM
10/28/12 03:13 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 39,449 Marshall County
FurFlyin
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Marshall County
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A big 4 1/2 year old plus buck is going to come in to a food source down wind. He is old for a reason!! No matter how munch $ you spend on scent lock clothes and cover ups a 5 1/2 year old is gonna wind you in Alabama.people watch too much of those hunting shows on TV from out west. I have hunted all over the USA and Canada! Killing a big buck here is the hardest thing to do as a hunter!Let all those TV stars come to my club and hunt a season.They will be headed back out west or up north with their tail tucked between thier legs!!!!And all of the real hunters on Aldeer know that! I agree 100% that they usually approach a feeding area from downwind. On days like today, and yesterday, IF a hunter takes good scent control measures the wind can and most times will disperse the human odor keeping you from getting winded. It has worked for me on mature deer on more than one occasion.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Re: SERIOUS QUESTON ABOUT HUNTING THE WIND
[Re: cha]
#434898
10/28/12 04:19 PM
10/28/12 04:19 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 5,391 Cleburne County
NortonZ7
12 point
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12 point
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A big 4 1/2 year old plus buck is going to come in to a food source down wind. He is old for a reason!! No matter how munch $ you spend on scent lock clothes and cover ups a 5 1/2 year old is gonna wind you in Alabama.people watch too much of those hunting shows on TV from out west. I have hunted all over the USA and Canada! Killing a big buck here is the hardest thing to do as a hunter!Let all those TV stars come to my club and hunt a season.They will be headed back out west or up north with their tail tucked between thier legs!!!!And all of the real hunters on Aldeer know that! A lot of pro hunters could kill good deer anywhere. They have the experience, time, and money to do so. The guys that kill boomers every single year could kill deer here. A booner out west is just about as hard to kill as a good deer here. I agree that some of them would tuck tail and hit the road though. We will never know though, cause they won't come here and hunt and I don't blame them. Hunting the Midwest is so much fun!
Last edited by NortonZ7; 10/28/12 04:20 PM.
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Re: SERIOUS QUESTON ABOUT HUNTING THE WIND
[Re: PEA_RIDGE]
#434934
10/28/12 05:05 PM
10/28/12 05:05 PM
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Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 76 Bessemer (rural)
Safetyman
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Posts: 76
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Been told high is good.....what about what you leave on the ground coming in....how long for it to clear up?
If you always do... What you've always done, You'll always get... What you've always got!!!!
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Re: SERIOUS QUESTON ABOUT HUNTING THE WIND
[Re: PEA_RIDGE]
#435115
10/28/12 08:39 PM
10/28/12 08:39 PM
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Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 430 Central AL
rglock35
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4 point
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 430
Central AL
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I know I have the best chance for success when the wind is in my favor and I try to hang my stands accordingly and hunt that way.
In reality it rarely ever works out where it's in my favor and if I waited for it to be perfect I'd never get to hunt. I've got hills and hollows. Even yesterday at 10+ mph the wind changed on me every 15 or 20 minutes.
Always remember that safety comes first. Then pull the trigger.
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Re: SERIOUS QUESTON ABOUT HUNTING THE WIND
[Re: PEA_RIDGE]
#435130
10/28/12 08:58 PM
10/28/12 08:58 PM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 2,028 Hartselle, AL
ghost rabbit
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8 point
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 2,028
Hartselle, AL
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I think wind is important. Do I treat it like its important? N0. For many people hunting with the wind isn't even an option especially if you don't have a large amount of land to hunt. You may only have 1 or 2 good hunting spots and so its hunt without the wind or don't hunt. I believe the scent you should be worried about most is whats on your boots and clothing that will be touching stuff while going in. Most animals that can scent stuff do it on the ground. I normally hunt from a tree stand and rarely have a deer that scents me or that acts like it scents me. I feel like the normal scent that you put off probably doesn't linger that long, so if you're up high in a stand then it should be hard for them to wind you. Now if you're on the ground or not very high then thats different. These are just my thoughts and I don't kill big deer consistently so don't listen to me too closely on the issue. Thats just the way I go about it. Big bucks are smart and hard to kill. The way I've decided to hunt is Oct-Dec is for meat. I've got to the point where I don't even really try to hunt for big bucks until the rut. I've never killed a decent buck outside of the rut so I'll hunt in places I tend to see more deer in early season and if I see a good buck then so be it.
Just a thought from a few of the comments in this post.
If Big Bucks will normally only come to a food source down wind of it then what good is it going to do you to hunt where the wind is not blowing towards where he would be coming from?
Last edited by ghost rabbit; 10/28/12 09:16 PM.
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Re: SERIOUS QUESTON ABOUT HUNTING THE WIND
[Re: PEA_RIDGE]
#435243
10/29/12 05:36 AM
10/29/12 05:36 AM
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Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,382 Decatur
kkeith1957
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Posts: 1,382
Decatur
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I climb high 30 to 40 feet spray down good let the wind blow very careful with my scent control
kmc
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Re: SERIOUS QUESTON ABOUT HUNTING THE WIND
[Re: PEA_RIDGE]
#435419
10/29/12 10:30 AM
10/29/12 10:30 AM
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Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,236 Foley, AL
Vulkanman
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,236
Foley, AL
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I consider the wind when hanging my stands or choosing one to hunt, most of the time there is little or no wind when I climb & it almost always swirls & changes while I'm up. There isn't a thing I can do about it, so my concern with it stops right about there. I hunted yesterday, had gusts up to 25 mph or so, with periods of no wind at all, and I saw 2 deer that I never would have seen from my couch.
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Re: SERIOUS QUESTON ABOUT HUNTING THE WIND
[Re: NortonZ7]
#435468
10/29/12 11:44 AM
10/29/12 11:44 AM
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Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 880 Enterprise, Alabama
arKic
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6 point
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Posts: 880
Enterprise, Alabama
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A big 4 1/2 year old plus buck is going to come in to a food source down wind. He is old for a reason!! No matter how munch $ you spend on scent lock clothes and cover ups a 5 1/2 year old is gonna wind you in Alabama.people watch too much of those hunting shows on TV from out west. I have hunted all over the USA and Canada! Killing a big buck here is the hardest thing to do as a hunter!Let all those TV stars come to my club and hunt a season.They will be headed back out west or up north with their tail tucked between thier legs!!!!And all of the real hunters on Aldeer know that! A lot of pro hunters could kill good deer anywhere. They have the experience, time, and money to do so. The guys that kill boomers every single year could kill deer here. A booner out west is just about as hard to kill as a good deer here. I agree that some of them would tuck tail and hit the road though. We will never know though, cause they won't come here and hunt and I don't blame them. Hunting the Midwest is so much fun! They don't hunt here because they need footage, you can work a week in the Heartland and have more footage than you would ever get in a month in Alabama... I talked to Stan Potts about this and he said the SE is too damn hard!! LOL!!!
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