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smoke bombs

Unread postby Hawthorne » Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:09 pm

Anyone ever use smoke bombs in the off season to see how air moves thru the terrain? I read this in Gene Wensels book. Sounds like a good idea.

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Unread postby Zap » Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:22 pm

Pop smoke....I do it all year.

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Unread postby stash59 » Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:31 pm

I read that too but was always afraid with my luck I'd start a fire. Didn't he say he used a clean metal paint can with wholes in the lid. Trouble is these days most of this kind o stuff is now packed in plastic. I guess you could buy some stove pipe and put a top and bottom on it. Let me know how it works if you try it.
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Unread postby Stanley » Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:53 pm

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Unread postby Dewey » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:15 pm

Haven't tried a smoke bomb but I think milkweed would work just as well and easier to use if you have some.

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Unread postby dan » Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:38 pm

I tried it when I made the Hill country DVD... There were issues with the heat of the smoke making it rise to the point where it did not follow the air current... Best way to check it and see it is still milkweed.
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Unread postby Southern Man » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:25 am

Hawthorne wrote:Anyone ever use smoke bombs in the off season to see how air moves thru the terrain? I read this in Gene Wensels book. Sounds like a good idea.

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I thought about it several years ago but never did. I have sat and watched tobacco barns when they're firing them in the early fall. The oldtimers would build their Dark fired barns where they were sheltered from the wind, such as a draw, or the edge of a woods. It was interesting watching how smoke would filter through the terrain on mostly calm days, not always with the wind and how it would change course when you didn't notice a short change in wind direction.
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Unread postby BassBoysLLP » Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:19 am

dan wrote:I tried it when I made the Hill country DVD... There were issues with the heat of the smoke making it rise to the point where it did not follow the air current... Best way to check it and see it is still milkweed.


The heat would be my issue with the smoke too. Borozin is likely your best commercial option, but it is tough to beat the price and availability of nature's floaters (thistle, milkweed, dandelion, aster, dogbane, etc). I personally prefer thistle over milkweed. In my eyes, it rides the air currents a bit better and is less subject to inertial impaction. I carry thistle in a small coin purse. I often drop milkweed by the entire pod.
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Unread postby stash59 » Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:24 am

BassBoysLLP wrote:
dan wrote:I tried it when I made the Hill country DVD... There were issues with the heat of the smoke making it rise to the point where it did not follow the air current... Best way to check it and see it is still milkweed.


The heat would be my issue with the smoke too. Borozin is likely your best commercial option, but it is tough to beat the price and availability of nature's floaters (thistle, milkweed, dandelion, aster, dogbane, etc). I personally prefer thistle over milkweed. In my eyes, it rides the air currents a bit better and is less subject to inertial impaction. I carry thistle in a small coin purse. I often drop milkweed by the entire pod.

That's what I was thinking but since I haven't used it yet I didn't make the comment.


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