From: ny yankee
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Date: 02-Dec-17 |
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We all know about using a feather as a windicator. This tip was to tie a piece of floss or thread to the feather and then to a clothes pin. Just pin it to a nearby branch and the feather will float on the breeze. Nice!
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From: ground hunter
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Date: 02-Dec-17 |
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my friend swears by lighting up a menthol cigarette and clips that to a branch.....
I have tried it all, I like milk weed pods can watch the thermals so well......
I have also used a marabou feather, with the trick posted
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From: fdp
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Date: 02-Dec-17 |
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Funny about the cigarette groundhunter, my dad used his pipe for the same reason.
Marabou is my favorite as well. Even the slightest puff of witnd will make the fibers move.
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From: JusPassin
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Date: 02-Dec-17 |
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Always carry milkweed fluff, can't beat it.
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From: 1/2miledrag
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Date: 02-Dec-17 |
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Great tip, thanks. I'm gonna try it.
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From: Selden Slider
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Date: 02-Dec-17 |
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Feathers, floss, whatever tied to a bow will only show you where the wind is coming from in relation to where the bow is. It does not show you where the wind is going. You may think it does but there are things that cause the wind to change direction. You have to think of the wind as a rushing river. Notice how the current changes when the flow comes in contact with a boulder or a change in bottom contour. Wind is the same. So many times I heard guys swear that the scent eliminator worked so well because a deer in front didn't scent him. Chances are that breeze changed direction because of a tree or trees or boulder or something in the way. Trees can and do split the wind forming an eddy and a deer standing in that split will not catch your scent. When the wind hits a boulder chances are the wind goes straight up and over as well as being split. So if you want to see where the wind is really going powder type detectors, milk weed and such work best. Frank
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From: Bowlim
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Date: 02-Dec-17 |
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I am just reading Ashby's book, and he mentions using his pipe smoke to track the breeze. He is mostly a still hunter, and puts a lot of emphasis on watching the air. He also mentions the use of a dust bag in hunting, which is a little bag with ash in it, porous enough that you can shake out a smoke trail of it. His is on a leash, so you can drop it and let it hang if things heat up.
I once saw a program on cropping elephants and the pros used the dust bag, way more effective than anything else I have seen. But it sounds pretty messy. Not an issue if you dress in shorts and ride around in a Land rover, but in the world i live in, it might be a little messy. Need to try it out.
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From: SB
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Date: 02-Dec-17 |
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Milkweed here too. It will drift along forever telling you a lot about weird thermals....."smoke in a bottle" won't touch it's effectiveness.
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