What Wind Checker

[bowieknife50]

Anybody use the ozonics fuzz one? Otherwise what's your favorite wind checker?

Thanks,
Tim

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[tommymo]

I use a wind tracker to store my milk weed minus the seed.

 

[mtnrunner260]

Milkweed is awesome and I need to do a better job of harvesting it.
I have just refilled my bottle with corn starch. Not sure of who made the bottle, the logo has worn off.

 

[Felix40]

Puffer. I left mine in CO by accident. Now I feel naked out there. Need to get a new one before season opens.

 

[Bmcox86]

I use the purple stuff I forget what it's called but it works well


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[Hectocotylus]

Baby powder


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[Backpack Hunter]

Baby powder usually.

 

[Trial153]

Smoke in a bottle ...microblallons

 

[MattB]

Unscented talcum powder. You can buy a pound in a bottle which will last your lifetime.

 

[Laelkhunter]

I use the purple stuff I forget what it's called but it works well


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It's called "Moccasin Joe Smoke in a bottle". Got mine at Cabelas for $4.99

 

[larryschwartz]

corn starch. it is less susceptible to clumping in damp weather than the talc or baby powder, IMHO. try both and go with what you prefer. no need to buy expensive stuff when simple works fine. milkweed pods are the cheapest, obviously.

 

[TheHardWay]

I use the powdered chalk that you'd use in a carpentry chalk line tool. Works for me.

 

[justin davis]

I put a piece of the woven dental floss on my bow stabilizer. It works well.

As far as the bottles. I refill my bottles with micro balloons. That's the lightest and best! I get a big bottle at hobby stores and refil and it last me many seasons. Much lighter than corn starch and talc powder. Those are heavy and clump

 

[trapperjay]

I keep a piece of dental floss tied to my bow riser. I slightly frayed the end when I put it on to help it catch the wind but after several years of it dangling in the wind, it looks really broken in and works even in the slightest breeze. Nearly tough as nails.

 

[larryschwartz]

I keep a piece of dental floss tied to my bow riser. I slightly frayed the end when I put it on to help it catch the wind but after several years of it dangling in the wind, it looks really broken in and works even in the slightest breeze. Nearly tough as nails.

Combining a wind detector for your location (like this frayed dental floss or a small piece of down on a dental floss) with a puff bottle to show you the path your scent is taking over a longer distance is an excellent way to get a full picture of what the wind is doing in your hunting area.

 

[Rucker61]

What's lighter, talcum powder or cornstarch?

 

[larryschwartz]

What's lighter, talcum powder or cornstarch?

I would think that corn starch would be lighter, per volume, than talcum powder. But, the real question should probably be, "what floats better/farther?" If the talcum powder particles are smaller they may float better.

 

[ozyclint]

I would think that corn starch would be lighter, per volume, than talcum powder. But, the real question should probably be, "what floats better/farther?" If the talcum powder particles are smaller they may float better.

but the real real question is which one can you make gravy with in the backcountry????

 

[5MilesBack]

I tried corn starch once and it didn't work very well.......seemed clumpy and heavy instead of a nice powder mist. Then I found Windicator bottles on sale at Walmart one year for $1 ea and stocked up. Will last me the rest of my life for sure.

 

[larryschwartz]

but the real real question is which one can you make gravy with in the backcountry????

Well, yeah. We need to get our priorities straight right up front.