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Now let me get this straight..your hunting "buddy" is your Husbands best friend? and your not staying warm:)

J/K....
I have a hard time staying warm also.....my feet get me the most. I use the warming packs ahd they do help, along with battery-powered socks.

Mike

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Ewwww.... [:'(] That's like, thinking about my brother... Eww Ewww Ewwwwww! LOL

Yah, my husband's best friend is my best friend's husband. LOL So, best friends married best friends, it works out nicely, but my friend is a girly girl and would much prefer having a facial and massage done at a spa than sitting in the cold (or *any* weather for that matter) to kill a deer. I think she gets frustrated because during hunting season, she loses her best friend to the guys. Well, most the time she loses me to the guys because I am into sports, hunting, fishing, etc... She loves to shop the day away... I'd like to keep away the day I have to shop! I HATE shopping, like I said, she's a girly girl, but I love her anyway. :)

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Suck it up and hunt. Buy some underarmour.

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lol, I did, I DID hunt! I've hunted harder this year than all three of my other years combined! I haven't harvested anything yet, but it's been some great times out there this year!

I always end up lmao because Joe always ends up dropping half his stuff out of stand by the time we get out.

Still, I don't know how you "Northerners" do it! Cold temps aren't my cup of tea, unlessit'sfor a good hunt, I want NOTHING to do with them!

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Save one for me girl. I'll be in Indiana Monday night. I'll be hunting back and forth across the border into Ohio too. Probably spend half my time in each state.

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We become immune to it. I actually prefer it more on the RAW side out there. I dont' really notice the cold untill my nostril hair starts freezing and I can't breath through my nose anymore.

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LOL @NYbowhunter,can't say as I've ever had that happen! Yikes!

Davidmil, whereabouts in Indiana willyou be hunting? What county?

The weather is going to warm up slightly early next week, but the rut has seemingly kicked in, so it shouldn't make too much of a difference! Good luck, take a big one, or TWO (one for Ohio) down!

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hey,.buckhunten girl ,.back in the day when i was your age i was out bow hunting in a-40 wind chill and i did shoot a doe that night ., but!! i had to draw back or try to 4 times before i got my bow back., ok, now that im that much older, i still hunt when it is cold but a - 40 nope ., im done with that ., good luck to you and your hubbie ., and hey if you keep going out in this cold ,.that little baby of yours will love the cold and want to go hunting in the cold all the time., lol., good luck to you !

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You just got to dress right. Start with a good base layer of Blue Undies.
You really have to learn to layer it properly. Head and feet are the critical points. Simple things like a light weightbalaclava can make such a difference. If you still need help the chemical heaters can be used. I avoid using them until the last possible moment as they don't cover everything and I think make other areas seem cold. I like nothing better than to sit in a tree and have my face mask freeze from my breath. I usually cut a hole to keep it from icing too bad. There's nothing more quiet and heavenly than to sit on a big ridge with big fluffy snow covering your bow, arrow, yourself and everything. It's pure heaven I tell ya. I could sit out there in that without a bow. I love it when it's starting whenI walk in and by the time I leave it's 6 or 8 inches thick. You dress properly it just piles up on you like snowflage and you have to shake it off once in a while. Absolutely nothing finer to me.... Nothing. When it gets to 20 below it starts to get real hard to stay warm. You need all the tricks, windstopper, heaters, toe warmers, layers of layers and you just have to force yourself to do isometrics against the tree and your stand. You should draw the bow every 45 minutes or so. Drink fluids(nothing beats water to me) and munch some power bars for energy.You should evacuate your bladder too. I know, hard for a girl. Well heck, it's hard for me too through 4 layers of long johns of poly and smart wool and then heavy wool pants and maybe even a cover suit of snowflage. On top I'll have an extra layer or two. Usually 3 layers of undies and 2 wool shirts or one and a wool jacket.

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Mnsqueeze,
The baby is part of the problem right now! LOL They haven't exactly come out with maternity hunting clothing... YET. LOL I have to scrounge together whatever I can find right now. Luckily, I am a small person, so I don't get blimpish while pg, just a little basketball out in front. She has helped with my circulation though. My hands have stayed relatively warm this entire year so far.

Davidmil, I *do* like the snow. It actually insulates and makes 30 degrees feel like 40. I have warmer clothing, it just doesn't fit right now! I've been moochin' out of hubby's closet for my camo needs for the last month. I have been dressing with a base layer of underarmour type stuff, 2 t-shirts, a polar fleece pullover type thing and then a fleece button down shirt, topped with my husband's lightweight bowhunting jacket. I've been fine up until today... but it didn't help that I had a guy sittin beside me shiverin', made me focus on that instead of hunting! I also really, REALLY, need to go to our other house and get my thermo cold weather hunting boots, I've been doubling up with wool socks in my Alpha Burly's. It's alright, but it isn't thinsulate!