What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
08-20-2006, 08:09 PM
#13
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hebron Maryland USA
Posts: 595
RE: What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
Iusually get an old film vile and keep cotton in it, whenI want to check the wind I pull a lil off and let it float. that baking soda will work too.
08-20-2006, 09:20 PM
#14
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Jackson, Missouri
Posts: 7,051
RE: What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
Last season, I bought some of the commercial variety manufactured by Primos...
I was looking for some ideas of what to refill it with (e.g., unscented talc, etc.)
I do like the concept of the floating fibers, as they stay visible much longer and allow you to see the wind currents for a much greater distance.
I was looking for some ideas of what to refill it with (e.g., unscented talc, etc.)
I do like the concept of the floating fibers, as they stay visible much longer and allow you to see the wind currents for a much greater distance.
08-20-2006, 10:42 PM
#15
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
If you are on stand, a little piece of cotton tied with a piece of sewing thread about 4 or 5" long and tied to the rail of the stand oron a branch of the tree in front of you.
08-21-2006, 07:02 AM
#17
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
RE: What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
Corn starch for short range , milkweed "floaters" for long range . The corn starch won't spook the deer if they smell it , and the milkweed "floaters" react to the slightest changes in direction like thermals .
08-21-2006, 08:26 AM
#18
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Roanoke, VA
Posts: 730
RE: What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
I do what ducsauce does, and just use a piece of bright orange thread. The beauty of this method is that you can constantly check the wind instead of seeing a snapshot of a few seconds. I killed an eight pointer last year a couple of steps before he would have moved directly into the wind current blowing from him to me. I watched the thread and knew that he was about to wind me.
08-21-2006, 09:43 AM
#19
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
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RE: What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
ORIGINAL: kevin1
the milkweed "floaters" react to the slightest changes in direction like thermals .
the milkweed "floaters" react to the slightest changes in direction like thermals .
08-21-2006, 09:50 AM
#20
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Posts: 250
RE: What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
I'm a big fan of stepping outside and feeling the breeze. It usually tells me from whence it came. After that there is the direction the trees are swaying, the weather vane, dust etc.
A string tied to your bow or near your blind will do.
You do not need to buy anything from a "hunting store" to tell you where the wind is coming from.
A string tied to your bow or near your blind will do.
You do not need to buy anything from a "hunting store" to tell you where the wind is coming from.