Wind Checkers?
 

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

RE: Wind Checkers?
 

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:D As for how long, I stay in the same place just for the reason I don't stay all day during archery season.

RE: Wind Checkers?
 

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..

RE: Wind Checkers?
 

Windtracker.

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...

http://www.martykeeven.com/WindTracker/SellSheet.html

RE: Wind Checkers?
 

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???

RE: Wind Checkers?
 

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.

I do like the idea of the WindTrackers too.

RE: Wind Checkers?
 

Wind Floaters or anything similaras they allow you to see what the wind does evenquite a distance from you.

Sometimes it's very interesting!;)

Dan

RE: Wind Checkers?
 

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.[:-]

LT

RE: Wind Checkers?
 

WesternMD, probably anything would work in that similar vein... small tufts of yarn, milkweed pods, etc...

Rob, tell Matt he knows the next place he'll see that tip... ;)[8D]

RE: Wind Checkers?
 

i use the powder