Wind Feathers.......what's your experience?

[straight_arrow]

I've used wind feathers on my recureve for as long as I can remember.  They're simple and to the point, one less item to carry in your fanny pack.  I can't tell you the last time I've seen one on anpother bow!  What's your experience, good, bad or indifferent?  Thanks for sharing.

[Gatekeeper]

I use one and I have been tying a light section of string down where I expect to see the animals so I can see what the wind is doing on their level.

[Stumpkiller]

I use 'em all the time.  The problem I have is that eventually they tear off - and usually I first notice at daylight when I'm leaning against a tree waiting for movement.

I will attest that just the thread used to tie them works pretty well.

[Ric O'Shay]

I enjoy watching mine float around as the wind changes. Since I haven't seen any critters this year while on stand, they help pass the time...  

[Biggie Hoffman]

Everytime I look at mine it's wrapped around the string. I figure it's not worth the extra motion it takes me to untagle it and hold my bow so it's just right. Unless it's dead calm, I can feel it enough to judge it pretty well.

[joebuck]

Biggie, gosh dog you must be bored chimming in on a Wind feather thread.......please cut your computor off....walk around the office, text gene to see if he has missed again and again and again, break wind, do 2 sets of  3 push ups then head back to office chair

[KentuckyTJ]

What Biggie said. Also they get torn off going through the brush. Just use thread works just a well.

[snakebit40]

You know Mark after seeing your bows with them, I might start putting them on too. I like the idea of tying one up below the stand to see what the wind is doing down lower.

[antler chaser]

I have used the feather for years one on my bow and one on my grunt tube.

[lpcjon2]

If you by a lake or park when the ducks are molting you can get a trash bag full of small(less than an inch) belly feathers (light white and float well) keep a few in your pocket and let one go as needed.Oh and they are freeeeeeeeee, with no smell

[PeteA]

I tie a blaze orange thread with a small piece of wool string silencer on the end. They get all tangled on my cat whiskers however. I just tried tying one to the tip of my arrow.

[Jmatt1957]

Quit using them several years ago, same as above either tangled around string or missing. I use dried cattails that I keep in a 35mm film canister. really let me see what the wind is doing.

[Canyon]

I just use a 4-5 inch piece of light colored thread tied slightly above mid way of the upper limb. Keeps from getting tangled with bowstring and is easy enough to see.

[JamesV]

I use a lighter to tell the wind direction before I go in the woods. After setting up I can tell any change in wind direction. if it is comming thru the eye holes in my mask I am good, on the back of my neck is bad.

[Russ Clagett]

Short piece of unwaxed dental floss tied to the string........light enough to move in any wind, but doesnt get caught on anything.

[cacciatore]

I like the way they look on a string and they are easy and fast to check,but they tear easy and string brake,I usually prefere dust though!

[Bill Carlsen]

Milk weed pods not only tell you wind direction they also ride the thermals and give you a lot more info than what the wind is doing where you are.

[Charlie Lamb]

I'm with Bill on this one. Milk weed is my favorite and it grows everywhere around here.

Often how the wind seems to be blowing where you are (especially if in a tree)and how it's blowing a few yards away or twenty yards away are two different things.

I used a wind feather for a while but found I had to replace it after almost every trip to the woods. A light string alone might be ok.

I leave a long tag end of BowHush on one end of my string and after it frays it works as well.

[Chortdraw]

I agree with the milkweed pod, besides they are fun to watch, but then again I am old and easy to amuse.
 I do have a feather or two on my bows with leather grips tied at the bottom. I like neat feathers!  

[Shedrock]

I like just a piece of thread tied to the limb tip. Seem's feathers always get tore off by brush or something.

The wind is usually blowing hard enough here you don't need a wind detector. Just need to watch the direction the dust or snow is blowing.