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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5445880" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>It's an odds game. I'm not looking for the unattainable. That's unreasonable. There's no reason to be extreme either way because I'd be painting myself into a corner. All I'm looking for is increased odds, some level of predictability. Doesn't mean I won't get busted. It only means I'll be less likely to get busted. Doesn't mean I know 100% where a deer will come from. It only means I know where he is likely to come from. </p><p></p><p>Case in point is a spot where I've killed several good bucks from the same stand. It's in a thin strip of woods with a deep creek running through it. To the north is a 20 acre thicket. To the south is cattle pasture and a small trailer park. On a north wind, bucks cruise the edge between woods & thicket so they can scent check any does inside that thicket. My stand is 15yds inside the woods next to steep the creek bank. On a north wind I can see deer all day long and never worry about being winded. Is it possible a deer could approach from behind? Sure anything is possible, but it hasn't happened once in the many years I've hunted there. It's not a crap shoot. On any other wind I'd be in trouble. But on a due north wind I really like my odds. Not every stand site I find is that bullet proof but they don't have to be. I just want to tilt the odds in my favor, even if it's minuscule. Anything is better than a coin flip.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5445880, member: 20583"] It's an odds game. I'm not looking for the unattainable. That's unreasonable. There's no reason to be extreme either way because I'd be painting myself into a corner. All I'm looking for is increased odds, some level of predictability. Doesn't mean I won't get busted. It only means I'll be less likely to get busted. Doesn't mean I know 100% where a deer will come from. It only means I know where he is likely to come from. Case in point is a spot where I've killed several good bucks from the same stand. It's in a thin strip of woods with a deep creek running through it. To the north is a 20 acre thicket. To the south is cattle pasture and a small trailer park. On a north wind, bucks cruise the edge between woods & thicket so they can scent check any does inside that thicket. My stand is 15yds inside the woods next to steep the creek bank. On a north wind I can see deer all day long and never worry about being winded. Is it possible a deer could approach from behind? Sure anything is possible, but it hasn't happened once in the many years I've hunted there. It's not a crap shoot. On any other wind I'd be in trouble. But on a due north wind I really like my odds. Not every stand site I find is that bullet proof but they don't have to be. I just want to tilt the odds in my favor, even if it's minuscule. Anything is better than a coin flip. [/QUOTE]
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