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In all seriousness, I look at wind in relation to the general deer movement be it am or pm sits. So last year my best morning set up (because of access) was up on the flats just past a ridge line by about 20 yards. The wind was from the west(that day) the general deer movement was from north to south. I was on a wood lane with two primary scrapes. I was east of them. I accessed from the east as well. But the general deer movement was from the north to the south. The deer would head southerly to go back to that ridge I was set back from I detailed above. I was on the most eastern side of that property that day but back far enough that the thermals from the ridge weren't pushing my scent north more than the general wind direction was pushing my scent eastward. I was set up to watch what I was hoping was a majority of the deer movement to my west. If they walked past (and several did before the buck I shot came in) they would keep going south down into the gorge below the ridge just 20 yards south of my setup. So that's how I played that location. That spot also works great for evening sits sometimes too if the wind is from the south or southwest as they will come up out of the gorge from their beds and crest the ridge and I'm back far enough so if thermal shift occurs, it doesn't matter as the south or southwest wind is carrying my scent away from them.keep shooting at it until its dead.