I am ALWAYS cold. I don't care if it makes me sound like a wimp. I'm cold and I hate being cold. It makes me absolutely miserable. I love hunting with every being in my body, but jeez do I hate the cold. Being up in a treestand, sitting still for hours upon end, whatever body heat you had left is sucked right out of you. I don't think this type of hunter safety gets addressed enough. I went hunting with my uncle in mid January and I was sure I was well prepared. I was wearing 6 layers of shirts and 4 layers of pants (plus two layers of socks) I had some of those little heat packs on my back and my thighs and in my shoes since those are the spots where I get cold easily. I was fine for the first hour and a half, but man did I forget my hands get cold quickly. I don't like using more than one layer of gloves in fear of hitting my trigger by accident.
By the time I had gotten out of my treestand 3 hours later, I had no feeling in my fingers and could barely carry my equipment. When I took my gloves off, my fingers were ghost white and one of them was actually going grey! (Gross I know)
Even with a few heat packs in my gloves, it still gets cold. I have yet to purchase heated clothing, but that is next on my list.
So here is some food for thought
How well do heated clothes work for those who have used them?
Outdoor shooters! Do you guys have to be this prepared?
What are some extra precautions you take to prevent freezing?
I would love to know what you guys think, I want to be able to fully enjoy the hunt and not worry about whether my fingers will fall off or not.
->>-->dara
By the time I had gotten out of my treestand 3 hours later, I had no feeling in my fingers and could barely carry my equipment. When I took my gloves off, my fingers were ghost white and one of them was actually going grey! (Gross I know)
Even with a few heat packs in my gloves, it still gets cold. I have yet to purchase heated clothing, but that is next on my list.
So here is some food for thought
How well do heated clothes work for those who have used them?
Outdoor shooters! Do you guys have to be this prepared?
What are some extra precautions you take to prevent freezing?
I would love to know what you guys think, I want to be able to fully enjoy the hunt and not worry about whether my fingers will fall off or not.
->>-->dara