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How to check wind or thermal direction, non standard ways

If you hunt in pines, there will always be needles stuck on limbs all around and these move with the wind.
 
Looking for ways to tell an unprepared feller in a tree how to check wind.

Already mentioned:

Windchecker powder
Milkweed
Long thread
Smoke/thermacel
Lick your finger


What are some non standard items/methods for a rudimentary check of the wjnd he might have on him
Perhaps you intend to play a joke on this feller? If so, remove or cover the label on a small bottle of fart spray, tell him it's scent killer to be sprayed on when he gets to hunting height, or to be used to test the wind. Turn him from a smart feller into a fart smeller.
 
I was hoping someone would say it so I didn’t have to. Fart and sniff. If you can smell it your scent is rising or the wind might be at your back. If you let one go and you don’t get a good smell then the wind might be blowing at your face or thermals carrying it down.

lol

i'm almost mad

here i was gonna reply

"get a group of guys, fart in the middle, see which ones smells it first"
 

A bottle of Bubbles are actually not a bad idea. I am positive he currently doesn’t have bubbles on him though.

I was trying to get a report on thermal direction under a certain set of conditions last night, and the fellow in the spot had nothing. Then it made me think of other ways I might not be thinking of to check wind currents.
 
Looking for ways to tell an unprepared feller in a tree how to check wind.

Already mentioned:

Windchecker powder
Milkweed
Long thread
Smoke/thermacel
Lick your finger


What are some non standard items/methods for a rudimentary check of the wjnd he might have on him
Lighter, small turkey breast feather on dental floss tied on one of your limbs or stabilizer, look at grasslands, fallow fields to see the predominant way most of the vegetation is laying, snowflakes drifting down, crushed up dried leaves, dust, take your hat and neck gaiter off and feel where the wind is hitting you….. some quick ideas probably already mentioned by someone previously.
 
Vape pen exhale

I know you're joking, but until a few years ago I had one of those big nic vapes that would blow out the big cloud.

I spooked several deer that I knew could very likely not see or smell me but reacted to the cloud floating (like I'm in super thick cover with the wind in my face and right as I blow a cloud that rises above the brush a deer immediately snorts and runs...and this happened several times). Once I stopped vaping, my deer sightings increased on stand and otherwise.
 
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