Just curious. What do you guys use to check the wind? Powder? Thread? Feather? Floaters?
And on a side note, how long will you stay in a stand if the wind shifts against your favor?
LT
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I like using the powder. I have tried spray scents to see which way that drifts also. That don't work to bad. Cigarette smoke works good too but it kinda keeps the deer away As for how long, I stay in the same place just for the reason I don't stay all day during archery season.
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I use the powder which is my favorite. I have switched stands before when the wind has switched directions. The one stand I hunt is in a corridor that runs East-West and is only about 75 yards wide, so with most winds it won't kill me..
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I used powder for almost a decade, until I hosted Matt / PA a couple years ago and he had some Windtrackers with him... I fell in love with the fact you can watch what the thermals are doing or how the breeze is moving 50 yards past your stand...
I used powder for almost a decade, until I hosted Matt / PA a couple years ago and he had some Windtrackers with him... I fell in love with the fact you can watch what the thermals are doing or how the breeze is moving 50 yards past your stand...
Greg~~~ Could you do the same with parts of a cotton ball? It looks to be about the same concept? >>>Or would cotton be too heavy??
I just thought of something else that would probably work better then cottonball, Fly Tying Dubbing seems to match about what looks to be in those windtracker tubes???
I used powder for almost a decade, until I hosted Matt / PA a couple years ago and he had some Windtrackers with him... I fell in love with the fact you can watch what the thermals are doing or how the breeze is moving 50 yards past your stand...
Matt's sitting here Greg, it's a good thing you gave him street credit for those, you should have heard him when I clicked on the link.
I use white stitch thread. I keep a roll of white thread with me and hang them in the trees with me. A slightest breeze will move the thread and let you know at a glance where the wind is blowing.
Greg, I started using something similar to those last season. Pretty neat to see everything the wind is doing. The ones I purchased were put out by Primos. They come in a plastic can like a Skoal can. There is a little hole in the top to pull a small amount out and let it go. Works really well imo.
I guess old Matt is pretty smart after all.[:-]
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Wind Checkers?
As for how long, I stay in the same place just for the reason I don't stay all day during archery season.
