I've always let visability dictate my calling stands more then wind direction. I'd much rather have a good view of the area I'm calling over worrying too much about which way the wind is blowing. Don't get me wrong, I always take note which way the wind is going, and a lot of times coyotes will work their way downwind but I try to shoot em before getting winded. If I'm sitting on a stand that I can see the area around real well and the wind is blowing at the back of my neck, oh well, doesn't mean that the critter is gonna come from directly that direction and hopefully I'll see him before it winds me. As others have noted, expect the unexpected. Plenty of times I've had critters show exactly where I least expected em. Something I should note though, all of my hunting is done out west, most in pretty open country. If I'm calling thicker terrain (for coyotes) or real flat areas that don't give great visability the wind plays a bigger part for me. Also, when hunting at night I pay real attention to wind direction. At least for me, coyotes almost always go downwind at night, more so then during the day. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
