wind direction indicators
Question:
While hunting last week I came across some milk weed pods. They contain seedlets with a tuft of down like fiber. Let lose they loft along with the wind, even if it is slight. They can be taken from the pods and placed in a zip lock bag for use whenever. Don’t know about the environmental effect of spreading the seeds but that’s why nature designed them the way they did.
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Another indicator (borrowed from my catamaran sailing) is a piece of the tape out of an old cassette tape (preferrably country music, as it ruins the tape). It will detect even slight breezes and show the direction quite well. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> While hunting last week I came across some milk weed pods. They contain > seedlets with a tuft of down like fiber. Let lose they loft along with > the wind, even if it is slight. They can be taken from the pods and > placed in a zip lock bag for use whenever. Don’t know about the > environmental effect of spreading the seeds but that’s why nature > designed them the way they did.
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> While hunting last week I came across some milk weed pods. They contain > seedlets with a tuft of down like fiber. Let lose they loft along with > the wind, even if it is slight. They can be taken from the pods and > placed in a zip lock bag for use whenever. Don’t know about the > environmental effect of spreading the seeds but that’s why nature > designed them the way they did.
Why not just tie a piece of white thread to the upper limb of the bow or to the front sight of the rifle?
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> . . . (preferrably country music, as it ruins the tape). . .
Definitely a good point to make! 
There are lots of things to use for a wind direction indicator. One that a friend told me about is a piece of hair, preferrably straight. They are readily available. . . at least for most people. :-) Andy — – Andrew Chouinard – – Ph.D. Student / NASA fellow - – Applied Science Department – – Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock -
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> While hunting last week I came across some milk weed pods. They contain > seedlets with a tuft of down like fiber. Let lose they loft along with > the wind, even if it is slight. They can be taken from the pods and > placed in a zip lock bag for use whenever. Don’t know about the > environmental effect of spreading the seeds but that’s why nature > designed them the way they did. > Why not just tie a piece of white thread to the upper limb of the bow or > to the front sight of the rifle?
