My favorite stand is a thin strip of hardwoods running east/west 2/3 the way down on a south facing slope with cutover and thickets on the north and south of it.
When I get a strong north wind 9+Mph I'll usually kill or see a good buck cruising the bottom. When we have anything other than that, the guys near the top kill em. It's not 100% but it's close.
I hunt another East/west running hardwood ridge, it's where I go when hunting a less than 9mph north wind, I hunt it mostly 1/3 from the top on the southern side. About 3 weeks ago I jumped a mature buck out of his bed, he was parallel to me on the ridge. I had never noticed the small flat where he was bedded with the wind from the north at his back and him facing south. Oh well I keep learning. I'll spring a sneak attack with a cap and ball in my hands in a couple weeks.