First off, it's public land, which to my experience is generally pressured. So seeing and hearing nothing isn't out of the norm.
Second, if it's windy, to my experience, that will shut down the bird activity. Except for out in the SW where the birds are used to wind.
Third, use the wind to your advantage when it comes to moving. Limbs, branches and leaves blowing in the wind helps cover your movement. If you got busted on a windy day, you may have been moving too fast.
Personally on windy days, I start off as I do normally. If I don't score on the roost hunt. I like to move to open areas and use a decoy. They can see the deke, but more importantly I can see them. I call louder than normal on windy days. Don't know if it's the right strategy or not. Sometimes it works, bother times it doesn't. Who knows.
