How common are multi-directional stand locations?
10-27-2008, 09:29 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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How common are multi-directional stand locations?
With all the talk of not hunting a stand if the wind isn’t perfect, does no one hunt a stand where deer come from every direction? And say you have a stand that deer will come from 3 of 4 ways, do you only hunt that location when the wind blows that 4th way? The more I try to work the wind, the more pointless it becomes with swirling/changing wind directions, and the good odds that a deer will show up from almost any direction in most of my stands.
10-27-2008, 09:43 AM
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RE: How common are multi-directional stand locations?
At least in my stand sites deer can come from any direction. I've even had deer come up a river bank and shake the water off like a dog! I pick my stand sites according to the best opportunity for shooting opportunities and hunt for the wind according to which direction they usually come from.....general bedding areas, travel patterns, AND morning or evening hunts. For example: I have one stand site I will only hunt in the morning because I have jumped deer too many times while going in on afternoon hunts.
10-27-2008, 09:43 AM
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RE: How common are multi-directional stand locations?
With all the talk of not hunting a stand if the wind isn’t perfect, does no one hunt a stand where deer come from every direction?
And say you have a stand that deer will come from 3 of 4 ways, do you only hunt that location when the wind blows that 4th way?
Giving that woodlot a rest......if we get that wind, tomorrow morning, I have ONE more spot I can hunt with that wind. I'll be there in the AM if we get what's forecast. I'm going somewhere this afternoon that I've never been.....but the wind direction is driving that, too. We're just too close to the best time to take too many chances (IMO). This afternoon....I have a better understanding of which direction they should be traveling.....or I wouldn't go there, either.
So....yeah....I have to take a chance, sometimes. What I won't do is hunt if I KNOW my scent's trveling towards where they bed. If they catch it coming in from a direction I haven't figured on......then they win.
10-27-2008, 09:53 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: How common are multi-directional stand locations?
The majority of my stands are like that. All these stands have a primary location where the deer come from, so i wont hunt the stand if the wind is blowing in that direction, but i have had deer come in from 360 degrees of most of my stands.
10-27-2008, 09:59 AM
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Spike
Join Date: Jul 2008
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RE: How common are multi-directional stand locations?
Great question. What I try to do is NOT hunt if my scent would be blowing towards the bedding area. I'll take a chance if it might be blowing towrds "a" direction the could come from
10-27-2008, 10:10 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: How common are multi-directional stand locations?
I would say deer "could" come from any direction with all of my stand sites. However, good scouting should have told which direction the majority are going to come from and then you set the stand according to your normal wind direction. Knowing where the deer are coming from and going to helps a ton. However, there are always those odd ball deer that show up doing something totally off the wall. That is where good scent control comes into play.
10-27-2008, 10:18 AM
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RE: How common are multi-directional stand locations?
ORIGINAL: njbuck22
The majority of my stands are like that. All these stands have a primary location where the deer come from, so i wont hunt the stand if the wind is blowing in that direction, but i have had deer come in from 360 degrees of most of my stands.
The majority of my stands are like that. All these stands have a primary location where the deer come from, so i wont hunt the stand if the wind is blowing in that direction, but i have had deer come in from 360 degrees of most of my stands.
10-27-2008, 11:13 AM
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RE: How common are multi-directional stand locations?
ORIGINAL: Cougar Mag
At least in my stand sites deer can come from any direction. I've even had deer come up a river bank and shake the water off like a dog! I pick my stand sites according to the best opportunity for shooting opportunities and hunt for the wind according to which direction they usually come from.....general bedding areas, travel patterns, AND morning or evening hunts. For example: I have one stand site I will only hunt in the morning because I have jumped deer too many times while going in on afternoon hunts.
At least in my stand sites deer can come from any direction. I've even had deer come up a river bank and shake the water off like a dog! I pick my stand sites according to the best opportunity for shooting opportunities and hunt for the wind according to which direction they usually come from.....general bedding areas, travel patterns, AND morning or evening hunts. For example: I have one stand site I will only hunt in the morning because I have jumped deer too many times while going in on afternoon hunts.