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muddy

muddy

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Hell must've froze over this morning... it was COLD.

I gotta figure out a plan for my hands and feet. Might have to break down and buy hand warmer packets.

Climbing up/down this morning it "burnt" to touch the metal tree sticks, even through the gloves! I sweat that iron simply radiates the coldness. If I hang my feet off the platform they stay MUCH warmer than if I keep them flat footed.

I gotta get some heated box blinds.
 
Hand warms man.....only way to stay half-way comfortable in my opinion. I wonder how the electric ones they're starting to sell would work. Probably wouldn't last long in this temp. I'm guessing.
 
Muddy,
You back in all ready? /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

I figured you could sit all day in these temps.
Pretty cold for sure.
Hand warmer packets are the ticket for the hands(fingers) and I do wear foot warmers. Rarely get too cold. Read an article that talks about using them on all parts of the body to keep you warm for extended periods. I don't think they make enough clothing to keep you warm in these temps.

Supposed to warm up this weekend.
I just hope the deer come in before dark with the warmer temps.

Good luck.
 
Put carpet on your platform to help with the feet. Seems to do wonders for me. Just bring along a brush of some sort if you leave it there overnight, so you can brush any snow or frost off.
 
Carrying a piece of carpet for the platform might be the ticket. If I left it there I know it would disappear.

JUST LIKE MY SHOOTING STICK AT DAVE's PLACE!! KRATZ!
 
i own stock in HOT HANDS....
quit being a girl and go buy some
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they are worth it!
 
quit being a girl, eh? wouldn't that mean stop using them and just "man it out" and get frostbite?

screw that, i'll go metrosexual for late season so long as my hands/feet don't freeze.
 
Carpet on a plateform will do WONDERS for your feet. When it gets down below about 15. I can feel the cold coming through my soles of my boots into my feet. Usually a chunk of carpet will help with that. If you get the right kind of carpet you could probably roll it up tight and tie it into a roll and put in your pack.???

Dean
 
The carpet idea does sound good. Has anybody ever tried those boot coverups that Cabelas sells? They look like a quilted material that goes over your regular hunting boots. I've always thought they looked like a good idea for extreme cold but have never pulled the trigger on buying a pair.
 
Boot covers will keep your feet warm all day.The problem will be the rest of your body.Once the cold gets inside your bibs/coat,it holds it in.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Iowabowtech</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Has anybody ever tried those boot coverups that Cabelas sells? They look like a quilted material that goes over your regular hunting boots. I've always thought they looked like a good idea for extreme cold but have never pulled the trigger on buying a pair. </div></div>

I've got a pair of the Artic Sheild insulators. They work well, but you have to put them on right away and not after your feet get cold, it will be too late then. I also put a couple of hand warmers in them. I know some people who take off their boots and just put these on with the warmers inside, but I've always just left my boots on.
 
Without hand-warmers - I'd be miserable, and in-most cases, just unable to put up with it.

I buy them by the case at Wally-world every year. Between my cameraman and I we go through about 100 packs/year. When it's cold as hell, I can't keep my feet or hands warm. I sweat too bad, and that turns into pain too quickly for me!
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Iowabowtech</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The carpet idea does sound good. Has anybody ever tried those boot coverups that Cabelas sells? They look like a quilted material that goes over your regular hunting boots. I've always thought they looked like a good idea for extreme cold but have never pulled the trigger on buying a pair. </div></div>I have a pair of those Boot Blankets that work great and a pair of Lacrosse Artic King boots that I wear if I am on the ground.To bulky to climb with.I made the mistake the other night and wore a thin pair of gloves out and was fine till I walked out and have not had my fingers hurt that bad in a long time. Felt like a puss after seeing what some of those guys go thru on that Mt.Everest show on the Discovery Channel.
 
I sat in a ground blind last night for 3 hrs and I took my Mr. Heater with me. I've done this a few times and it's never bothered the deer at all and kicks out great heat. It would never work in a tree stand, but those that have ground blinds or even double bulls, it would be an option.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Felt like a puss after seeing what some of those guys go thru on that Mt.Everest show on the Discovery Channel. </div></div>

But at least you were after game. There's nothing to hunt at the top of the world so why bother? If I'm going to go to those extremes there had better be a 100 inch or better shed at the top. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

I've never had any luck with the chemical warmers. I used to use these with great results. Sure they have an odor, but you best be playing the wind anyway.
Good luck with whatever you choose Muddy, cold extremities suck.

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Go to menards or lowes. In the carpet area, they have runner strips that you can cut to any length. Its thin carpet with a rubber bottom. Easy to roll up and throw in a pack. I ziptie mine right to the stands and leave it on year round. Helps minimize any noise my boots may make on a platform and it helps with the cold. A little dish scrubbing brush in your pack takes care of cleaning the snow off it.
 
Sweatin will be the problem from now on. fifty degrees is on the way! A thunder storm maybe, for sure lots a mud!!
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: muddy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Carrying a piece of carpet for the platform might be the ticket. If I left it there I know it would disappear.

JUST LIKE MY SHOOTING STICK AT DAVE's PLACE!! KRATZ! </div></div>

Freakin shooting stick was hangin on my backpack holder, shouldn't have put it there. If you dig around in the snow below the tree for an hour you will find it!!!!

On a side not, by far the coldest hunting conditions I can remember in some time. Maybe I say that everytime it gets like this buy man it is damn cold. I have found that hand warmers are a must. Usually put 2 in my boots and slide them around with my toes so they keep warm and activated with the air and 2 in my coat pockets. The hands aren't usually that big of a deal. Under armour on the bottom seems to have taken care of the leg chill that I rarely get and any sort of Wind Stopper or Wind Blocker really works great. If I could keep the toes warm for 8 hours I could hunt all day, but man I can't seem to do it.
 
I think CentralIA turned me onto placing one on the back of your neck, I also got a shirt the wife sewed a pocket in around the kidney area. Keeping those two areas are a must.
 
Boots two or three sizes to big with warmers in them. You have to make sure air can circulate to the packs. Like Rudd said one on the neck helps tons. Like he did with the shirt I got a fleece vest and and had pocket sewed all over it for warmers on long cold sits.
 
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