I've used wind feathers on my recureve for as long as I can remember.  They're simple and to the point, one less item to carry in your fanny pack.  I can't tell you the last time I've seen one on anpother bow!  What's your experience, good, bad or indifferent?  Thanks for sharing.

I use one and I have been tying a light section of string down where I expect to see the animals so I can see what the wind is doing on their level.

I use 'em all the time.  The problem I have is that eventually they tear off - and usually I first notice at daylight when I'm leaning against a tree waiting for movement.

I will attest that just the thread used to tie them works pretty well.

I enjoy watching mine float around as the wind changes. Since I haven't seen any critters this year while on stand, they help pass the time...  

Everytime I look at mine it's wrapped around the string. I figure it's not worth the extra motion it takes me to untagle it and hold my bow so it's just right. Unless it's dead calm, I can feel it enough to judge it pretty well.

Biggie, gosh dog you must be bored chimming in on a Wind feather thread.......please cut your computor off....walk around the office, text gene to see if he has missed again and again and again, break wind, do 2 sets of  3 push ups then head back to office chair

What Biggie said. Also they get torn off going through the brush. Just use thread works just a well.

You know Mark after seeing your bows with them, I might start putting them on too. I like the idea of tying one up below the stand to see what the wind is doing down lower.

I have used the feather for years one on my bow and one on my grunt tube.

If you by a lake or park when the ducks are molting you can get a trash bag full of small(less than an inch) belly feathers (light white and float well) keep a few in your pocket and let one go as needed.Oh and they are freeeeeeeeee, with no smell

I tie a blaze orange thread with a small piece of wool string silencer on the end. They get all tangled on my cat whiskers however. I just tried tying one to the tip of my arrow.

Quit using them several years ago, same as above either tangled around string or missing. I use dried cattails that I keep in a 35mm film canister. really let me see what the wind is doing.

I just use a 4-5 inch piece of light colored thread tied slightly above mid way of the upper limb. Keeps from getting tangled with bowstring and is easy enough to see.

I use a lighter to tell the wind direction before I go in the woods. After setting up I can tell any change in wind direction. if it is comming thru the eye holes in my mask I am good, on the back of my neck is bad.

Short piece of unwaxed dental floss tied to the string........light enough to move in any wind, but doesnt get caught on anything.

I like the way they look on a string and they are easy and fast to check,but they tear easy and string brake,I usually prefere dust though!

Milk weed pods not only tell you wind direction they also ride the thermals and give you a lot more info than what the wind is doing where you are.

I'm with Bill on this one. Milk weed is my favorite and it grows everywhere around here.

Often how the wind seems to be blowing where you are (especially if in a tree)and how it's blowing a few yards away or twenty yards away are two different things.

I used a wind feather for a while but found I had to replace it after almost every trip to the woods. A light string alone might be ok.

I leave a long tag end of BowHush on one end of my string and after it frays it works as well.

I agree with the milkweed pod, besides they are fun to watch, but then again I am old and easy to amuse.
I do have a feather or two on my bows with leather grips tied at the bottom. I like neat feathers!  

I like just a piece of thread tied to the limb tip. Seem's feathers always get tore off by brush or something.

The wind is usually blowing hard enough here you don't need a wind detector. Just need to watch the direction the dust or snow is blowing.