Rash
01-16-2008, 02:41 PM
#11
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Missouri
Posts: 1,429
RE: Rash
Plain ole corn starch, and change your drawers daily.Wash with the wet wipes, and some powder and you should be able to head this situation off. Tucks medicated pads are pretty handy as well and take up very little room in the pack.
01-19-2008, 08:20 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Idaho
Posts: 2,072
RE: Rash
As far as the rash, stay away from ALL cotton products. Cotton has no place in the back country other than maybe blowing your nose. Look for an antimicrobial type material and also look for a boxer type brief where there is no elastic band in the groin area.
Make sure that if you use wipes, there is no alcohol in the wipes. I stay away from wipes and take a bar of soap and a washcloth with me. It can be colder than heck jumping into a creek, but even after a 2 week stint in the backcountry, I don't stink. To me hygiene is huge on backcountry hunts.
Chlorophyl tablets can be used starting 2 days before your hunt and into the hunt. These tablets are amazing and cut way back on the odor that you produce.
Your rash could be from the rubbing but may also be amplified by bacteria build up....Get yourself some new shorts and keep yourself clean!!!!
Make sure that if you use wipes, there is no alcohol in the wipes. I stay away from wipes and take a bar of soap and a washcloth with me. It can be colder than heck jumping into a creek, but even after a 2 week stint in the backcountry, I don't stink. To me hygiene is huge on backcountry hunts.
Chlorophyl tablets can be used starting 2 days before your hunt and into the hunt. These tablets are amazing and cut way back on the odor that you produce.
Your rash could be from the rubbing but may also be amplified by bacteria build up....Get yourself some new shorts and keep yourself clean!!!!
01-19-2008, 02:26 PM
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: Rash
ORIGINAL: Elkcrazy8
As far as the rash, stay away from ALL cotton products. Cotton has no place in the back country other than maybe blowing your nose. Look for an antimicrobial type material and also look for a boxer type brief where there is no elastic band in the groin area.
Make sure that if you use wipes, there is no alcohol in the wipes. I stay away from wipes and take a bar of soap and a washcloth with me. It can be colder than heck jumping into a creek, but even after a 2 week stint in the backcountry, I don't stink. To me hygiene is huge on backcountry hunts.
Chlorophyl tablets can be used starting 2 days before your hunt and into the hunt. These tablets are amazing and cut way back on the odor that you produce.
Your rash could be from the rubbing but may also be amplified by bacteria build up....Get yourself some new shorts and keep yourself clean!!!!
As far as the rash, stay away from ALL cotton products. Cotton has no place in the back country other than maybe blowing your nose. Look for an antimicrobial type material and also look for a boxer type brief where there is no elastic band in the groin area.
Make sure that if you use wipes, there is no alcohol in the wipes. I stay away from wipes and take a bar of soap and a washcloth with me. It can be colder than heck jumping into a creek, but even after a 2 week stint in the backcountry, I don't stink. To me hygiene is huge on backcountry hunts.
Chlorophyl tablets can be used starting 2 days before your hunt and into the hunt. These tablets are amazing and cut way back on the odor that you produce.
Your rash could be from the rubbing but may also be amplified by bacteria build up....Get yourself some new shorts and keep yourself clean!!!!
01-19-2008, 03:05 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Idaho
Posts: 2,072
RE: Rash
Schultzy, we have a saying........."Cotton Kills".... I started hunting with some hard core backcountry guys and there is not one who has cotton in his arsenal.
I pay 35.00 each for my undershirts alone, and can wear one for 3 days with proper hygeine. After 3 days the shirt still has little odor as it is antimicrobial.
Proper clothing is very important to me and I don't mind spending the extra to make sure I will be very comfortable with very little.
Sitka makes some great products for each layer that you need. The 90% clothes have been absolutly awesome. I don't even need rain gear now in my pack.
Check out the undershorts also, a little spendy, but very functional to say the least!!!!
I used to go the route of buying what I thought was a great deal, only to be buying something the following year because the others did not do what I wanted.... I would have been better off buying the good stuff to begin with.
I pay 35.00 each for my undershirts alone, and can wear one for 3 days with proper hygeine. After 3 days the shirt still has little odor as it is antimicrobial.
Proper clothing is very important to me and I don't mind spending the extra to make sure I will be very comfortable with very little.
Sitka makes some great products for each layer that you need. The 90% clothes have been absolutly awesome. I don't even need rain gear now in my pack.
Check out the undershorts also, a little spendy, but very functional to say the least!!!!
I used to go the route of buying what I thought was a great deal, only to be buying something the following year because the others did not do what I wanted.... I would have been better off buying the good stuff to begin with.
01-19-2008, 03:40 PM
#15
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: Rash
ORIGINAL: Elkcrazy8
Schultzy, we have a saying........."Cotton Kills".... I started hunting with some hard core backcountry guys and there is not one who has cotton in his arsenal.
I pay 35.00 each for my undershirts alone, and can wear one for 3 days with proper hygeine. After 3 days the shirt still has little odor as it is antimicrobial.
Proper clothing is very important to me and I don't mind spending the extra to make sure I will be very comfortable with very little.
Sitka makes some great products for each layer that you need. The 90% clothes have been absolutly awesome. I don't even need rain gear now in my pack.
Check out the undershorts also, a little spendy, but very functional to say the least!!!!
I used to go the route of buying what I thought was a great deal, only to be buying something the following year because the others did not do what I wanted.... I would have been better off buying the good stuff to begin with.
Schultzy, we have a saying........."Cotton Kills".... I started hunting with some hard core backcountry guys and there is not one who has cotton in his arsenal.
I pay 35.00 each for my undershirts alone, and can wear one for 3 days with proper hygeine. After 3 days the shirt still has little odor as it is antimicrobial.
Proper clothing is very important to me and I don't mind spending the extra to make sure I will be very comfortable with very little.
Sitka makes some great products for each layer that you need. The 90% clothes have been absolutly awesome. I don't even need rain gear now in my pack.
Check out the undershorts also, a little spendy, but very functional to say the least!!!!
I used to go the route of buying what I thought was a great deal, only to be buying something the following year because the others did not do what I wanted.... I would have been better off buying the good stuff to begin with.
01-19-2008, 04:32 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Idaho
Posts: 2,072
RE: Rash
No problem, I don't mean to hijack this thread, however it does go hand in hand with the original post. If you haven't had the chance, get Cameron Hanes book on backcountry bowhunting. Hands down the best book out there for hard earned tips. If you care to shoot me your e-mail on a pm, I would be more than happy to send you my bivy list. Never forget duct tape, it works great for holding yourself together ( literally).....
I can go all week on a 40 lbs pack and never get cold, wet, or hungry.....
For proper nutrition check out www.wildernessathlete.org , awesome stuff!!!!
I can go all week on a 40 lbs pack and never get cold, wet, or hungry.....
For proper nutrition check out www.wildernessathlete.org , awesome stuff!!!!
01-20-2008, 03:07 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location:
Posts: 1,832
RE: Rash
ORIGINAL: bigbulls
Or you could just go to the store and get you some panty hose. Seriously.
They also will keep you from developing saddle sores when riding horses for hours at a time.
Or you could just go to the store and get you some panty hose. Seriously.
They also will keep you from developing saddle sores when riding horses for hours at a time.
On my first ever Cattle Drive an experienced Wrangler from New Mexico, recommended them to anyone planning going on this trip..
People that listened had a blast, people that didn't still wear glad that went, but where more reserved in a lot of activities..
I carry nylons and a couple of travel pakages of those diaper wipes with some type of loation in them (I can't remember what its called), but I made the mistake of being so impressed by them I told everyone what I brought,
Next thing I knew,they were being lendt out to everyone in spike camp...[&o]
They didn't last long.....
So I did suffer eventually.....
Moral of the story..
If ya do carry them keep them to yourself and keep quiet....
