Years ago, when I first started deer hunting, I was given some sage advice by one of the “old-timers” at our annual hunting club picnic. On the ride home that day, I grilled my dad about the old hunter and exactly what it meant to hunt the wind. Email newsletter signup Newsletter sign up WIDGETThese days scent-elimination is a big part of the hunting “industry.” Attend any hunting trade show that includes hunting for whitetails, and you’ll see what I mean. Furthermore, how is it that a man known to smoke hand-rolled cigarettes while deer hunting (both still hunting and hunting from blinds) managed to kill a barn wall full of trophy whitetails? Hunting the wind works, at least it works when you stick to your guns and do it.