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John's Journal... Entry 12 - Day 3

Click to enlargeWHEN TO STAY IN YOUR TREE STAND AND WHEN TO LEAVE IT

Ronnie Groom, the owner of C & G Sporting Goods in Panama City, Florida, teaches at the Bent Creek Lodge Bowhunting School held in Jachin, Alabama, each year as well as the Westervelt Bow School near Aliceville, Alabama. Groom teaches all his students that they will take more trophy bucks by not hunting a place with the wrong wind, even if they know a trophy buck probably will show up there. Groom has learned over the years that once he's found a stand site in an area that he knows a trophy buck's using, if he won't hunt that stand site until the wind is perfect, his chances of success are much, much greater.

 


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"I've had stands before that I've known I could get into and have about a 99% chance of taking a buck with my bow," Groom explained. "However, because I didn't have a favorable wind any day I wanted to hunt during deer season, I never would go to that stand site. If you'll not hunt a section of land unless you have a perfect wind condition, you'll drastically increase your odds for bagging big deer every time you bowhunt."

One of the worst problems that a bowhunter has to face is what to do if he's hunting with a favorable wind and the wind changes and blows from the wrong direction. Does he stay on that stand site even though he knows he has a bad wind? Or, does he get down to move to another stand site where he knows he'll have a more favorable wind?


Click to enlarge"Any time you bowhunt deer, you need to already have scouted the area and picked five to 10 stand sites that face different directions," Groom recommended. "Then regardless of the wind conditions on the day you want to hunt, you have a stand site you can hunt from, and hopefully a stand site that's relatively close.

"If I'm in a stand and the wind direction changes, I'll stay in that stand for no more than 10 minutes by the watch. If the wind doesn't switch back so that it's favorable to hunt that stand site, I'll leave the stand and go to another stand nearby where I can hunt with a favorable wind."



Read more from Jerry Simmons and others...

How to Learn the Land
Have a Successful Three Day Hunt
When to Stay in Your Treestand and When to Leave
How to Hunt the Right Spot
Techno Deer Hunting

To learn more about bowhunting, purchase the "Masters' Secrets of Bowhunting" by John E. Phillips. Click here to see the book's cover and review portions of some of the chapters.