Why You Should ALWAYS Hunt An East Wind!!!

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In this week's episode, we're sharing a conversation from a podcast we did with Perry Silvio Russo where we discussed how he kills so many big bucks with an east wind. Perry is a former QDMA regional director and lifetime MI, native. Perry has tagged some incredible Michigan bucks over the years.
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@MrJimbo1212 2 жыл бұрын

Shot my last 2 buck over the last 2 years on east winds...in the evenings and they both came in directly down wind as my set up was for a west wind but I hunted anyway - actually hoping to wind bump them down to my wife at her stand; when all the doe came feeding through me from down wind and did not detect me, it hit me that my scent was never getting to the ground with the steady wind...and typically east winds are more steady and stronger where it keeps your scent higher above the deer and eliminates a lot of that thermal push down of your scent...

@mrdrenalin69 2 жыл бұрын

Glad this works for him where he’s hunting. I’ve killed mature bucks in Illinois on different wind directions, but some properties can’t be hunted on an east wind, or a north wind. Every property is different.

@perryrusso3764 2 жыл бұрын

🦌Every property is vulnerable to be hunted on a east wind...every property is different but most hunters even big name hunters don't understand the east wind set up...Don Higgins (episode #83) on KZfaq with guest agreed east winds shouldn't be hunted....its a big mistake to think you will ruin an area or you don't or can't set up for a east wind set up...ive harvested many bucks on east wind set-ups...look at your property on a map and determine a eastwind opportunity....you have nothing to loose May the Magic of the Whitetail Forever Enrich Your Life

@greatlakesbowhunting3007 2 жыл бұрын

This was a great podcast! Highly recommend listening to the entire episode.

@rayb2078 2 жыл бұрын

every one has their own way and thought of how to hunt, but in reality you have a 50 50 chance and a lot of luck being at the right place at the right time...

@tomcurran1538 2 жыл бұрын

5% to the hunter, 95% to the deer, lol.

@t.daniel5003 2 жыл бұрын

Well put. I've hunted successfully for 37 years and being at the right place at the right time is your best bet!

@Heavy_Arrow312 2 жыл бұрын

I'd say it's more 33%, 33%, 33% Yes right place right time, and a little luck...but you can increase your overall opportunities by scouting, scouting and scouting some more. When you see mature deer consistently on public land, and other guys are barely seeing g a doe....it means you are doing something right. Versus the guys who sit in a tree and hope something comes by, and hope you get an oppurtunity

@andyzimmerman5087 2 жыл бұрын

Great podcast. Thanks for getting this interview

@camthecameraman5096 2 жыл бұрын

Great information!! Just had success on an east wind this past Sunday in North Dakota!

@adammiller4595 2 жыл бұрын

To me the east wind thing is pretty simple. Generally an east wind is indicative that a front is going to be moving through. So personally I think that's the reason for successful hunts on an east wind, you'd be hunting some of the best weather days of the season.

@ExodusOutdoorGear 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic point - don't disagree at all!

@dbconstruction8904 2 жыл бұрын

I noticed the same thing last year. The buck movement was incredible from nov 12-16 on easterly wind as the front was coming through

@thewhitetailexperience6055 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting I like it , I’ll have to go back and relisten to this episode

@tonysmith5785 2 жыл бұрын

Hello old friend! Perry is responsible for introducing me to the QDMA over 2 decades ago, he also introduced me to Jeff Sturgis when we shared a deer camp at his Thumb hunting parcel. Good friend and it's been way too long since we've connected!

@kylemurray7086 Жыл бұрын

Severance road in cass city by chance?? Lol

@jimbrew4529 2 жыл бұрын

Super windy days during the rut are great days for buck movement. The air is filled with breeding does, and they can't resist it!

@DavidGonzalez-ek3zh 2 жыл бұрын

Have to agree on most of these theories. In Ohio east usually means up and coming storms...gets deer on their feet earlier, too! Good hunting!

@BlueWidow2010 2 жыл бұрын

Shot my biggest Michigan bow buck on an east wind, didn't know why, but I do now. I got close to his bed room without him knowing and rattled him out. He came right down wind to find the the new guy. Shot him at 15 yards.

@dswish1730 2 жыл бұрын

Been seeing a buck I have sheds from I found in March.Last night I saw him 30 yards from where I found his left side.Now it’s finding a tree or hunt from the ground.But I bet a lot of other people have seen him also.I think if he gets any pressure,He will turn nocturnal.Can’t be passive on a deer like this.Probably only get one chance🤔🤔🤔

@parnellterry2575 Жыл бұрын

I have a stand near a doe bedding area specifically for an east wind. I haven't had a chance or need to use it for two years. The good news is it isn't pressured and some year I will get to use it!

@tomcurran1538 2 жыл бұрын

Great info. I'll try it here in "Mayberry" NC.

@brandonscott2091 2 жыл бұрын

I think it kind of goes back to Mark Drury on a wired to hunt podcast. Anytime you can get a series of winds then get a change. The change is best day whether its NSE or W. so get a a week of SW winds and changes to Any other direction equals good day to hunt. I think the East is such a complete change between normal winds its more pronounced to produce for ya.

@snowserfireansmoke 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding info 🦌🦌🦌🔥💨

@mattworley9761 Жыл бұрын

Magic happens when an east wind hits especially if its been consistent NW N winds. I see so many more bucks cruising. Im talking late october into november.

@leroymorris6036 2 жыл бұрын

love it thanks

@lisamcqueen8509 Жыл бұрын

If not you better start learning! An East wind has been more prevalent over the past year, all seasons! Something is changing! Steve

@dalerash6285 2 жыл бұрын

In 2013 I killed 4 deer on a Southeast wind, 2 were nice 8 points, all were killed with a crossbow. That particular year we had a lot of East or Southeast winds.

@whitetailcqb5782 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid

@adampage7219 2 жыл бұрын

If you’re not listening…

@Bowfella 2 жыл бұрын

Most likely east winds where he hunts entails a certain weather. Where I live, a south or west wind usually means lower wind/better weather. In reality, high barometric pressure and low wind, even in rain, I always see movement. If it's 10 celcius degrees or below

@truspirit1925 2 жыл бұрын

My stand is high on a knowl so to me it really doesnt matter....but I understand about this in different parts of the country. I've been on the average pretty successful. But I'm not biased I will start paying attention to these eastern winds. Thanks for ur input and ur time.

@chadbrantley839 2 жыл бұрын

In the evening when the temp and thermals are dropping, so is your scent, There are times to hunt the top of a knowl/ridge, and times to hunt the bottom.

@lloydclement2152 2 жыл бұрын

In the North East we have lots of small hills and gullies, wind is never a constant. I have seen wind in all directions within a five minute span. We have no choice but to hunt anyway.

@dereklawler8029 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta get high in the air 20'

@Heavy_Arrow312 2 жыл бұрын

Yup high on ridges in the morning and lower in the evenings. Gotta play the thermals as well. If you get down in a drainage or similar your gonna get swirling winds constantly

@dereklawler8029 2 жыл бұрын

I like to take tips and tactics from any successful hunter and add it to my Intel I'm never an "I know " guy bring the knowledge

@possumpals1701 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting to hear this, last year with an east or slightly south east wind I saw the buck I shot 3 times on different days with those winds. \

@zzz7zzz9 2 жыл бұрын

i read this as you shot a buck 3 times on different days. was thinking, "holy shit", better sight that gun in again.

@zzz7zzz9 2 жыл бұрын

this would be specific to certain areas though, not to hunting in general. what if the only way into your spot only works with a west wind? what if the spots you hunt are reliant on the wind coming from the west? some areas never get east winds.

@bowsonlyhuntingcompany2020 2 жыл бұрын

Guy says he hunts aggressive and goes after it. 10 seconds later says he is hunting a buck that he is waiting for an East wind for and is staying out. LOL

@jeremyperry6607 2 жыл бұрын

I love morning hunts when it's prime time but most of the bigger deer I ever seen or killed were mid day. All except for one big one was late evening.

@zzz7zzz9 2 жыл бұрын

agree. almost all my deer have been mid-day kills. 10am - 2pm are my magic hours.

@theMobileHuntersEXPO 2 жыл бұрын

What episode is this? I was thinking this exact thing this morning! I have an east wind for ky tonight. 🤣

@terrycobb2704 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve always been told that wind from the east isn’t good for man or beast. I’ve always had really good luck with east wind hunting. Shit good deer using the east winds. Nasty cold, crappy weather usually for me.

@wvwoodsman1718 2 жыл бұрын

I'm about to try my luck on this east wind. No moon last night due to cloud cover so hopefully something happens

@Lonebowhunter 2 жыл бұрын

This dude is crazy !! The fronts I'd say help him, but to say your just educating deer by hunting north or south winds ?? ACCESS IS EVERYTHING I've killed many deer on north and south winds ....definitely interesting podcast but cmon it's not so cut and dry as he puts it!

@todsimpkins8908 2 жыл бұрын

and how many monster bucks did you not? you could have spooked them all out for all you know

@Lonebowhunter 2 жыл бұрын

@@todsimpkins8908 just killed a stud on a north west wind last week in Kentucky, so keep waiting on them east winds , like I said in my original comment ACCESS IS THE KEY!!

@zzz7zzz9 2 жыл бұрын

@@Lonebowhunter this. the winds don't mean shit. it's not like bucks, or even BIG bucks, are ONLY being killed on east winds. wanna increase your odds? get out in the woods.

@radamrussell 2 жыл бұрын

OK. This is interesting to me from this perspective: I am in northeast Texas and the typical cold front produces a N-NE wind. So....I would think the atypical cold front wind FOR ME would be W-NNW-NW winds.... What do you guys think? Also, if that is the case, at least two of the locations I expect to ambush (from the E-NE edge of where I expect movement) mature bucks on public spots are best with W-NNW-NW winds. I hope that's the case. Duuuuuude...the 'inside corner' Russo is describing is exactly like one of the spots - just reverse on stand location and best wind direction. I like this guy and am making a note to listen to/watch the podcast featuring him. Good stuff as usual guys.

@robertpage2927 2 жыл бұрын

I am in east Texas also this seems unusual to me but I have permission from a hunter to hunt his blind but ene here is unusual

@radamrussell 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertpage2927 You know, I've noticed a lot more NW winds this year, now that I am really paying attention, and I wonder if I was just under the impression that cold fronts were predominantly out of the NE because I'd always heard them referred to as Nor'easters. I've looked at weather data to try to find a predominant wind associated with cold fronts for East Texas, but I haven't seen anything conclusive.

@filprocter7318 2 жыл бұрын

Man hope you guys have quality tree stands

@Steve-sv3ln 2 жыл бұрын

Great info! Is there any way to get a video with diagrams of whats being discussed here? Thanks!! ♥️ The Gospel of John, when you're ready.🔥

@edsmith1069 2 жыл бұрын

Good morning, i am hunting a new spot on a farm i have hunted for four years now. my camera is set south and my stand is NE from the feeder and camera, i have seen the bedding area, what is a good time to hunt this Buck.

@alanruechel2240 2 жыл бұрын

Wind from east fish bite the least

@trainrecked 2 жыл бұрын

If I had to wait for an east wind...they'd have to dig up my ashes

@Lonewolf40188 Жыл бұрын

Within 45mins this guy a beast 🤣 wow.

@Meh-hr7gq 2 жыл бұрын

“Wind from the East good for neither man or beast”. Old Roman saying. East winds are the worst and with over 30 years in the field, the Romans are correct. This video is more of a “I can only hunt this stand in a East wind.”

@shanksoutdoorsunlimited7973 2 жыл бұрын

Colder stronger east winds are tougher on animals.been proved over years of trying to kill coyotes.cannine has a great nose.

@Meh-hr7gq 2 жыл бұрын

@@shanksoutdoorsunlimited7973 yeah, it is tougher on them, I agree. Which is why they generally lay up on a strong East wind. But right after that front moves through, That’s when it’s the best. You can kill a deer at anytime BUT some conditions are far better than others for animal movement and East is the Least.

@muleskinner485 2 жыл бұрын

I have noticed over the years of bird-hunting and also coyote-hunting with hounds that an east wind is not worth hunting, for some reason a dogs sense-of-smell is greatly diminished during an east wind, i think it has to do with air pressure, fishing also is slow during an east wind, so it would be highly likely that a buck would have problems smelling also, . I remember getting onto my bird dog for flushing 3 coveys of quail in one afternoon, a veteran bird-hunter told me later it was because of the east wind, could this be a way to tip the odds on a mature whitetail buck ?????

@harryjohnson3617 2 жыл бұрын

Im the same. I hate hunting or fishing east winds

@paulwakefield1015 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this. I’ve been trying to find this east wind section for months. We need the whiteboard for this. We need a visual. It’s kind of confusing

@ashleydog45 11 ай бұрын

If I took the day off every time we on the southeast coast have an east wind I would hardly ever work. Also, our easterly winds are humid and variable. Give me a west or northwest wind and I'll play hooky

@jacksonhowell7242 2 жыл бұрын

If I could get an east wind this sunday, WOOWEEE ITS ON

@BossPrepping 2 жыл бұрын

in Alabama on east wind I see more turkey and squirrels. north west wind best for my area but get what you saying

@hancharik6678 2 жыл бұрын

I shot my biggest buck on a south east wind in a creek bottom heading towards a bean field

@bradr1913 2 жыл бұрын

I worked outside for 35 yrs union construction. We all new about the east wind. It's cold and it's not gonna warm up. Cold and cloudy wind won't stop blowing. I've been hunting deer 55 years big buck are pretty lazy they don't want to get cold either stay in bed. The weather is transitioning and it seems every year we have to get cloudy steam east winds. Worked outside alot cold days. East winds.

@travislefebre5991 2 жыл бұрын

He's one of the few people who hunt east winds

@ramsaycountry1177 2 жыл бұрын

I always set a few "alternative" stands for east winds. Every year we have a few times mostly bc of tropical storms here in Ohio that we get an east wind for 3-5 days in a row. What part of Ohio you guys in? I'm in Eastern Ohio Belmont county.

@zeppyknt 2 жыл бұрын

Hardin county here

@YT-BenG 2 жыл бұрын

Ashland county

@ethanmccurley2735 2 жыл бұрын

He keeps saying they’re gonna be bedding on a south east corner.. what does he mean? Like they’re gonna be bedded southeast of main food sources?

@dayv619 2 жыл бұрын

He means the deer will be bedded on the S E corner of a ridge because the sun rises on the east so that bedding area will be the first part of the ridge that’s get exposed to the sun

@mdk62 2 жыл бұрын

What podcast number is this? I'd like to listen to whole conversation

@ExodusOutdoorGear 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rdyJlKWFp6mde3k.html Podcast #129 - August 25th, 2020

@EinsteinTeachedYou 9 ай бұрын

Question is where to hunt on am east wind

@brandonpero8742 10 ай бұрын

Does this mean wind coming from the east or blowing east?

@ExodusOutdoorGear 10 ай бұрын

Coming from the east for this example

@thebigbuckslayerr579 2 жыл бұрын

Hes talking about skipping mornings but I'll tell you guys what I do .... first I just want to say that I'm not a master hunter but I am killing bucks consistently and I'm getting good at in in ny probably the hardest state to kill a big buck in if not very close . Anyway what I do Is I kind of rate places I hunt ... I hunt a lit of spots and only 1 I'd call a 10 it's a rut spot and phenomenal but my other spots I rate based on various things but what I'll do is I'll go hunt my spots that I think I'm less likely to encounter a big buck but still have a chance... in other words idc if I mess the spot up . Then I'll save my good spots for evenings. It's definitely the way to go . Well worth the wait but sometimes hard to do

@nemideergoon1844 2 жыл бұрын

Can't top Michigan, we have almost a half million bow hunters.

@thebigbuckslayerr579 2 жыл бұрын

@@nemideergoon1844 I hear michigan is pretty bad but I think ny is literally labeled as the number 1 worst place to kill trophy bucks

@nemideergoon1844 2 жыл бұрын

@@thebigbuckslayerr579 hmmm, well they both suck, I see giants from time to time. Hard to pursue em sometimes.

@gregmulfort9577 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds pretty nice and easy to hunt deer not in wolf country. My deer are hunted 365 days a year, they aren't predictable like that

@jarrettmims452 2 жыл бұрын

My property has an east wind all the time...

@gramps5157 11 ай бұрын

Exodus, movement of jah whitetail.

@michelflesner531 2 жыл бұрын

I killed my biggest buck with a east wind. 195” nontypical

@andrewbodine5663 2 жыл бұрын

By East wind you mean coming from the East or going toward the East?

@ExodusOutdoorGear 2 жыл бұрын

Coming from the east

@darrenfrith3958 2 жыл бұрын

Bodine, this has been a thorn in my side forever. And it drives me absolutely mad. Why do they do that. East wind, to me should be traveling left to right when facing north. It's going east. But, based on the reply below it's coming from the east, traveling west. Just ridiculous, if someone asks you for directions you tell them which way to go not where they're coming from. I'm sure some "special" weather moron started this trend.

@nemideergoon1844 2 жыл бұрын

Wind direct is a shortened term from "where is it coming from"

@jakemitchell1671 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry guys. As much as I respect y'all, what y'all do, and certainly the knowledge of this excellent hunter, I just can't find the logic in his argument. A deer in a "southwest corner" has no idea he's in a southwest corner. His location relative to N-S-E-W is immaterial and not a factor in his movement. In my preferred spots the worst possible wind is an East wind. Why? Because my only access is from the E-SE, and the bucks bed W-NW of me. The work days I skip are NW winds, preferably almost unbearably cold and windy. Those days the bucks tend to rise a little earlier in the afternoon to start foraging south through the thick stuff to the cut beans fields a mile away, which they seem to prefer to access just after dark. These strategies have to be very location specific. Thanks for the compelling video!

@ExodusOutdoorGear 2 жыл бұрын

All fair points!

@Langley-Outdoors 2 жыл бұрын

I always hunt east wind... also just move your set up otherwise

@chrisreetz4117 2 жыл бұрын

Deer hunting 101 I thought this stuff was just common sense

@travislefebre5991 2 жыл бұрын

East winds are never good for me either

@Adam-by8sn 2 жыл бұрын

He’s not really elaborating well. I think what he’s trying to verbalize is that because mature bucks spend a larger percentage of their lives on a dominant W-NW wind, their bedding areas for those winds are well sniffed out and damn near bulletproof. They’ve mastered them so to speak. Now throw in an East (off) wind to a buck who’s trying to chase tail and feed, that’s a much more vulnerable animal. All being said, every bedding area has a weak spot. That’s up to the hunter to figure out. I don’t subscribe to this belief that you should only hunt, or wait for, an East wind. Cyber scout and put boots on your parcel or land you intend to hunt and identify the weak spot of that area. Some you may need an East wind, but most you will still be able to get it done on a predominant wind. Perfecting your access, thermal prediction, and tree location will put you on a nice buck on a less than perfect wind direction.

@chadbrantley839 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. 100% agree. I believe there can be great advantages to what he is saying, but he isn't explaining himself well, and the point most people take away from watching this is going to be "I have to be in the woods on an east wind" when in reality, you stand location in relevance to that east wind, or any wind in general, is going to make all of the difference. Not to mention thermals of your specific area.

@troybizeau5979 2 жыл бұрын

he must have been one of them that help pass let them go let them grow. one with 2 points one with 4 points. hate to tell you a spike never gets any bigger been proven

@chadbrantley839 2 жыл бұрын

Every year I see probably more than 10-15 different spikes on our property. I've only ever laid eyes on one spike on our property that was over 2.5 years old. They do get bigger. The once a spike always a spike is absolutely and old false tale in most situations.

@shaunthweatt8738 2 жыл бұрын

Waiting for that 10-15 degree temperature drop and not over pressuring before it happens is anyone's best bet. After a long rain or many day's of rain when the rain stops you better already be in the stand waiting as well. East winds are rare and can change a buck's direction and bedding pattern which can provide an opportunity as well. Idk what the ferk this guy is trying to say though. Word vomit. 🤮

@chadbrantley839 2 жыл бұрын

Right!? I believe that he does well on east winds, but he can't explain why and doesn't know the logic behind it, so he just rambles. My theory is that it is because a storm system, front, or sudden drop of temp is taking place.

@clarencekayser1861 2 жыл бұрын

Every piece of ground is different and faces diffrent directions and bedding areas are in diffrent directions, just hunting an east wind might get you busted depending on how deer in your area. This is nonsense

@d-rocky615 2 жыл бұрын

One of the stupidest things I have ever heard. Most real people that have a real job hunts on Saturdays and Sundays and hunt no matter what wind there is. Get out there and hunt when you can and enjoy it. Stop trying to be like the "Drury" brothers!

@m4nap4rt20 2 жыл бұрын

This is not at all true. All skilled, passionate hunters play the wind. If there's a SE wind and I don't have spot to sit it, I don't hunt. Why ruin an area just to sit in the woods? Better i go scouting than ruin an area. Also, I'm a real person, I worked 50 hours a week 52 weeks a year. But I work hard to ensure I have some flexibility during the deer season. Who wouldn't? You don't need to hunt harder. You need to hunt smarter. Also, I exclusively hunt public land.

@d-rocky615 2 жыл бұрын

@@m4nap4rt20 wow! U are awesome! U should contact Drury brothers! No matter the wind direction, there is always places to hunt.

@michealmiller9839 8 ай бұрын

After listening to him, I still don't get his logic.

@ryanmorgan2158 2 жыл бұрын

So this guy's trophy closet has only three deer that are over 3 1/2 years old, several 2 1/2 year old deer. I'm not saying not to hunt an east wind I'm just saying I'm not going to buy what he is selling. I'm pretty sure I could kill a future 120 class on any wind direction. "East wind honey, gone to kill a 110 inch 2 1/2 8 point." What a joke.

@kylemurray7086 Жыл бұрын

You’re absolutely out of your mind.. where perry is hunting (right by me) every buck on his wall is a special animal, deer like that aren’t common at all over here, I’d be tickled to death to even see one like that regularly, in my whole neighborhood and surrounding state ground, maybe one a year that big, MAYBE.. and he kills two a year consistently, he’s doing something right..