Milkweed tip for hunting
08-19-2019, 01:20 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 1
Milkweed tip for hunting
I take a Milkweed pod when they are just about splitting in the seam and place it in my hunting coat pocket. When I bow hunt for deer from a tree stand, I take out a milkweed seed floater, and release it to judge the air currents, and see where my scent is going. Free, and easy. Better than a squirt bottle of talcum powder because not only do you see the direction of the wind, you see where the wind is swirling.
08-20-2019, 07:17 AM
#2
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,746
I've been doing that for years. I also attach a piece of white thread about 10" long to the end of my stabilizer. And, if you can find them, 35 mm film canisters are great for stuffing with cotton balls soaked with your favorite scent. You can use the canisters to hold more cotton balls rubbed well with petroleum jelly. Makes a great fire starter.
08-20-2019, 09:32 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: West Central Illinois
Posts: 1,099
Use corn starch instead of talcum. I suspect talcum has perfume in it besides asbestos << gasp >>.
A milk pod in your coat pocket?? While I get the principle, I would forget the pod was there, it would rot, and I would eventually place my hand in the rotten pod.
Use a piece of cotton ball at the very least.
A milk pod in your coat pocket?? While I get the principle, I would forget the pod was there, it would rot, and I would eventually place my hand in the rotten pod.
Use a piece of cotton ball at the very least.
