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<blockquote data-quote="Headhunter" data-source="post: 5445897" data-attributes="member: 652"><p>those setups almost never happen with me. I have some places I have hunted for over 30 years, and I can tell you what direction a deer is most likely to show up from or where the bucks I have watched use. It seems the mature deer, when they show up, never show up the in place or trail that other deer do. When I use to try be an "expert" and play the wind, it usually went wrong more than it went right. I killed so many more deer and better bucks when I basically quit paying attention to the wind until I got to where I hunted. And I have killed a large number of deer from the ground, including over 50 deer with a bow, 2 bucks that gross pope and young (1 most likely would net pope and young) and 1 that made pope and young, all from the ground. </p><p></p><p>also, a few of my better mature bucks I have killed came in from dead downwind. And while deer live in the wild and they are awesome at avoiding hunters, they can't avoid every single instance of danger, if they did they would either never move or be like the energizer bunny on crack. Between not hunting because the wrong wind direction or if I don't have a good buck on camera then I am not hunting, it amazes me that some people even hunt at all. I love being in the outdoors, hunting, fishing, golfing, doesn't matter, I love being outside and hunting is one of my favorites. I am not missing going hunting because of a wind or a camera (I never have and don't use cameras). To me life is way to short to miss opportunities to enjoy living, especially time spent hunting or fishing, so basically no matter the conditions, I go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Headhunter, post: 5445897, member: 652"] those setups almost never happen with me. I have some places I have hunted for over 30 years, and I can tell you what direction a deer is most likely to show up from or where the bucks I have watched use. It seems the mature deer, when they show up, never show up the in place or trail that other deer do. When I use to try be an "expert" and play the wind, it usually went wrong more than it went right. I killed so many more deer and better bucks when I basically quit paying attention to the wind until I got to where I hunted. And I have killed a large number of deer from the ground, including over 50 deer with a bow, 2 bucks that gross pope and young (1 most likely would net pope and young) and 1 that made pope and young, all from the ground. also, a few of my better mature bucks I have killed came in from dead downwind. And while deer live in the wild and they are awesome at avoiding hunters, they can't avoid every single instance of danger, if they did they would either never move or be like the energizer bunny on crack. Between not hunting because the wrong wind direction or if I don't have a good buck on camera then I am not hunting, it amazes me that some people even hunt at all. I love being in the outdoors, hunting, fishing, golfing, doesn't matter, I love being outside and hunting is one of my favorites. I am not missing going hunting because of a wind or a camera (I never have and don't use cameras). To me life is way to short to miss opportunities to enjoy living, especially time spent hunting or fishing, so basically no matter the conditions, I go. [/QUOTE]
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