Cheap Wind detector

[Glacier Country]

I just wanted to give you guys all a quick Tip.... I like to use a cotton ball and a safety pin for a cheap, light,super effective wind detector.
I just pin the cotton ball to my pack or my grunt tube,jacket , whatever is convenient. I just pinch off a small visible piece and flick it into the wind.
Works like a charm, You can see it floating on the air currents for 20 yards or more.
It also doubles in a pinch as fire starter. Especially if you sandwich 2 cottonballs and some petreleum jelly makes a great fire starter.
Hope this helps----> Troy

 

[Deertick]

I\'ve done this before ... and it is nice, though you have to get \"just the right size\" of \"pinch\" or else it just falls to the ground.

But the nice thing is you can watch it drift ... particularly useful from a treestand.

 

[WW]

Good idea Troy. Here is another way to do it that will keep your cotton ball dry as well.

Drill a small I/8\" hole in the top of your quiver hood. Pull out the foam part and place a couple of cotton balls next to the hole. Be sure to start the cotton through the hole. Then replace the foam and you are all set.

Just remove a little piece of cotton to check the wind. as you do it will automatically pull another small piece through the hole for the next time you need one.

I also tie a piece of white sewing thread on my bowstring just below the idler wheel. It is quick and easy to keep an eye on at all times.

With both methods, there is no fumbling around in your pocket for the puffer bottle. I never did like that idea.

 

[Glacier Country]

WW that is a great Idea with the quiver trick!!

 

[Lark Bunting]

If you are going to go this route, I\'d pay an extra $1.75 and pick up some Super Fine Dubbing used for fly fishing. The underfur is going to be much lighter than cotton balls. Chances are, the cotton balls are synthetic where the dubbing is a natural underfur. Then, use the drilled hole method, which is exactly how my dubbing dispensers work.

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[iccyman001]

I love Bills thread/string idea.

I\'ll be doing that this year.

 

[atfrith]

If you are going to go this route, I\'d pay an extra $1.75 and pick up some Super Fine Dubbing used for fly fishing. The underfur is going to be much lighter than cotton balls. Chances are, the cotton balls are synthetic where the dubbing is a natural underfur. Then, use the drilled hole method, which is exactly how my dubbing dispensers work.

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Never thought of that Lark, good idea! I tie flies as well and have a surplus of dubbing right in front of my face that I never thought to use for this purpose.

 

[Deertick]

Yes, that\'s a great idea.

 

[Curvebow]

Along the same lines, I tie a piece of sewing thread behind my broadhead onto the shaft. By holding this arrow away from your body or while you have the arrow on the bow (in a treestand or ground blind), it can give you a good direction of the faintest breeze. I tie another one onto the front of my short stabilizer too. I have shot many animals and the thread on the arrow survived it all!

I also carry the puff bottles of white powder. The threads also go onto the barrels of all my hunting rfles and muzzleloaders. Sometimes I tape them on with the tape I use to cover the muzzle of the gun.