How cold is to cold for you to Bow hunt??
 

I live in Northern Alberta Canada. I've been bow hunting for the past 2 months with no bow kills but have pasted on 3 nice bucks just not big enough for me to end my season.

Anyway I'ts been pretty cold up here about -20C. Sitting on stand is not hard, but dressing warm and not to bulky is.

So whats the coldest you have hunted in??

Thanks AL

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I'm in central mn. The coldest I've hunted in is about -5 fahrenheit. too dumb and lazy to translate that to celsius. it's tough to sit out there when it's that cold. the whole point is to sit still! I've hunted quite a few times at that temp, but anything colder then that is too much for me.

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-8 F, w/ a -20 wind chill.....Damn that was cold!! But here in Missouri, it don't get quite as cold as you northerners, eh? ;)

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It can get quitecold here. I've hunted quite a fewtimes whenthe day time high was -15 below. I try not to look look at the temp when I head out in the morning. Just depresses a guy. :D Some of my best hunts happen when it is that cold as the deer move all day feeding. You just throw on a few more layers of clothes making sure they fit loose so you aren't resticted. I buy my OUTERwinter hunting clothes a size or two bigger just for that reason. While I might look like an oversized Philbury Dough Boy... it works very well for cold temps.

Tomorrow morningthey are talking 5 above. Chilly but not real cold yet.

Tim

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I think the coldest I have deer hunted with a bow was -11F with windchill about -25
Very cold, that was the day that I decided to buy my Cabela's boots, they have 3" of insulation under your feet. They work great for sitting on a stand in cold weather!

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I'll have to let you know when I get back from the Bow Zone in Alberta. It's been in the single digits at night and in the teens to low 20s during the day.[:@] This will be a COLD week ahead, I hope I can hang for all day hunts.;)

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I think the thought of those big Canadian deer will help keep you warm!
Good luck, take pictures

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I have the right cold weather gear, so I should be OK.:)

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-5 but there has to be no wind . That's the killer for me the wind i can tolerate the cold but not the wind

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I have hunted at aound 30F...yea it doesn't get cold in Texas. But I haunted when it was well past the 100F mark

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Depends if I have a tag or not!!!

:)

Zero degrees F is my limit with no wind, with a strong wind, probably 10 degrees will only allow me to last about 1 1/2 hours.

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I dont know even on the coldest days around here I hunt but that is with the rifle since it is season

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Yah der eh!, no joke, I actually heard that from a U.P.'er when we were up there riding sleds.

Coldest hunt I was ever on was gun season '85 or 86'. I was two years out from carrying a gun but I was lookout for my grandpa, sitting in a box on a ridgetop in western WI with a 20mph North wind. -40 or better with the wind chill, THAT IS FREAKIN' COLD!

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When it gets around in the 20's and below thats when it's too cold for me .
I can't standthe cold and if I'm in my strand or blind and I get to the point where I can't stop shaking or shivering , thats whe I pack it up and head for home.
I ordered a HEATER BODY SUIT and I can't wait to get it , hopefuly that will keep me warm enough to spend more time in the woods hunting.

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The colder.....the better! :D

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The coldest so far I've been out in is about 30 degrees F, but this is my first year bowhunting and it only stayed like that for a few hours. I couldn't see myself staying out for very long if it's much colder than that with no wind. If there is a lot of wind to increase the windchill to the point where my feet and hands are REALLY numb, I'm gone. There is a limit as to how big your gloves are and how thick your support arm is before there are sting interference problems.

Today, right now it's in the 70's as I type this here in VA, I didn't go out because of the heat. I'm praying for cold weather, even though I hate it when it's too cold.

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Theres no such thing as too cold.

I hunted in -7 degree temperatures last year.

When I went to get down after hunting all morning, my glove had frozen to the grip of my bow.

I spit and it hit the platform of my stand. Before it could drip down to the ground below, it froze solid.

If I've got a tag in my pocket, I'm going to be in the woods at every opportunity.

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Been there!!:D Really sucks when your full face mask freezes tothe icicles in your mustache and you pull it off too fast!! [&:]

Tim

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i like to enjoy my hunts....sitting in 10degree weather or less for 5 hours isnt exactly enjoyment:( but i have done it....probly 0 degree farenheit

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-20 and that was COLD! It was on a windy day up on top of the "ridge stand" so i dono how cold that woulda made it with adding the wind.

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I have been out when its below zero before. I wear insulated overalls and a parka and stick to the ground blind if windy. I also discovered on of the best inventions ever this year - boot insulators. For me, cold feet has always been the biggest problem in not wanting to sit any longer. But throw a heater pack in each boot and strap those insulators over your boots when you get to your destination and your feet are toasty all day!

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hmm..... coldest ever was after a system passed jan. before last... -10 in the morning with -25 windchill 5 during the day -12 windchill........... i saw more deer in that one day then i saw all year i love cold weather

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I think coldest for me was around around 10F. Haven't dipped below the 0 mark yet but it doesnt get that cold too often here.

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I'll let you know next sunday when I get back from my caribou hunt.

Last New Years eve was last day of the season, I sat from 1/2hr before sunrise to 1/2hr after sunset in a tiny lock-on stand. It snowed, was probably -10c, I climbed down once to get the blood flowing, was back up there 20min later. I couldn't accept the fact that deer season was ending.

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I have bow hunted in extreme cold here in IA. 20 Fbelow. Many days at 0 F with a terrible wind chill.

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I think today was one of the coldest days I have been in. I don't mind the cold ora little rainbut when there is wind mixed in, that's when it hurts. It was 31 degrees F. when I left the house and had 20 mph winds coming in from the North. Don't really know what the wind chill was but I was able to stick it out for 4 1/2 hours. My feet told me to head back. It wasn't so bad as I was watching a small buck chase a doe around the field but once they took off, it was cold and lonely.

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Well, since my camo is only good down to about 30 or maybe 20-25, and its just regular coveralls that I've had forever that I put camo bibs on over them.AND I have no insulated boots yet, I don't hunt in the cold weather. and I get crap from my friends for not hunting enough, but when you have no money to buy the stuff, you cant go out in cold weather very good!

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Yep about -12F with a wind chill around -20 after that the bow starts makeing all kinds of sounds.. Walt

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It was about 35 this morning and that was really cold!!! You guys are crazy sitting out in any temp that starts w/a (-) sign.

Didn't see anything either.

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The coldest I have ever hunted was 20* F. I don't get to hunt as much as I would like but I think this weekend will be extremely cold. Im expecting at very least low teens. We'll see though...

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A couple years ago I sat in -10F with -30F windchills. Think I only lasted a couple hours before I was froze. I did set a personal record that dayfor getting dressed/undressed quickly at the truck though :D