Sorry, I meant to say I angle my feeder slightly to the west and north [NNW] as majority of our winds are from the South and West. The west winds kinda knock it down a little right by the dam, and blow it to the east away from the dam, which is exactly where I needed it, and allows a really long drift [300-400'] across the pond in case some pellets aren't hammered right away and they don't end up on shore. We never get east winds, so this works great, but on those periods with sustained strong North winds I will sometimes shut the feeder down as 50% of the pellets end up as tadpole/coon feed on the shoreline.