The wind is kind of a "No-brainer" don'tcha think?
I always try my best to hunt the wind but will try anything to help cover my scent above and beyond all of the normal stuff we've always used for those days here in Missouri that the wind doesn't seem to know which way it wants to blow.
If anyone tried skipping those days when it didn't I'm afraid here in the Ozarks your days of being able to hunt could be counted on your fingers alone.
I figure I can try to go as scent free as possible but frankly my Rancho Safari smells unnatural in our woods but my experience tells me that it's not nearly so much if I use woods smoke.
I'm not telling anyone else that they should do it but just that I think it helps me. Even if it's just all in my own mind it helps... it helps.
God bless,Mudd