Hunting in the wind?

[BUCKHUNTER30-06]

I have 3 stands I hunt out of and if it is windy I will play the wind and use the best stand for it. I did not go out on Sun. for that reason swirling winds in my area. I think you do more harm then good by sitting in a stand with swirling winds, you may say you didn't see anything but it doesn't mean deer were not in your area and smelled you or other hunters before they even came close to you. also don't buy into a steady wind if it is blowing hard enough and depending on the terrain it will swirl around to some degree. now if it is around Oct 31 or later I will try and play the wind but will be out there wind or not due to the rut coming on.

[mrbb]

well I know I am the odd man here
but I many many times hunted NO matter what wind I had due to a stand was hot
and I have killed several of my biggest bucks, on WRONG winds for that stand, I killed them out of

as a fact, when I hunted my fav place in Ohio
it was one a stand property
I hunted that same stand for 7-10 days straight many times!
and normally had bucks under my stand daily, and had many BIG 150+ bucks show up from places wind , or what many would say wind
wouldn't have allowed them, or they wouldn't have hunted that set up?
I hunted this place for 10+ yrs too, so wasn't a fluke ,one time deal

when a stand is in a GREAT place, or in a HOT spot deer are using RIGHT now!
THAT
to me, is the time to be in that stand, hell with the wind
NOT saying don't hunt other places if you have many days to hunt and can save a spot for better winds!
just saying if you only have limited time and stands(or just good stand locations) as having 25 treestanda and all being in low odds places isn't any real help LOL
I simply say,

do GOOD scent control, and HUNT!!

I've killed well over a 100+ deer too
so I'm not a rookie at killing deer and a bow hunter for over 30 yrs
before all the gadgets and scents came out! and killed deer my first yr bowing and almost a few every yr since!
and I still use almost teh exact same scent control I did when I started hunting
was extra careful back then and still think that many can do as well IF they wanted!
many hunters do a lot of things I would never do, before going into the woods
and thus, why many I think fear the wind so much!

[BUCKHUNTER30-06]

your right mrbb there are stands that just seem to produce deer most of the time. always hear
of farmers going out 1st day of gun standing by there favorite tree and having a buck hanging back at the barn before noon. and not just 1 year but year after year. a lot is that the place is just an area where deer always travel all the time or get pushed by other hunters wind or no wind. we use to drive deer and have standers play the wind and a lot of the time the deer would run with the wind to their backs not into the wind and we would get fooled. so good cover scent is a must but, don't count on playing the wind as a sure thing when it comes to deer they will do a number on you when you least expect it.

[Genesis 9:3]

Yea, I get the playing the wind thing... it seems like 2/3 people say only hunt when the wind blows this or that direction while you guys say to heck with it... so I'll probably keep doing what I have been.

My true question is in regard to wind velocity. On days when it's just plain stupid windy (not so uncommon up around Findlay), am I wasting my time? For one, arrows fly a little erratic in high winds... and it's just plain noisy out in the woods!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts...