tundra@1 wrote:I am outside the box,,,, maybe because I trap so much,,,, why would I want to put my scent on a item, and send it out in the wind to float all over an area, that I am hunting???????????????????????????
If I check then wind, I use a simple butane lighter,,, its simple and quick.,,, I am already in my stand, I now can not control anything, so I am where I am.....
Of course in a simple sense of time, I might move,,, but I guess I would simply rather send out, scentless powder, than to watch a pod float around with my scent on it,,,,,
this might sound extreme but that is how I think,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I know great hunters, a lot better than me, like Dan believe in it,, but that is how I think as a trapper at heart,,,,,, if and when I do handle it, I have disposable gloves on,,,,,, I have been told that I am odd, but that is how I work,,,,,
again I might be completely wrong in my thinking, but what I do, works for me..........................
A butane lighter only shows the wind direction at your location, not the direction 30, 70, 100 yards away from your location. Milkweed filaments will show you exactly where your scent stream is going and turning further downwind. And it doesn't matter if you get your scent on the filaments since your scent is already downwind anyway. Milkweed is simply a tool to monitor your scent stream.