Nut Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 I went out this morning with my 15 year old and the temperature was in the low teens. I dressed for it but still got a chill. (It was a great and fun hunt with a couple almost chances) However once I got home I felt old and tired. I fell asleep and woke up feeling worse and called off the afternoon hunt since I would rather go back to same spot in the morning. Does the cold affect you over 40 guys as much as it is starting to affect me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting It sounds like you have the symptoms of "Aging". I got up this morning before five, still fat and sassy from over-stuffing on yesterday's turkey. I got myself a cup of coffee and got my morning chores done. It was only about 6:AM, and I still had about 30 minutes to get out to the stand in plenty of time before twilight. I took my cup of coffee out on the back patio and smoked a cigarette. The coffee tasted really good. I went back inside the house and crawled back under my electric blanket and was back to sleep in less than two minutes. I'm almost sure the "Big One" came right by my stand this morning, and I wasn't there to tag him. I didn't get cold. I didn't have to drag him out of the woods by myself. I didn't have to clean him by myself. I didn't get tempted, and take a smaller buck, thus using my buck tag. But I was comfortable. Maybe tomorrow.... ....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting The short answer: yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plannerman Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting Just when I thought I was comfortable with the clocking stricking 40, you gotta bring up the cold, tired, better-of-in-bed sentiments. To tell the truth, I think I started to feel some of it when I turned 30! Maybe I better look to a warmer climate to make the trek to the stand more comfortable. 0 and below sure makes your bones and teeth chatter (and your gun, backpack, boots, boots, gloves, hat, handwamers, hanky, tree steps, tree stands, etc...). Off to the woods tomorrow morning, can't wait for 0-5 degrees and snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting [ QUOTE ] The short answer: yes! [/ QUOTE ] Sad to say but YES !! This is why me and my farther-in-law are investing in a box blind with heat...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
too_pointer Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting You think over 40 is bad Try over 50 I'm looking for a heated toilet seat LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dg Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting Depends on if I have deer in the freezer yet! If I was skunked by this time of the year, I'd be out there. But since two are in the freezer, I don't plan on going in the A.M. anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedicast Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting Well...I'm not quite 40 yet...39, 10 months and 2 days ...lol. Close enough. I have actually found that I take the cold better now then when I was younger. I really want to say it's because I'm smarter now...lol. But I'm not sure about that. A lot of the places I hunt are 1 -2 miles hike into the woods. I have found that if I dress light walking in, and strip all my upper layers off when I get to my spot, dry off ,and redress, I stay a lot warmer. I went out this morning. It was in the upper teens, with a 4 degree windchill. I walked about 1 1/2 miles to my spot. I sat for almost 5 hours, and could easily have been comfortable all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6sixpoint_nobrows Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting i dred getting older Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robk Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting not only do i have problems with cold but it affects my getting around as i have had both knees replaced both have had a total knee replacement and i have had 4 shoulder sugeries and lost 4 of my vertebra posteriourly. that it in itself will stop and even slow you down in a hurry that is why i make sure i have my knees warm and my feet warm when it is very cold my feet have a problem with blood flow and i have to wear some 1200 gram thinsaulate boots to keep everything wamr and not only that but i have to keep my head and neck area extra warm or i am turning around my whole body to see what might be coming from behind. yes i am 55 feel 85 especially on those extra cold days and i have a hard time thawing out rob k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting Heated toilet seat is not a bad ideal. I feel pretty good this morning. The temp is in the mid 20's but both older sons bailed on me. (The 15 year has wrestling parctice at 9 am so I will just hunt the afternoon) I took a couple ibuprofen this morning before I took mama to work so that is a help. Is Aleve any better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkay Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting Yeah. the cold can be a killer but thankfully technology is moving along faster than aging. So many of the items I have bought recently, base layers, long underwear, etc. is so much better than it was ten years ago, I am more comfortable now than ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting I actually handle the cold better now than I did 10 years ago. I agree with Billkay--I think clothing technology has really improved in the last 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_218 Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting I am 56 years old and I don't feel any ill effects from the cold. As one ages up past the 40 year old level one must excersise more and have a proper diet. I walk a mile each and every morning, before sunrise, and eat healthy. I Feel Fine and have no plans to give up on hunting anytime soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting Yes, the clothing technology does help immensely. The warmth without bulk is a plus. Trouble is all the years without the good stuff has taken its toll. My fingers hurt when its gets real cold. Think I damaged them somewhere in a winter treestand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting Just recently turned 42, although my dad and brother thought I turned 43, and my youngest sister thought I was 41, I don't know what that says about my family except that we all share a Polish heritage. Either way, I'm 42, and I suppose after all the surgeries, especially the one that took a lobe of lung, yeah, I do feel it a bit more now that I'm over 40. Trouble is, I think the same way I did when I was 18, so I keep going out. ohiobucks can verify that, because he still acts 16. [ QUOTE ] Heated toilet seat is not a bad ideal. [/ QUOTE ] Sheesh, do I have to teach you guys everything? You want a heated seat? Just hold it until your wife goes first. Hang in there Fred. If I know you like I think I know you, you kind of smile when you flop on the couch all sore like you are because you know, deep down, you're still doing it, unlike most guys your age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting I'm 35 and it affects me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting Yeah, it effects me nut. Ever since I got hypothermia duck hunting about 15 years ago, I've been more susceptible to the cold ever since. I sure like my woollies and fleece now though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superguide Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting Sheesh you guys what if you had to hunt where it actually gets cold-put on a thicker skirt princesses-I can say that I'm 43 lol. I actually like hunting in cold weather-the rottener the better-just me and the bucks out running in it. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted November 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting LOL..it is going to get to around the 60's here now. Going to have to put on my skirt to hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting nearing 60, and it just gets colder each year. nut up and go huntin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting Cold is cold no matter how old you are..if the deer are moving and your dressed for it I dont think age has much to do with it..I love late bow season just for that fact alone...it's not uncommon to be out in -10 or colder some eve. you only hunt for the last 1 and 1/2 hours when the deer are moving, but you see alot of deer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting Oh yea. Of course what I call cold down here in Texas (35 degrees with drizzle and a 25 mph north wind) would probably make you Northerners laugh. But hey, it's all relative and I can definitely feel myself slowing down in weather that wouldn't have bothered me 20 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckNrut Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting This year I started wearing an extra hat and upper layer. I'd say the cold effects me more now than it did 10 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superguide Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Re: Over 40 hunting I think the coldest I ever got was about 10-12 years ago-a storm was moving in and deer were out feeding early in the afternoon-I went out into the bush and found a little hayfield that a nice buck had been travelling too-the does were out already-I didn't dress warm enough-no gloves even. It got pretty blizzardy-I even still hunted all around those does so I could move and warm up. I killed that buck right at the end of the day but I was soo cold I couldn't get my knife to work to notch the tags. I stabbed them to his hide then hiked back a mile or so to my vehicle-warmed up then came back. One thing if you get cold and then start feeling reallky warm again that's not a good thing. That buck only grossed in the 140's but I got him mounted just because of the memory. I lung shot him twice and he dropped about 10 yards from a 200 foot deep coulee-that would of made it a real chore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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