RE: Ever get really really Cold while deer hunting?
 

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RE: Ever get really really Cold while deer hunting?
 

Poly pro next to skin from sox to head. Pile layers over that as needed - pants, jackets, vests, etc. You can find this stuff very cheap in discount racks or in discount / clearance web sites or catalogues. Like $15 for pants, jacket or vest. Wool is OK, (esp. for sox) but heavier and not as comfortable or warm when wet. Down is OK if it will be perfectly dry, but a pile jacket + vest will be better. Some sort of wind breaking layer on top. Goretex is great, but I use a nylon windbreaker instead or a regular rain suit. I do wear goretex pants as a rule, but I found a cheap pair a while back and they're working good. Don't forget to wear a good warm hat with wind breaking and water shedding. I think the pile bomber style are best. Buy the warmest boots you can afford if you're sitting in a stand or blind. YMMV for hiking. Cotton sweats, shirts, carharts, jeans, etc. are a joke if you really want to be warm and comfortable and not just &quot;tough&quot;. I'm a wimp, I like to stay warm.

RE: Ever get really really Cold while deer hunting?
 

I used to get really cold...then we wisened up and put heaters in our stands. Some may think it's cheating, or being wimpy....but I think it's smart.

RE: Ever get really really Cold while deer hunting?
 

I've had my feet go numb before. Back in my days of youth, I would wear regular socks and regular tennis shoes out hunting. I'd usually sleep and wake up to completely numb feet. I remember one time, standing up and falling flat on my face because I couldn't feel my feet. I sat there and rubbed them and put Hot-Hands down my shoes until I could walk back to the four wheeler pick up point. Boy...I never wanna have to do that again!

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RE: Ever get really really Cold while deer hunting?
 

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RE: Ever get really really Cold while deer hunting?
 

im with woodslover! that stuff will make you sweat if its not cold out! i tried wearing the pants to bed one nite and it was freezing in the camp because the heater was broke and i broke a sweat and had to go back to my shorts! its good stuff!...before i found that i froze a few times...and freeze when i dont where it when its cold..the year before last rained opening day after there were 4 inches of snow on the ground the day before...so it was just above when snow falls...the rain melted the snow making everywhere a giant marsh...and it rained allllll day...we had rain jackets only to get sweaty and still wet!...cheanged twice that day and the only time i was warm was when my hands were in the guts of my button buck...man that was a miserable day...a few times i remember not dreesing for the weather(i cant listen to dad im a kid) and i froze for it while he was sweating....o well i learned and now listen...and usually over dress...rather have to much than not enough...and now i through a sweatshirt in the back of the truck incase its alot colder up north than down here....i smartend up...

RE: Ever get really really Cold while deer hunting?
 

Here in Minnesota I was bowhunting last year, on October 20th, and there was snow on the ground and it was 15 degrees. But the coldest for me was in late December, -10 with a 10 mph wind. Plenty cold for me!

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RE: Ever get really really Cold while deer hunting?
 

Got so cold one year that I nearly froze solid up in my treestand, couldn't move until my hunting buddy had his 22 year old girlfriend, wearing nothing but his hunting parka, climb up the tree and sit on my lap. Unthawed in a flash.

Next year I did the same thing, froze solid in the treestand. My wife left me there until spring...seems my buddy told her about the year before..BIG SMILE

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