Wrangler95
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I've invested in some merino this year myself!!
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Hunting The Cold and North Wind?
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Wrangler95
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I'm there with you!
bowhunterfanatic
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Where do y'all get your merino clothing from. Does anyone have any experience with tidewe products, I've been looking at there bibs.
First Lite, Sitka, Icebreaker are some I have but there are others.
If I'm bundled up good I will but prefer box blinds lol
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.
JCDEERMAN
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Ditto!
tellico4x4
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Never had a problem getting cold and have hunted in some extreme environments like MN & SD during winter. Good merino base layer is a must. As I've gotten older the weight of clothing bothers me and I've converted to the lighter weight technical gear & most of it is Kuiu. Warmth without weight is where it's at for me now. Had the grandsons come over this week & get whatever they wanted out of the hunting closet that I no longer wear. Key to keeping feet warm is a larger size of boots than you normally wear. Bet 90% of folks order the same size insulated boots as tennis shoes they wear, which is a mistake.
Agree. Loose fitting socks and boots. Don't want to restrict blood flow to extremities
Even though I despise weather extremes on either end, if prime rutting action is going on, I'll sit in just about anything but heavy rain. On those blustery cold days, I'll just strap plenty of warm clothes (usually a good insulated coverall) to my pack and put em on in the stand.
But yeah, I hear you. I hate cold and windy days regardless.
But yeah, I hear you. I hate cold and windy days regardless.
I wear a Pnuma Outdoors heated thermal vest, a base layer and out layer/parka. I can sit in frigid temps.
tree_ghost
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I'm also cold natured so it doesn't take much to send a chill through me. I also made the decision to invest in the Sitka fanatic line. I have hunted with it now multiple times under 20* and twice I sat daylight to dark in single digits. I would have never been able to without the fanatic gear…now with that being said I'm gonna make an extremely controversial statement here…I think north wind cold fronts are WAY OVERESTIMATED as key pieces of the puzzle when trying to kill a big buck in the south, in fact I'll go as far to say i almost think it's a waste of time hunting that first 24 hour window when they hit. I'll take the 48-72 hour window on the backside of the front every time.
BSK
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I much prefer the day after a front goes through, once the winds have settled and the temps really sunk as low as they're going to get. Basically, the first calm, cold morning after a frontal system passes through
Like some others that have posted I tend to get cold pretty easy. One of the biggest things that has helped me is taking 2 or 3 change of socks on a cold hunt. After a couple hours of sitting and my feet start to get cold I'll change them out. Most of the time I'll find my feet sweating a little and the change of socks helps a ton. I don't have the Sitka or First Lite stuff that people really like. I do have a good set of banded bibs and jacket that are well insulated and they help pretty good.
Coldest I can remember hunting was temps in the negatives and north wind blowing 20mph. It was miserable. I even had a heater that day in a box blind but it only did so much. It was late juvi in January and I was ready to go and the kid wanted to stay one more hour lol.
Coldest I can remember hunting was temps in the negatives and north wind blowing 20mph. It was miserable. I even had a heater that day in a box blind but it only did so much. It was late juvi in January and I was ready to go and the kid wanted to stay one more hour lol.
