Regardless of how hard you have worked to effectively pattern deer and plan the ultimate ambush, success boils down to wind direction at the moment of truth.
That’s no big news — nor is that beating the wind is the key to tipping the odds in your favor. Hunters choose to hunt where the wind is favorable and avoid the areas where the wind could cost them. It’s really a simple technique that most archers have mastered.
But what about those days when the wind changes direction consistently?
We’ve all been there, and we know how it works.
You’re on stand and everything appears favorable. The gentle breeze taps you on the nose as you watch a well-used trail. Then suddenly and without warning, the wind slaps you on the back of the head and blows directly toward the trail.
And it
