One should study winds and be able to pretty well judgetheir velocities. One can usually outwalk a drift and, in suchinstances, can travel down wind with safety; not so with abreeze or a gale. The most aggravating of all winds are thevariables, those winds that seem to blow from all directions.There is not much the hunter can do under these conditionsexcept to sit down near an active trail and wait it out.
There are a number of ways to tell in what direction thewind is blowing. One can feel a gale or even a breeze on theface; one can see the swaying of branches, the flutter of leaves,the pointing of thin grasses, etc. Drifts are, however, a littlemore difficult. We have all heard of the old favorite way ofwetting a finger and holding it up; there will be a cold feelingon the side of the finger against which the wind is blowing. Ifthe morning is cool or frosty, one can exhale the breath whichforms a visible vapor and watch the direction in which itfloats. Spider webs are very sensitive to the slightest drifts.
