#1023256 - 11/11/08 07:53 PM
Re: Checking the Wind
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jimbobfish
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I look for a dried giant thistle week this time of year (real common in grown up pastures). The seed silks from the flowers work better than cattail lint I think. One plant usually has enough for 10 years. I pack as much as possible in a empty film canister. Pull out tufts and separate some. Get a bunch drifting in a NO wind situation and it really shows what the thermals and currents are doing.
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#1036580 - 11/18/08 08:43 AM
Re: Checking the Wind
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Drop a couple of leaves???
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#1057104 - 11/29/08 08:40 PM
Re: Checking the Wind
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flhunter
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Use a smoke granede
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#1062092 - 12/02/08 11:37 AM
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redneckprofessor
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Here's what I do for the wind. I have a little medicine bottle stuffed with cotton swabs. To check the wind, I pinch off strands and let them go in the air. When there's no wind to really feel on your face or see by watching the greenery sway, that little puff of cotton swabs will drift away to let you know where your scent is drifting towards. Works great, and is cheap.
Best thing is that you can also take a pinch of the cotton swab and wrap one end of the strands on a little limb or other stationary object. That way you can more permanently watch which way the wind blows.
First year I started doing that, and kept to hunting the wind, I saw more deer than I ever had before.
Try it-- cheap, and very effective.
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#1518365 - 09/24/09 05:49 AM
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deerjackie
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if the wind aint in your face turn around and look the other way.
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#1575625 - 10/25/09 02:48 PM
Re: Checking the Wind
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light 3 0r 4 cigars
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#1615462 - 11/13/09 10:36 AM
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SmokeyJones
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if I am high enough in a tree I don't worry about it much, but when I am ground hunting I usually tie a small ribbon a few yards away from me on a small limb.
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#2031708 - 08/15/10 07:44 PM
Re: Checking the Wind
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Boone 58
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There is a christian organization that sells floaters in this little snuff size pouch...they are micro fiber and when you pull them off they float awesomely!! I ordered them direct from them and i will go and see if i can find one and get you the info.
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#2031758 - 08/15/10 08:14 PM
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Boone 58
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I wouldnt be without them in most situations......esp. bowhunting.
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