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How do you carry your milkweed?

I carry mine in a cargo pocket or jacket pocket. I don't want any getting in my pocket and don't want noise opening. I've settled on a small drawstring cotton pouch (the kind you'd put marbles or something in) that I found at a craft store. You can open and close it easily without both hands or with a bow in one hand without setting the bow down. I wash it once or twice a year. It probably holds scent, but I don't worry about scent on things like backpacks, etc as much as my body or clothes (partly an ease thing).
 
Nosaj said:
I am going to try this DIY method this year. I like plan to have one on my backpack shoulder strap and my bino harness. What I really like is the simple, one hand operation.

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That’s pretty slick.
I was looking for one handed operation.
 
i use one of the little mesh bags that garlic comes in at the grocery store. stuff the milkweed in and tie a knot in the top. you can pull little tufts out the holes. its great because its $free.99
 
CZMark said:
Wow, people go to a lot of trouble for milkweed. I attach a cord to the pod and tear off a piece of the end. The pod in the picture has a much larger tear than I usually use.

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This^^^
Just leave it in the pod.
I put a little clip on the pod so I can attach it to wherever I need to, usually right next to my pocket or muff so there's less movement involved to access floaters.
The key is the rubber band. Without it, the pod will split wide open as it dries and you'll have a mess.
 
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My hunting buddy bought a huge gallon Ziploc stuffed full of milkweed fluff and he let me have a couple handfuls. Stuff ur coin purse full and ur good for a while. Smoosh the lips and pinch some out a little and relax the lips so the fluff is hanging out a little but trapped by the lips....then work them down toward the bottom where the little hole is opposite the chain side...then u got a tuft hanging out the bottom hole and it restricts how much comes out. Just opening the lips and pinching from the center u can get way too much. I keep the purse on my left shoulder in easy reach. If it's not stuffed too full to were the lips are able to contact it does a really good job of keeping it dry despite not being an enclosed container. Prior to the purse I had the film canister and then the film canister with the latex gloves finger...it worked fine but I'd be misplacing it all the time or setting it down and forget to grab again before heading back out. It's good to have 2 purses, 1 permanently attached to ur main hunting vest/pack/fanny or whatever u hunt with and a 2nd in a long lanyard so if u gonna go in light u can grab that backup. I've been stung by that 1 before...my vest with purse is in the back of the truck and I just wanna go check an area and leave the vest at the truck and then have an encounter while vestless. Instinctively grab toward my shoulder to check the wind....duh

Now that I'm sitting here thinking about it...u may get some funny looks but it kinda makes sense to have a purse attached to ur weapon...then u know u aren't gonna forget it
 
Nothing floats, and still remains as visible at longer distances as an in-tact (milkweed) floater. Stuffing floaters into containers damages them and they won't float as well.
Little strands float okay but they usually aren't visible at longer distance simply because they are no longer full sized. One of the beauties of pristine floaters is they can sometimes be seen for up to 100 yards under ideal lighting conditions. I don't think enough hunters pay attention to wind behavior that's beyond 20-50 yards because that's their shooting range.
Best in all situations is to have a pristine floater, just as Mother Nature designed them.
Is a clumped-up, kink-up milkweed floater better than a puff bottle? You bet...every day of the week.
Is a damaged milkweed floater as effective as one freshly plucked from the pod? Nope. Tiny differences? Maybe.
But I'm a particular bowhunter when it comes to details. Consistently successful bow hunts are usually a product of attention to details.
The only benefit that I see from using a container is in wet weather. But if it's wet outside, I just clip my pod to somewhere that it stays dry.
 
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Currently running a Butterfly Effect Outdoors pouch, and no issues for the previous 3 years, other than losing one last year (found it this spring lol).
 
ketch22 said:
That’s pretty slick.
I was looking for one handed operation.
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I bet when you tie it off, you could tie it around a safety pin and pin it to your jacket or bino pack.

Or use a child's balloon instead of a rubber glove, and leave yourself a long enough tail to tie to your riser somewhere.
 
I’ll be out scouting Tuesday and see if I can get some fresh pods to play with.
 
I’m in eastern PA. I normally get them the end of August or early September and throw them in a paper bag on my sash board for a few days.

I’m definitely probably still a little early but i can at least take note of where the good ones are.
 
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