What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
08-21-2006, 09:50 AM
#21
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: New Brunswick
Posts: 358
RE: What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
If for some reason I need to check the wind I use some grass or some needles off a fur tree
Use the old tried and true method.....went your finger and hold it up and you will have a cool feeling on the side of your finger the wind is coming from....an oldie method.
my grandfather still goes by that method.
Use the old tried and true method.....went your finger and hold it up and you will have a cool feeling on the side of your finger the wind is coming from....an oldie method.
my grandfather still goes by that method.
08-25-2006, 07:25 PM
#22
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Posts: 294
RE: What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
On one of my trips out of the woods after scouting before the upcoming deer season, I like to grab the tops off a couple milk weed plants that are busted open ( or about to bust open ) and I put them in a dry paper bag. I also will grab some golden rod flower tops and place them in a paper bag . When I get home, I put the bags in a cool dry place (out of humidity) and within a week, the flower tops are dry and the inside of the milk weed pouchesare also. I take these with me to my stand and I let em fly. And it doesn't cost me anything.
08-25-2006, 09:45 PM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: MN USA
Posts: 1,392
RE: What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
It's normally cold when I hunt deer in Nov. here. I watch my breath.
I've seen others put a fine talc like powder in small squeeze bottles and puff out small abouts of powder. As long as it's not scented powder, it seems like a good way.
I've seen others put a fine talc like powder in small squeeze bottles and puff out small abouts of powder. As long as it's not scented powder, it seems like a good way.
08-26-2006, 07:19 AM
#27
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
RE: What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
Around a lot of the food plots I hunt I tie a couple of pieces of flagging tape. That way I know what the wind is doing in the area the deer are. They don't pay the flagging tape any attention. A quick look at the weather channel before I go lets me know which plots should be best for hunting that day.
08-26-2006, 08:45 AM
#28
Super Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Seagrove N.C. USA
Posts: 7,281
RE: What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
One way to check the wind is just lick the end of your poiting finger.
Ans hold it up in the air you can feel the direction the wind is blowing.
This is JMHO
Ans hold it up in the air you can feel the direction the wind is blowing.
This is JMHO
08-28-2006, 02:35 AM
#29
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: WESTERN NY / NORTHERN PA
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RE: What do you use to check the wind direction when hunting?
I USE A SMALL ROUND PLASTIC CONTAINER (ABOUT 1/2" HIGH BY 1" AROUND)WITH A 1/4" HOLE IN THE LID AND I PUT MILKWEED SILK (DRIED)INSIDE. THIS CAN BE FOUND IN ABUNDANCE IN THE FALL.ANYTIME I WANT TO CHECK THE WIND I JUST PINCH THE SILK STICKING OUT OF THE HOLE AND PULL AND LET IT FLOAT AWAY. IT DOES NOT DISAPPEAR LIKE DUST AND YOU CAN WATCH THE AIR CURENTS FOR A GREATER DISTANCE.
