Wind indicators...feather or powder ??

[Rick Perry]

find yourself an empty squeeze bottle and fill it with corn starch ......... works great ,its cheap , and corn starch has no odor .

[Bone lake]

If you use milk weed be sure you take them out of your pocket before they go in the washer,failure to do this makes the wife a bit upset. I'm using powder but miss my milk weed.

[KentuckyTJ]

I also tie a 6" piece of white thread to the front of all my stands. A quick glance down will tell the tale. No movement of getting a bottle or anything out of your pockets. In our thick woods the wind swirls and switches often.

Another issue with letting something go as a wind indicator like milkweed or anything similar is you are putting your scent on something and letting it go all around your setup. Not a good idea.

[Bill Carlsen]

MIlkweed is where it's at. Not only does  it tell you direction where you are but you can follow them and get a reading on the thermals. It doesn't work so well in a DB blind, I have found.

[hayslope]

Originally posted by Littlejake:
The white fluffy milkweed seed you get out of the pods works great you can watch it float a long way. And the best thing about it It's Free.

I have about a 10 year supply on hand.  I use a small plastic container with a hole in the lid to extract them.  Oh yea.....like mentioned before.....it's free!

[rraming]

I tie a piece of marabou (fly tying feather) to dental floss. You get a bag of like 500 for 5 bucks or so. It works extremely well

[kojac]

all the above are great and another one to add to the mix is just a reg. cotton ball saftey pinned to your jacket, pull a piece off and let it drift in the wind.

good luck

[cedar]

I use a 6 inch piece of sewing thread tied to the top loop of my bowstring.

[Tajue17]

Powder!!!! I need to watch that float through the air a bit to know exactly what the wind is doing,, I've noticed with anything on the bow if its swinging or showing the wind direction you can feel it anyway so whats it good for?   I've got different types on alot of bows I traded for or bought and have yet to experience something that works good enough its worth keeping on the bow so I cut them off.

if the wind is that light then I go old school and have to wet the fingah first 8^)

[Junglecat]

Parts from the  fluffy pods on top of cattails will also work.I do like milkweed better.Like someone else said the milkweed and cattail particles are visible for longer distances and will give you a better indication of what the wind is doing once it gets a few feet away from you.You will be amazed at how those things dip and dive as they sail away.

[dave19113]

I have baking powder in a squeeze bottle. in my pocket... always worked good for me...

[Sixby]

LIghter. All I ever use.

God bless you all, Steve

[cacciatore]

I smoke a big Cuban cigar and I can easily see the smog!LOL.  

[Stumpkiller]

I used to hunt where I would occasionally meet up with a short, older man and he was always puffing away at a huge cigar.  I couldn't stand it any longer and one day just up and asked him "doesn't that spook the deer?"  

"I hope so, I hate gutting deer."

He just had a nice walk along the logging roads out in the woods with his gun slung over his shoulder to get out of the house and enjoy a cigar.  I can relate to that view as well.    

[wtpops]

Powder

[soap creek]

I also use milkweed. Been using it for years, gives you a good idea what the wind is really diong. I also really like the price. I keep mine in one of those cheap plastic coin holders that you sqeeze to open, works great.

[Roger Norris]

I use all 3. I have a piece of unwaxed dental floss on my limb tip, it gives me a general idea of the wind. I use talcum powder (NOT corn starch) to get an idea of what the wind is doing with a little more detail....it reacts to thermals, up drafts, etc. better than dental floss. I use the milkweed pods (my pockest are full of them) to watch what the wind is doing farther away from me.

To the poster wondering why you would check your wind in a stand...if the wind changes or becomes unfavorable in my stand, I MOVE.

[Trad-Man]

What roger norris said X2....

[b.glass]

I use both string on bow and powder.

[LV2HUNT]

I use the thread tied to the upper limb. I also have been refilling my puff bottle with corn starch for years.