Ever get really really Cold while deer hunting?
 

Now I've gotten smart and bought some warm clothes to stay warm, but when I was younger, I used only what I could find in the drawer, which usually wasn't much.

I can remember a couple time, when my fingers got so cold and numb, that when I got back to the truck I couldn't turn the switch to start the truck, so I literally had to pull out my pliers to start the truck. And I remember a few times having to wade through half frozen rivers without waders, and even falling through the ice a time or two, when going to the stand. And then sitting for 4 hours while my legs were in pants that froze up. Then walking back to the truck without feeling my feet. It sounds like i'm dumb but I was dedicated to hunting and would sacrifice some cold for a chance at a big buck any day. Have you guys every been really really cold from deer hunting?

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I caught pneumonia from sitting out in the cold rain for a week during the deer season of 1984. I came back early from hunting one afternoon and told my mom I didn't feel well, she felt my forehead and decided I needed to go to the emergency room. A couple of hours later I was in a hospital room on an IV penicillian drip. I was in there for 11 days and unfortunately deer season was over when I got out.

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I dunno , but it seems like i get colder quicker than everyone else. Thin blood maybe..lol. I know ppl who will wear a pair of regular sweat pants and sweatshirt underneath of a pair of bibgs and a lightweight jacket and stay all day in 10 degree weather. I on the other hand will wear 4 sweatshirt 3 pairs of pants along w/ heavy bibs and sometimes 2 coats and freeze to death. lol. I have no idea why i keep on doing this for maybe one shot at a deer...lol

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I don`t know how cold it gets in Kansas but up here in Manitoba, it can get down right nasty. We have hunted in 20- with a 30mph wind(THAT was cold). We got our deer too. Seemed awful wierd putting your hands inside the carcass to warm our hands. We go with the "layered" method up here, wearing as little as possible on the trip to the stand, then after we have cooled down some we add clothes as it gets colder. This method works for my group just fine.

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rbduck, I don't remember hunting when the temp was -20 without windchill. Doesn't get quite that cold here, even though it's been down below 0 a few times without the wind. But the wind it a killer here too, a lot of the time there will be 20-30+ mph winds and even with a 10+ temp, it's a chilly one, but I doubt it's still as cold as them Canadian temps... burrrr...lol
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I start with heavyweight polypropylene longjohns, sweat pants, camo bottoms, and if need be, thinsulate duck pants. On top a thermal shirt, heavy t-shirt, camo top, and one of the following: quilted flannel, insulated hunter orange or camo jacket, or a down coat. On my noggin I put a doubled polypropylene balaclava. but it is my feet that always get cold, there i wear polypropylene/woll blend socks in 100g. thinsulate leather boots or kamik rubber boots with a felt liner w/foot warmers. On the hands, fingerless wool camo gloves and hand warmers. One of these days I will afford better boots, then maybe the tootsies will stay warm, too.

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I can generally stand cold weather. But, if my feet get cold and wet then I am miserable and have a hard time staying still. The last few years i've gotten rid of the thick socks and just wear poly or something similar, and I take an extra pair in the field with me if I am going to be there for more than a few hours especially if I have a long walk. Putting on a pair of nice, dry socks has made a world of difference for me. At times I even switch boots during the day. (my feet usually aren't wet from rain etc, but from sweat).

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I have been REALLY COLD hunting deer in Alberta and Saskatchewan. I have a picture I took of my buddy's face close up when we were in Sask. a few years back. He has twin &quot;snot-cycles&quot; hanging down from his nose about 1 1/2 inches long. But a big smile on his face because he had seen a monster buck that morning.

Once I was hunting and it was some-kind-of-cold. I got back to my truck and a fuzzy brown ball fell out of my pant leg as I got in. I picked it up, put it on the dash and started the motor. As the truck warmed up a bit the fuzz ball made a funny noise, an awful stink and vanished. It had been a frozen fart.

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Well ever since the duck hunting trip I nearly froze on. I've gotten much wiser. my main problem is the feet, once they get cold thats it. but I think I've solved that problem. Good luck to all this year. and duffy you aint right........lmao

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Two years ago on opening day the wind was blowing like crazy, the temp wasnt to bad all of a sudden it dropped and from nowhere a big snowstorm hit, it poured for about a half hour so thick you couldnt see your hands then as quick as it came it quit it warmed up and it all melted i was soaked but the temperature wasnt to bad then it got cold again and froze me up it was awful i was afraid i couldnt get out of the tree but luckily i had some hand warmers in my pack and got up emough warm to stumble back to the truck,

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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.

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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.

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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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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...

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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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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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