Wind at my back in the deer blind

[poopdaddy]

All day the wind has been violently blowing at my back, directly towards where my bait and line of sight is for deer. Wondering is it even worth going back out this afternoon/evening at the risk of getting snuffed out.

What do you all do when you're stuck in a blind but the wind is completely unfavorable?

Bad day of hunting is better than a good day at work and all that

pee... take a leak. if the bucks are rutting even just starting, they will want to know who the guy spraying their stomping grounds... peeing out of a stand will draw them up...

 

[poopdaddy]

The way I look at it this. In Georgia the wind shifts direction very frequently. Probably 80% of the time you can stand in one spot and have the wind blow from all points of the compass within a half hour. Even if you are hunting with a steady wind the wind direction is only one of several considerations as to where to place a stand or blind, but it has to be your first consideration, thus you end up compromising several other aspects of placement.

If you effectively eliminate your scent it opens up all kinds of possibilities. I've killed well over 100 deer and for the last 3/4s of them I haven't paid any attention at all to wind direction.

Scent eliminating clothes wash.tScent eliminating fresh earth dryer sheets
Air tight plastic trash bag for storage as they come out of the dryer with fresh earth wafers added.
Do this with a full set of hunting clothes and a full set of street clothes and bath towel.
Bag them separately.
Before the season, let your boots (no leather) air out very well, then spay them well with fresh earth scent killing spray and bag them with more wafers.

Before the hunt, shower with sent killer soap. Dry off with the scent free towel. Use scent killer deodorant. If it's going to be an all day hunt, use scent killer body lotion. Frequent use of the lotion also helps a lot if you're camping and can't shower. Brush your teeth with baking soda AFTER the coffee. Nothing but water to drink after that.

Wear the descented street clothes while traveling by vehicle and change into the descented hunting clothes outside the vehicle once you have gotten to where you are parking. Get the boots out of the bag outside the vehicle and put them on with fresh descented socks. The boots should never be anywhere outside the bag unless they are in the woods for the entire season. The exception to this is that you should let them air out outside and sprinkle them with baking soda a few times during the season.

Any washable equipment, backpacks, jackets, etc, should be handled the same way. Spray everything with scent killer just before entering the woods. Change back to your street shoes and bag the boots before you get back in the vehicle after the hunt.

I know this sounds like a lot, but it's really not and you will have almost completely nose blinded the deer. Scent is the number one way deer detect our presence.

thats some good info. lately my new hunting rig is a some bright lights and a horn... i just walk thru the woods flashing the lights and honking the horn.. the deer just jump in front of me... hogs too..

 

[basstracker89]

Well if you don't want to offend the deer, use deodorant....... 🤣I just had to say that.......The only thing I do is make sure my camo is still good, nothin else. I have had deer pic me out if my camo has gotten old and faded. Sometimes, rare, I don't even wear camo. Just regular dark blue jeans and a plaid shirt in appropriate colors. Oh, and I use unscented deodorant in the woods

 

[greg vess]

My father was a ( I don't give a crap Hunter ) he would take a stool, coffee and smoke when he hunted. He was usually the only one who bagged a deer. Take that for what you will.

 

[John5757]

Move

 

[basstracker89]

My father was a ( I don't give a crap Hunter ) he would take a stool, coffee and smoke when he hunted. He was usually the only one who bagged a deer. Take that for what you will.

Yet they didn't even have camo when he was growin up. My Uncle in Law, the one that taught me to hunt, always opened a pack of crackers. Not seein anything, get bored, open a pack of crackers, hands full and there they were and gone. Him sitin on that bucket and his hands full....... 🤣It happened to me only once as I recall

 

[longhardhunter]

fresh pile of cow **** is good to walk through on the way to stand

Wander what happens if they aren’t a cow pasture in 100 miles of you ?

 

[greg vess]

Yet they didn't even have camo when he was growin up. My Uncle in Law, the one that taught me to hunt, always opened a pack of crackers. Not seein anything, get bored, open a pack of crackers, hands full and there they were and gone. Him sitin on that bucket and his hands full....... 🤣It happened to me only once as I recall

One year we were turkey hunting and my dad got tired and decided to sit down, have a cup of coffee and smoke a cigarette. So he propped a shotgun up against the tree and commenced to doing so. As soon as he poured his coffee and lit his cigarette a turkey ran right by him. 🤣 You got to love those stories.

 

[basstracker89]

Wander what happens if they aren’t a cow pasture in 100 miles of you ?

I have a funny on that one, but I'm goin to keep that one to myself......🤣

 

[basstracker89]

One year we were turkey hunting and my dad got tired and decided to sit down, have a cup of coffee and smoke a cigarette. So he propped a shotgun up against the tree and commenced to doing so. As soon as he poured his coffee and lit his cigarette a turkey ran right by him. 🤣 You got to love those stories.

You gots to be prepared at all times. Even when taking a dump. I've taken some nice deer doing just that. Had the rifle within reach. Made the shot, finished my business and went and collected my deer. I've had lots of people enjoy those stories