Late season and temps?

[Waymore]

Are you guys hunting tree stands in that cold of weather and if so are you carrying them in? With the equipment and clothes that's a lot of stuff to carry

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[vtbuck]

Some preying and some hang and hunt. It's a lot to carry but it's all worth it.

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[thwack16]

Dewey, I shot my biggest buck when it was -5. My view is the colder the better. Just hope it isn't real windy

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I agree. Was just trying to be funny. Many people especially southerners think were crazy hunting in those temps. I actually look forward to it.

In the past I have hunted in temps down to -20. Some of those days movement was unbelievable. I remember once hunting the interior of a swamp near bedding and having a herd of 23 deer file past me single file an hour before dark headed to feed in a standing cornfield about a 1/4 mile away. Unfortunately they were all antlerless and smaller bucks only so I never shot.

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Here's a Southerner that doesn't think you're crazy, I'd love to experience it.

We were at 19 at daybreak Saturday morning and didn't get into the 40s, that's cold for us. About every other year we get a few day stretch in January where it doesn't get above freezing, the food plots see a ton of action on those days; kind of like I picture y'alls to be when you drop down into the single digits.

[Dewey]

Are you guys hunting tree stands in that cold of weather and if so are you carrying them in? With the equipment and clothes that's a lot of stuff to carry

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I hunt like normal on stand just need to pack cold weather gear. In the past it was quality coveralls and boot warmers but now I will be using my IWOM. The extra weight strapped on my stand is very minor.

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[Octang]

I like cold but check out these records around the country. Some of those lows down south surprised me.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0113527.html

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-27 in Alabama and everyone in the state didn't die of hypothermia? Just kidding Alabama guys....your snakes and crawly things down there scare me so we each have our own hardships!

I like hunting in the cold but do sympathize with the wild critters that are just trying to survive in it. That bitter cold is really tough on birds and small animals.

That's the truth. A few weeks ago I was in the Death Valley back-country and almost took a crap on a tarantula. I just about died.

Our winters didn't seem so bad after that.

[tgreeno]

I hang & hunt for the most part. The nice thing is when it's that cold, I wear all my gear and don't even get to heated up on the walk in unless the snows real deep. Otherwise I strap my coveralls to the stand. The wind usually bothers me worse than the low temps.

[Southern Man]

Saturday's high here is 62 and Sunday's high is 22. Sunday night low of 11. That's cold for here this time of year. Weather won't stabilize after that sauna we had in fall. Normally we hold around the 50's in December. We've been averaging about 40. Been a cold December.

[Southern Man]

A few weeks ago I was in the Death Valley back-country and almost took a crap on a tarantula. I just about died.

LOL nice.