Slash Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 I sat in the stand for 2 hours yesterday and I thought I was going to have frostbite when i got back to the house. It started off good, but then my knees got cold, and eventually my toes started feeling numb. I ignored the pain and pushed on for the next hour and a half LOL. With my arms up and inside the bottom of my jacket I'm willing to bet that if a deer HAD come in I wouldn't have been very quiet about getting my bow anyways.:surrender: Once I got down and started heading to the house, the cold in my fingers hit me like a ton of bricks. I could barely move them to get my bow cased and on the wheeler.:chair: Back at the house we were all checking the temperature to see how cold it really was and it read 10 degrees PLUS outside, with the wind-chill it was probably between 5 and 10 below:eek: but the air temp felt A LOT colder.As a result of freezing my **** off I will not be sitting today, and I'm pretty sure Martin will not be sitting today either. Good luck everybody! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 Late season is my favorite hunting with bow...we both had over 20 deer under us. With the wolves here now the deer are so wired...one little move that makes ANY noise, they are full alert or just blow right otta there! I dont think you could get a shot with a cross bow unless you moved into position at a snails pace. The only time is when they stand and box,,then maybe you could draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 Layers with proper materials and a bunch of hot hands packets and you're good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodtrails Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 :smoke: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 i hunted tonight when the temp was single digits, so I am sure wind chill was negative something.....I layered myself properly or as much as I could and still be able to draw my bow. And honestly didn't get cold......of course I was seeing deer all night so that always helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 There is a lot of high tech clothing out there today. Layering with the right stuff can keep the bulk down. The best thing in my arsenal is a hand muff with the hot hand heat packs inside. It allows me to wear medium weight gloves that I can shoot with. The feet are another item. You need something with at least 1500 gr. thinsulate. More the better. The best thing I found are pack boots like Ice Kings. The trick is to not have the boot so tight it cuts the circulation. One pair of good wool mix socks do it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 I sat in the stand for 2 hours yesterday and I thought I was going to have frostbite when i got back to the house. It started off good, but then my knees got cold, and eventually my toes started feeling numb. I ignored the pain and pushed on for the next hour and a half LOL. With my arms up and inside the bottom of my jacket I'm willing to bet that if a deer HAD come in I wouldn't have been very quiet about getting my bow anyways.:surrender: Once I got down and started heading to the house, the cold in my fingers hit me like a ton of bricks. I could barely move them to get my bow cased and on the wheeler.:chair: Back at the house we were all checking the temperature to see how cold it really was and it read 10 degrees PLUS outside, with the wind-chill it was probably between 5 and 10 below:eek: but the air temp felt A LOT colder.As a result of freezing my **** off I will not be sitting today, and I'm pretty sure Martin will not be sitting today either. Good luck everybody! Andy And then, did you try to draw your bow while you were in that frigid condition? I had an occasion to get chilled all the way through to the point that you described. A doe came along and it took three attempts before I could get back the bow I had been shooting easily all summer and fall. She watched (in amusement) at my first two futile attempts and then finally blew out of there on the third. I personally have not found any clothing that could keep me out there in that bitter cold weather, that I could still shoot my bow with. I generally have problems with excessive bulky clothing and shooting a bow. Accuracy goes right to pieces. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illinois59 Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 You guys ever hear of the Warmbag? Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 the low saturday morning was -19 degrees. i dont care how many layers you had, im not going out in that. maybe when it warms up to 10 or 20 i will go out, but if its in the -temp area no way. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkeydude Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 I was predator hunting in -27 last night and man that was pretty chilly. I shot a deer last week in -5, -10 with wind chill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooreman Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 What does everbody think about the heater body suit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 9 degrees yesterday with 5-10mph winds made for a cold hunt! Took the bow instead of the gun since the firearm late season is antlerless only. I saw over 20 deer filter out of the woods and into the cut corn field. Only 3 were bucks and only one was over 120 inches. They were 100 yards away so no shot with the bow. A coyote was trailing them. No doubt looking to pick off a weak one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDog Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 I was out yesterday, it was only 10 degress out and snowing and windy, but i was able to kill a nice buck. The late bow season is my favorite hunting, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Anything below 15 or 20 degrees and I'm staying in. It wasn't always that way, but one day I realized that I am not hunting for survival. I may not be loaded up with money, but I can still afford to go to the supermarket. And I still try to keep some fun in it and not approach it as a life or death activity ...... lol. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Wind gusts of 20mph yesterday, 15 degrees and snowing. Hunted it right and never got cold or uncomfortable 30 feet in a tree. First I only planned a 2 hour hunt. I hunted in ravine near a corn field to get out of the wind and figured that's where I'd enter a corn field from if I was a deer. Picked a large tree that could stand up to the wind. Wore bibs with hot hands in my gloves and hot soles in my -30 boots. Cotton neck gator, sock cap and a goose down coat and I was set. At 5pm 3 deer came right through the ravine to get to the corn. Unfortunately they were all only 1.5 year old bucks. Two had 4-6 inch spikes and one had a small fork horn on one side and had shed the other. They walked right under me then smelled my boot prints in the snow. They seemed more curious than spooked, but after walking around directly below me for 10 minutes they went back the way they came instead of entering the field. Fun evening anyway and dressing right helps keep it that way. I love the late season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layin on the smackdown Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 9 degrees yesterday with 5-10mph winds made for a cold hunt! Took the bow instead of the gun since the firearm late season is antlerless only. I saw over 20 deer filter out of the woods and into the cut corn field. . I was wondering about that Frank...So, you can hunt with a bow if you wear orange in the late antlerless seasons? Wind gusts of 20mph yesterday, 15 degrees and snowing. Hunted it right and never got cold or uncomfortable 30 feet in a tree. First I only planned a 2 hour hunt. I hunted in ravine near a corn field to get out of the wind and figured that's where I'd enter a corn field from if I was a deer. Picked a large tree that could stand up to the wind. Wore bibs with hot hands in my gloves and hot soles in my -30 boots. Cotton neck gator, sock cap and a goose down coat and I was set. At 5pm 3 deer came right through the ravine to get to the corn. Unfortunately they were all only 1.5 year old bucks. Two had 4-6 inch spikes and one had a small fork horn on one side and had shed the other. They walked right under me then smelled my boot prints in the snow. They seemed more curious than spooked, but after walking around directly below me for 10 minutes they went back the way they came instead of entering the field. Fun evening anyway and dressing right helps keep it that way. I love the late season! I had that happen to me on the 30th...had 5 bucks come out, one of which was a 110 inch, wide, 2.5 year old 8 ptr that will be a good lookin buck in another 2 years, along with a fork, 7 ptr, 5 ptr and a spike...2 of them sniffed my boot tracks, looked around, and went right to feeding...all within 20 yds...it was a great hunt for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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