What makes the best windchecker if your makin your own.

get some sort of little bottle and fill it with unscented foot powder or talcum powder, somethign liek that and presto, give it a squeeze and you have a windchecker. I actually bought HS scents windchecker bottle and have kept refilling that one with talcum powder .

Corn starch would be a better choice , most talcum powders contain some perfume .

Milkweed seeds are ideal for checking the wind downrange , they're easy to see and you can even add a small amount of attractant scent to them before releasing them .

How about baking soda in a small bottle?

I refill my wind checker bottle with flour. I would think deer should like smell of flour!!!!!! Seems to work pretty good!!!

Milkweed seeds...they're free and are designed by mother nature to ride the wind.

That would work too , but I'd wonder if the "chemical smell" would fade quickly enough . Corn starch just smells like corn .

Tie a piece of black thread on the end of your stabilizer.

Cotton

I use a 6"-8" piece of thread and tie a maribou feather on it and a garbage bag twist-tie to the other end, then just wrap it around my stabilizer.
The maribou feather will grab even the slightest breeze, is right in front of you at all times, so you always know what the wind is doing.

I usually tie up a bunch of them and carry them with me,because they sometimes will break when you go through thick cover.

They work great and you should be able to find maribou feathers at any tackle shop, craft store or strip club. (just grab a handlful from any stripper that wears a boah!) [8D]