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    Re: Wind Indicators

    I just buy a little bottle at any store like Cabela's or Canadian tire. Scentless powder of some sort. $5-6 will cover it or just make it yourself for cents.

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    Re: Wind Indicators

    In the fall when it's cold out I wear fingerless wool gloves. When I want to check the wind I pick some lint off the back of my gloves and see which way it drifts when I drop it.
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    Re: Wind Indicators

    I'm new to hunting. This is a good thread to learn from

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    Re: Wind Indicators

    Quote Originally Posted by Redthies View Post
    I keep a piece of electrical tape over the end of the barrel on all my hunting rifles (yes, I have tested at the range, and no, it doesn’t have any effect) and every one of them has a 5” or so long piece of thread under the tape. You have to carry your rifle to see it, but I don’t hunt with a gun on my pack so it’s a moot point.
    Exactly what I do too.

    It's not working well when the thread gets wet, that's the only big limitation.

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    Re: Wind Indicators

    I carry powder but I look at the lichen on tree branches all the time.

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    Re: Wind Indicators

    Just buy a bottle of wind checker for like $5.99. It lasts years.

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    Re: Wind Indicators

    I use some of the carpenter's colored snap line chalk in a little squeeze bottle. It's cheap, especially since I always have a bottle in my tool box for my snap line. It's also a good way to use up the last little bit that's left in the bottle after filling my snap line.
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    Re: Wind Indicators

    Anybody else use lichen on the trees?

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    Re: Wind Indicators

    Thread with a small down feather tied to it taped under the barrel, far better than the squirt bottle. It is working all the time and requires no movement to detect the slightest of breezes.

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    Re: Wind Indicators

    I always watch lichen too.

    J-F: The wet days can be worked around by using super lightweight monofilament like tippet.

    I had a roommate back in the early 90s who was doing a carpentry apprenticeship in Whistler. They were doing a huge foundation in mid winter and he was just getting confident enough that he wasn’t asking for help with things. After spending about two hours trying to plumb a long high set of forms it was all twisted with the screw jacks all over the place. Another friend (who told me the story) was far more experienced and walked over to see what the hell was going on... apprentice’s plumb line had frozen to the forms! ��
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