How cold is to cold for you to Bow hunt??
11-10-2006, 09:32 PM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Athabasca Alberta Canada
Posts: 353
How cold is to cold for you to Bow hunt??
I live in Northern Alberta Canada. I've been bow hunting for the past 2 months with no bow kills but have pasted on 3 nice bucks just not big enough for me to end my season.
Anyway I'ts been pretty cold up here about -20C. Sitting on stand is not hard, but dressing warm and not to bulky is.
So whats the coldest you have hunted in??
Thanks AL
Anyway I'ts been pretty cold up here about -20C. Sitting on stand is not hard, but dressing warm and not to bulky is.
So whats the coldest you have hunted in??
Thanks AL
11-10-2006, 09:36 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Isle, MN
Posts: 1,469
RE: How cold is to cold for you to Bow hunt??
I'm in central mn. The coldest I've hunted in is about -5 fahrenheit. too dumb and lazy to translate that to celsius. it's tough to sit out there when it's that cold. the whole point is to sit still! I've hunted quite a few times at that temp, but anything colder then that is too much for me.
11-10-2006, 11:15 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ND
Posts: 1,627
RE: How cold is to cold for you to Bow hunt??
It can get quitecold here. I've hunted quite a fewtimes whenthe day time high was -15 below. I try not to look look at the temp when I head out in the morning. Just depresses a guy. 
Some of my best hunts happen when it is that cold as the deer move all day feeding. You just throw on a few more layers of clothes making sure they fit loose so you aren't resticted. I buy my OUTERwinter hunting clothes a size or two bigger just for that reason. While I might look like an oversized Philbury Dough Boy... it works very well for cold temps.
Tomorrow morningthey are talking 5 above. Chilly but not real cold yet.
Tim
Some of my best hunts happen when it is that cold as the deer move all day feeding. You just throw on a few more layers of clothes making sure they fit loose so you aren't resticted. I buy my OUTERwinter hunting clothes a size or two bigger just for that reason. While I might look like an oversized Philbury Dough Boy... it works very well for cold temps.Tomorrow morningthey are talking 5 above. Chilly but not real cold yet.
Tim
11-11-2006, 05:08 AM
#5
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: La Porte CityWaterloo Iowa
Posts: 1,589
RE: How cold is to cold for you to Bow hunt??
I think the coldest I have deer hunted with a bow was -11F with windchill about -25
Very cold, that was the day that I decided to buy my Cabela's boots, they have 3" of insulation under your feet. They work great for sitting on a stand in cold weather!
Very cold, that was the day that I decided to buy my Cabela's boots, they have 3" of insulation under your feet. They work great for sitting on a stand in cold weather!
11-11-2006, 05:26 AM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Mont County, Pa
Posts: 7,368
RE: How cold is to cold for you to Bow hunt??
I'll have to let you know when I get back from the Bow Zone in Alberta. It's been in the single digits at night and in the teens to low 20s during the day.[:@] This will be a COLD week ahead, I hope I can hang for all day hunts.
