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Did you ever find a good spot where the prevailing wind direction just doesn't work? Well I found a tough spot w/ lot's of potential on a new property. I just have to crack the code on how to hunt it. It's between 2 bedding areas on a travel corridor. Lot's of scrapes, bunch of rubs including one on a 6" tree, 3' high and a highway going by it. There's a great tree w/ lot's of cover 22 yds away to the W. It also has good access. There's also very little pressure. This spot has lot's of potential for a really big buck. However the wind direction just stinks. Our prevailing wind here is SW. Anything out of the W gets you busted. Plus there's a main bedding areas to the SW. E winds are perfect except we RARELY ever get anything easterly. . Occasionally NE wind but it doesn't last long. Which leaves N and S. The scrapes are to N of the tree so S doesn't work. Plus we rarely get a S wind in the fall. The wind we do get here during hunting season is North. Here's the catch. The main trail comes out of the SSE and curves back toward NE as you head N. The spot is right on the curve. Shaped like this ( . NNW wind would blow directly at any incoming deer from the SE bedding area. Theoretically a N wind will slip just by them.
I don't think I've ever intentionally hunted a Quartering wind this tight. The other thing I'm concerned about is my scent cone. As it drifts downwind, it widens. It might spread far enough that he will bust me before I even see him. I've heard some really good hunters talking about hunting a Quartering wind. They never mention how much the the wind quarters to the deer. Only that it quarters. Some even prefer it cause the buck will feel safe cause he mostly has the wind in his face.
Tough spot to hunt. I might have to go all in on JE style. Get super clean, scent Loc up and go for it. That 3' high, 6" rub has me thinking he's a real good one. Trail camera's will go up this summer for sure.
Have any of you killers out there hunted a situation like this?
I don't think I've ever intentionally hunted a Quartering wind this tight. The other thing I'm concerned about is my scent cone. As it drifts downwind, it widens. It might spread far enough that he will bust me before I even see him. I've heard some really good hunters talking about hunting a Quartering wind. They never mention how much the the wind quarters to the deer. Only that it quarters. Some even prefer it cause the buck will feel safe cause he mostly has the wind in his face.
Tough spot to hunt. I might have to go all in on JE style. Get super clean, scent Loc up and go for it. That 3' high, 6" rub has me thinking he's a real good one. Trail camera's will go up this summer for sure.
Have any of you killers out there hunted a situation like this?