How to hunt in the wind?

[DirtyBear0311]

With the 17 mph NW wind Wednesday, where would y'all hunt? I have a spot overlooking a draw in cover and a clear cut trail between overgrown fields with trails going between them. Do you think the deer will stick to cover or move around the trails in the fields looking for does?

 

[wsm]

That is a good plan but with deer who knows they seem to fool me a lot.

 

[TN Whitetail Freak]

Im with you bear the.wind.makes me want to go against my normal haul a climber in and still hunt method....but.im gonna stick to it and jope for the best....if i was rifle hunting i would be stalking through a thicket

 

[dovahkiin]

just hunt, forget the wind unless you have a gps tracking device on the deer and know the exact location. deer do not move with the wind in their face unless that happens to be the direction they want to go.

 

[UTGrad]

I hunt field edges. Deer sometimes hit the fields when it's windy.

 

[Shed Hunter]

I still hunt. They can't hear you and if you play the wind right, you will surprised how many deer you will walk up on and how many will walk up on you without noticing you.

 

[de novo]

I slept an hour later than usual and plan to slip in right at shooting light and still hunt to my stand and then sit there as long as my Cabelas Outfitter wool will let me. Have a half a mile of woods to cover and plan to take my time.

 

[Woodson223]

I hunt field edges. Deer sometimes hit the fields when it's windy.

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[Crosshairy]

I killed my big doe last week on a windy day, and she was walking a trail between two thickets.

I generally hunt the downwind side of the most solid barrier of thicket that I can find (pine thickets are a good example). They will bed inside the thicket at times, but come out on occasion.

I've also seen the "hit the wide open field" phenomenon, and I think that is in part because the wind short-circuits their smell and hearing, leaving them at a disadvantage. They compensate for that by improving their ability to see predators coming (at least, that's what I've been told).

 

[DirtyBear0311]

I killed my big doe last week on a windy day, and she was walking a trail between two thickets.

I generally hunt the downwind side of the most solid barrier of thicket that I can find (pine thickets are a good example). They will bed inside the thicket at times, but come out on occasion.

I've also seen the "hit the wide open field" phenomenon, and I think that is in part because the wind short-circuits their smell and hearing, leaving them at a disadvantage. They compensate for that by improving their ability to see predators coming (at least, that's what I've been told).

Traditionally I had thought that they would sit tight in the thick stuff on windy days but I guess they are like turkeys in that they will get out in the open like you said.

 

[JeepKuntry]

High winds I usually try to find a bottom to get in for both my sake and the deer!

 

[Snake]

Perfect time to still hunt useing the wind to muffle your movement , taking a few steps , observe the surroundings , binocs are a real advantage studing every nook and cranny for that piece of antler or patch of hair . I have noticed that when winds are high but not gusting the deer tend to bed more but when the winds pick up deer movement increases .I still like to stand hunt but on cold windy days this will be a twofold approach when you decide to still hunt ... you may walk up on an unexpecting deer by the wind muffling your sounds and to warm you up :grin: But you still have to approach with the wind in your face even if you have to back track because even with the wind drowning out the noise you make it will also carry your scent further . Just my $.02