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Hunting The Cold and North Wind?

mcbuck58 said:
After living in north east Illinois and north west Indiana for 44 years I've found that it doesn't get cold here in south central Kentucky. So with Tennessee being farther south it can't possibly be cold down there. I have all sorts of cold weather gear that I don't get to wear. Have wool and it will keep you warm when wet. Have other high tech insulated garments that work great but wear loose fitting layers. Also get outer layer of clothing labeled wind block or wind blocking capability. Loved to kill big bucks in January when other hunters have quit for the year. Easy to pattern and kill but you have to be able to take the weather. Here are a few January bucks. First pic far right IL bow. Second from right IN bow. Second pic middle buck is IL bow. My last winter there 2013/2014 we had a total of 121 inches of snow. Don't miss the bitter cold but sure do miss the snow.

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I'm in TN Depends on what elevation your at in the mountains if 10 degrees or 0 with a 20mph wind isn't cold then your a snowman. This elevation in N east Tn makes every bit as cold as much farther north. I'll search around looking at temps in the winter on my weather app and temps are usually close to New York and Pennsylvania. Sometimes colder here Believe it or not.
 
killingtime 41 said:
I'm in TN Depends on what elevation your at in the mountains if 10 degrees or 0 with a 20mph wind isn't cold then your a snowman. This elevation in N east Tn makes every bit as cold as much farther north. I'll search around looking at temps in the winter on my weather app and temps are usually close to New York and Pennsylvania. Sometimes colder here Believe it or not.
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Yes sir I agree with you about the mountainous areas. I was really just making a funny. I am very cold tolerant probably from living up north. 10 degrees or lower is cold and 30 degrees or lower with a wind chill is even worse. What I learned from living up there is when it's cold don't work up a sweat. Don't wear tight fitting clothes that restrict blood flow especially to the extremities. Don't have exposed skin and wear wind blocking clothing to negate the wind chill factor.
 
killingtime 41 said:
I'm in TN Depends on what elevation your at in the mountains if 10 degrees or 0 with a 20mph wind isn't cold then your a snowman. This elevation in N east Tn makes every bit as cold as much farther north. I'll search around looking at temps in the winter on my weather app and temps are usually close to New York and Pennsylvania. Sometimes colder here Believe it or not.
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I don't know exactly what it is about "felt" cold, but Southern cold is different than up north or out west. I have a brother that lives at 9,500 feet in the mountains above Denver. Their winter temps are usually hanging around zero degrees. He will send me pictures of himself out shoveling snow or sitting on his back deck in short sleeves when it's in the teens, and he's perfectly comfortable. But when he comes hunting in TN, 25 degrees and he's freezing his butt off in the stand. Our cold just somehow "feels" colder. Perhaps it is the moisture in the air.

To add to that, I can hunt here down into the teens and be fairly comfortable. However, the coldest I have ever been afield was fishing in Florida with the temps in the low 40s. I dropped into hypothermia faster than I thought possible. Something about cold, moist air really sucks the heat out of you.
 
BSK said:
I don't know exactly what it is about "felt" cold, but Southern cold is different than up north or out west. I have a brother that lives at 9,500 feet in the mountains above Denver. Their winter temps are usually hanging around zero degrees. He will send me pictures of himself out shoveling snow or sitting on his back deck in short sleeves when it's in the teens, and he's perfectly comfortable. But when he comes hunting in TN, 25 degrees and he's freezing his butt off in the stand. Our cold just somehow "feels" colder. Perhaps it is the moisture in the air.

To add to that, I can hunt here down into the teens and be fairly comfortable. However, the coldest I have ever been afield was fishing in Florida with the temps in the low 40s. I dropped into hypothermia faster than I thought possible. Something about cold, moist air really sucks the heat out of you.
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It's just like hot weather. It's all about humidity. I have family that live out west too. I've been there in cold and hot weather. With their 20% or less humidity cold or hot out there is much more comfortable than TN at the same temps.
 
DeerMan66 said:
It's just like hot weather. It's all about humidity. I have family that live out west too. I've been there in cold and hot weather. With their 20% or less humidity cold or hot out there is much more comfortable than TN at the same temps.
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Yup. I've got another brother that lives in the desert Southwest. I've been out there with temps 100-110 and we go hiking. No problem as long as you have plenty of fluids. Bu come home and hike when it's 100-110? I would be dead in short order.
 
Humidity is a killer in summer or winter.

I'll add and forgot to add to my orginal post in this thread. One other key for me to stay warm is I get dressed at the tree most of the time. I don't put in my insulated stuff til I get to the stand. I will sweat walking in and then you're done before you even get started.
 

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