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Topic Archives => How To - Resources => Topic started by: Guru on October 09, 2005, 04:21:00 PM
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Just a little something I thought you folks might find interesting.
First get 4-5 dried milkweed pods.The ones that are just starting to open seem best.Get a 35mm film canister(I like to use one thats been aired out a bit.
Drill a 3/8th's hole on the bottom....
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Take out ,a little at a time,the fluffy stuff and knock as many of the seeds you can off.They don't float as good with too many seeds.....
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Now start stuffing all you can into the canister.You should be able to get at least 4 pods in..........
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They're gonna want to come back out,but keep stuffing and then carefully put the top back on.Now just stick something pointy in to pull some out.As you pull more out to use,it will just self feed out.If it gets low,fill it back up with more pods(collect some extras,now's the time around here)....
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You can just use it like this,in your pocket or pack.But I like to to attatch mine to my bow.
I'll be back to show how and where I put it.....
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Take some sticky velcro and stick some of the hook side to the canister......
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Stick some of the soft side to the corner of the bottom piece of you bow quiver.Or anyplace where you can put it where it won't get knocked off.Where I put it,it's well protected........
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Now just put the two together.This way rain can't get at it,and it's real handy.Just pull some out when needed......
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That looks like a good idea. I wonder if cattail pods would work. I have not seen milkweed around here.
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Nice idea!!!!
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Not a bad idea......for a yankee...that is :wavey:
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I take the MW pods and put duct tape on em to hold em together.
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Hey Kieth :wavey:
Anything yet bud???
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Curt I have used them for years. I just stick the whole pod, once good and dry in a small pocket on my fanny pack that I use only that pocket for. I liike them as if you release a few together I can see them for 50-60yards easily!! Cool idea!! Shawn
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This way you can keep them real handy and dry........
I use a feather on my bow,but these are good for long range(like Shawn said 50-60yds).The feather will only tell what's going on immediately around you.Sometimes it a real eye opener when you watch them.Wind in some spots is very tricky!!!!
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Yeah man, I had a stand in abottom on the edge of a curve in tghe ridge. I said man as long as a north wind it will be great. I sat it several times over a few year period and nothing, it was sweet spot, one day I let a few go and man they blew dead south for about 15yards. and than swung around in front of me and dead north for 60-70 yards. The wind was bouncing off that ridge line and going right into the bedding area. Shawn
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Nice idea Curt.
I've been doing like Shawn and keeping a few pods handy in pockets and such. Watching them is not only eye opening, also keeps you awake on those long boring sits.
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cool! I tied a turkey feather on my bow like Guru. I like your idea. I'll keep my eyes open for milkweed.
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Curt that is awsome dude!!!!! Im going to make one of them, Only problem Is I don't think we have milk weed out here???? I'll have to look that is a great tip Thanks. Rich
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FYI, Those are some fine lookin arrows to, Did you make them too???
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Thanks guys.....I guess I just took it for granted that everyone had milkweed around :(
Yes Rich I made them....thanks
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When I grow up I want to be like You :D :D :D
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Careful Rich....LOL Actually he is a great guy...Curt, like the canister Idea..been using pods for many, many year but just put them into a sandwich bag which can be noisy when cold...Gonna try this...Mac~
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The key is to pack as much stuff in as you can.With as little seed as possible,they float better that way.But the more you pack in,the better it self feeds out.
Just keep packin' it in ;)
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Never used milkweed, will have to look in our local fields and find some. Looks like God made a windchecker just for us. Thanks Curt!
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if you can't find or until you can find milkweed use regular old cotton balls stuffed in the canister.
I have pinned (w/a saftey pin) a cotton ball to the inside of my jacket and pulled off a stran to flick in the wind.
The wind does do amazing things when you can watch it for a ways.
great idea curt!
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Curt , I like them blue fletched arrows,,,,too...cool idea!!!Good luck to you and Shawn....marco#78
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hate to spoil the party but ya need to be careful with this idea ............ if you are hunting near farmland , most farmers would not appreciate one bit having someone releasing milkweed seed to blow out into their fields ................. milkweeds are very hard to control with most ag chemicals
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Good point Rick. I pick all of the seeds out of mine.
Like Guru said, the fluff is all you want.
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We don't have milkweed around so I cut florescent fishing yarn in to 1" strips and it works just as well with a little more visability.
You can also snag a small strand on to a twig in front of you and it will inform you of the wind while you are still hunting.
Bryan
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Rick.....come on dude......Nature will spread about a million times more of these than any of us hunters ever will.....besides we try to pick all the seeds out........
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Ain't found any milkweed so I took a bag of shelled corn to toss from the stand. Wind around here blows straight down apparently. :bigsmyl:
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:knothead: :banghead:
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If you don't have milkweed, plese don't ask that he send you some-Lord knows we have enough non-native stuff out west-yep some people are non native invasive types as well.
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Curt, nice idea with the mounting of the dispenser for folks that leave their quiver on all the time. That would work well with the little eye dropper bottle with talc too.
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Ya know,ya try to help some folks out...and this is what happens!
Make them if you want,if ya don't..THEN DON'T!!
Bryan...I use those wind checker bottles too...but I've never thought to mount one upside down on my bow like these.Good idea
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Guru-
I really like the idea of mounting your case on your bow quiver. I hang mine off my shoulder strap on my back pack. I don't really like that because I have to take my eye off my suroundings to find it. Good tip.
Bryan
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Looks like a good way to carry a scent canister during the rut or one of those wick jobs. Cool way to mount stuff. I just need to figure a way to adapt the idea to a stand since I don't carry my quiver on my bow.
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i carry bright colored yarn tied to a button or sumpin ......... just pull off a few strands and watch em "float like a butterfly " !
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Curt,
I've been using milkweed for a couple of years now. Since I learned about them from one of my IBEP students. Great idea with the film canister. Sure beats digging the pill bottle out of my pocket, twisting the cover off, etc. I'll be making one of these for this weekend.
Howard
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Thanks for the idea, made mine today and look forward to using it on opening day, this Saturday.
Thanks again, Jerry
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Curt
Good idea!
Lately I've just been pulling yarn off of the string silencers J.D. put on the Ancient Spirits bow he built me. Must be 6 lbs of yarn in each silencer! :) When I get those silencers pared down some I'm gonna drill me a film bottle.
BTW: Dandy arrows, I really like the broadheads!
I'm heading to Iowa this weekend for my first hunt there this year....8 hours each way is a bit of a drive for a weekend hunt....but its worth it ;)
Ryan
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Glad I could help guys.When thread runs it's course,I'll move it to the "how to" forum.
Ryan,thanks man.......I thought a lot about what you said on that other thread..made a lot of sense to me...decided I wanted to really give them a fair try.I like the extra weight too.Hope to run one thru a deer this weekend!!!
Good Luck in Iowa...I'd drive 8hrs to hunt Iowa anytime...wish I was that close.But I'm gonna drive 17hrs to hunt 7-8 days in Nov.!!!
I Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!
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There are many plants, all over the country, that use the wind to disperse the seeds. Lots of these will work. Around where I live we have a wild lettace that produces "little Santa Clauses" that work the same as milkweed.
Some farmers might not like it but the monarch butterflies will love you for spreading milkweed. Pat
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The Milk Weed canister is a great idea. I like to tie a small light feather to a 6" piece of sewing thread or dental floss, then attach it to my upper limb with a small piece of beeswax. I put one on each bow I hunt with.
I used to tie it to the bowstring, but spent way too much time unwraping the feather from the bowstring. Bob Burton gave me the idea of attaching it to the limb. Frank
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Am I the only one who uses his breath to track the wind? As long as it's cold enough, it seems to work pretty well for me. Am I missing something?
B
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You probably are Bill.....Can you see your breath 50yds away,to see if the wind is bouncing back around to you...AND THE DEER!!
I use a feather on my bow for close range....
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Interesting... so things like the milkweed pods are used to see the wind at a distance? You scatter some to the wind and watch them for 50 yards? I don't think I'd be able to see them that far. But, I'm a novice at this stuff, so I'm always learning.
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I just stuffed a bunch in an empty snuff can the other day. I like your idea much better. Thanks, Chad
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Good patent Guru!
If milkweed is not around your area cattail works pretty good, better than cotton or yarn.
The way I've always done it is put the down in a plastic bag. When I get on stand I take a pinch of down and smear it onto my fleece/wool pants or jacket. Some falls off but a lot stays stuck to the pile of the garment. Then I just reach down, pluck a few fibers off the top of my thigh and let them go.
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Great idea, Curt. I've used milkweed (with the seeds removed) for quite a while, but the hole in the bottle stuck to the bow is pretty neat. I'll mod mine tomorrow. Thanks for sharing! :thumbsup:
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Hi Curt hope yo are having a good season, I just made a milkweed can, I went in the yard and gave it a go works great thanks. -----> Black Arrow Norm :thumbsup: :thumbsup: