Do you make sure you have a stand location for every wind direction

I have many stand locations and I don't try to set up for a certain wind. I set up for the deer and then decide what wind will work the best. I note what winds will work and what wind is the best. Because I have so many spots I just naturally have spots for any wind. I believe your delema is lact of enough stand sites. At some of my spots I'm lucky enough to be able to hunt different winds by setting up multiple trees. I hunt with a sling so having many stand sites is not a problem from a tree stand point of view. If you only have a few spots you are also most likely overhunting those spots and educating the deer.

 

Bowhunting for whitetails in mountainous forested land is a peach when it comes to winds, Yes I do have a ton of stand options for wind directions. But the truth of the matter is, unless you're perched on top of a ridgeline here, you are going to get at the very least subtle changes in the wind direction due to terrain features, constantly changing thermals through the day that bank and crash into prevailing winds and off of structural barries. Sometimes its very frustrating. The whitetails love it. I dont. I hunt as high as I can these days, as clean as I can get and hope for the best.

When I get a strong prevailing system come in I often hunt ridgeline stands. When the winds are minimal I hunt thermals for 2 and 3 hour periods and then often have to either move or just not hunt those stands until the wind is right. I can't tell you how many times I have hiked into the mountains only to sit down on the ground 4 or 5 hundred yards away waiting for my thermals to switch so I can sneak in, get set up get a couple hours of whitetail bowhunting in.

Finally I do everything I can to hunt as high as I can now and get as clean as I can, I walk in the water ways if they are present, I go through a strict scent minimizing regimen and I see a lot of deer, bucks included in and around me on a consistent basis. For the big woods, I can not complain.

I've bowhunted, ND, Alberta, Iowa, Montana and E. WA ....outside of my home state of Idaho now for whitetails. Hands down the toughest place I hunt in relation to wind is Idaho. Because of the terrain. When I do hunt all of the above Farm Countries I feel like a kid in candy shop because you can count on much more predictable winds in those flatter terrains. I personally would never, nor do I ever compromise the wind when I hunt farm country. We base all of our hunts on wind period. So its nice to have all those options set up ahead of time or like with Tim in ND, we just set up on the ground based on what the wind gives us that day.

 

Most of my stands the wind blows EVERY direction.

 

I pay attention to the wind and have stands for different wind directions. HOWEVER, if you're like me and hunt a lot of mountainous terrain where winds usually swirl and change direction throughout a sit, its almost impossible to predict the direction of the wind from minute to minute. I have several stands that I actually prefer a constant breeze as its the most predictable. Calmer days where there is an intermittent breeze are a nightmare for those stands. The wind changes direction so much because of rising and falling thermals.