Powder wind indicator is.....

Sidewinder

Sidewinder

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What is the odorless powder that they put in the wind indicator bottles? Seems like you should be able to make your own for a lot less than what they are asking for them.
 
Check with your local fire dept. to see where you can get dry chem fire extinguisher serviced. Tell them you want some Purple K, that is the trade name of the extinguishing agent. I'm a retired firefighter and have used it for years, just didn't have the foresight to put it in little plastic bottle and sell it as wind indicator.
 
I've always used baby powder, I know its not the odorless stuff that you mentioned, but I have never had a problem with yotes or deer smellin it-at least that I know of LOL
 
I think unscented talcum is odorless. Course the fine dirt/sand we have in most areas around here smells like, well, dirt.
 
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Course the fine dirt/sand we have in most areas around here smells like, well, dirt.



/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif ROFLMAO @ LEON /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Interesting point. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
 
Is the Purple K odorless?? Sand would be a bit hard to see wind drift with and we have snow over all our dirt. I have not seen odorless talc powder for sale around here for some time. Would baking soda work?
 
Purple K is basically odorless. It is potassium bicarbonate. It has a faint purple color and is extremely fine grained. It does not cake up like talcum powder or sodium bicarbonate. A couple or three or four ounces will last forever. I put mine in an old elk urine bottle with the flip up nozzle about an ounce or two in size and it last two or three seasons depending on use.
 
Lick your finger and stick it out there, do it the old way. Next they'll be selling us wind socks like they have at the airport.. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif
 
Sidewinder,

Tony Tebbe, carries it already bottled up,look here----> PREDATOR POWDER (scroll to the bottom of the page!) For the cost of buying the powder yourself and paying the tax and finding the right bottle to put it in and such.

I don't think you'll do much better then what Tony is offering unless you have some laying around the house. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif

April /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
 
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Ok this is easy. Get a bottle of chalk line refill at your local hardwhare store.Make sure its blue cause the red stains anything it comes in contact with. score a small bottle like a contact lens salution bottle clean it DRY it fill it up tip upside down to fill the tip and give it a sqeeze.You get a nice puff off blue powder thats easy to see. For a better wind indicater buy a pack of marburo feathers from your local fly tying place such as the fishing department at waly world .now take a good clump of em and hot glue em to a small strand of string. tie the other end to a safety pin and pin to your jacket. just pluck off a single strand off feather and let it go.it will float for a long way and show the changing wind curant as it travels not just the direction. I like purple as it seams to realy stand out.You can also tie a small bunch to a thread and tie it to the end of your rifle barrel or bow string for a constant wind indicater.
 
Good idea AK, I have the blue chalk line refill. I have used the Marabou feathers on a sting for a wind indicator for some time. Taking them in and out of the gun case takes its toll on the feathers. I had not thought of plucking off a strand. Thanks for the ideas.
 
Does it matter if it is odorless. If they can smell the powder, they are gonna smell you anyways. Just a thought. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-006.gif
 
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Lick your finger and stick it out there, do it the old way. Next they'll be selling us wind socks like they have at the airport.. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif



/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Thats another thing I need in my pack /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif! A wind sock /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif. Bet I can get one at our airport. I wonder what style of camo they come in /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif?
 
sidewinder, I noticed you are in WA too. You can still find pockets of ash from ST Helens around Ellensburg and Yakima if you kick around the sage especialy in small ravines. Couldn't smell more natural than that. It's super fine aswell. Just a thought maybe I'll try it Thanks!
 
I guess it is a carry over from bow hunting. I try to keep the scent as minimal as possible, along with sound and movement. I need all the help I can get! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif That and being able to shoot further out accurately will hopefully improve my odds.
 
Baking soda, Purple K is almost all baking soda except other ingredients are mixed in to keep the baking soda from packing. Taste Purple K and see for yourself. Baking soda is oderless and also is a great de-odorizer. Put clothes, hats, etc. in a plastic garbage bag and sprinkle with baking soda to elimate odors. Works well.
 
I use a piece of unwaxed dental floss about 6-8" long tied to the front sling stud. If you fray out the bottom 2-3" inches of the floss, the slightest breeze will move the fibers. I have noticed many times on a 20 minute stand, the wind changing directions and its easy to monitor this using the floss. I've tried feathers tied on the floss, but if the feathers get wet they don't work.

I keep a piece of floss on every rifle no matter what critter I'm hunting. I can monitor the wind constantly without digging into my pocket for a "poof" of dust. I even tie a piece of floss on my antenna so when I stop the vehicle to get out and go call, I know what the wind is doing before I leave the vehicle.
 


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