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Cabin fever 9 degree hunt
killir duck:
9 degrees? sounds like a heatwave to me it's been between -20 and 0 for the last week here and the weather channel said it's not going to get any warmer than 15 in the next 2 weeks
iowabow:
where are you located and do you hunt in that?
gstoneberg:
Hey John, do you notice your shooting change when you have your cold weather gear on? I wore mine the other day down here in Texas and when a young buck came in I missed about 8" left of where I was looking. Would've neck shot the little bugger if it hadn't jumped the string. Had to shake my head as it's the first shot I've taken bundled up in 5 years at least. Good grief. I've got some of the good boots but will likely never wear them down here now.
George
iowabow:
--- Quote from: gstoneberg on December 27, 2012, 01:28:18 pm ---Hey John, do you notice your shooting change when you have your cold weather gear on? I wore mine the other day down here in Texas and when a young buck came in I missed about 8" left of where I was looking. Would've neck shot the little bugger if it hadn't jumped the string. Had to shake my head as it's the first shot I've taken bundled up in 5 years at least. Good grief. I've got some of the good boots but will likely never wear them down here now.
George
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hard to said George...I seem to always miss lol. I have a real good coat that is thin and I wear an arm guard to hold the clothes back away from the string. I use a good hat and neck warmer, an extra set of thick layered pants to compensate for a lighter coat. I will photograph the set when I get home.
gstoneberg:
--- Quote from: iowabow on December 27, 2012, 01:45:20 pm ---hard to said George...I seem to always miss lol. I have a real good coat that is thin and I wear an arm guard to hold the clothes back away from the string. I use a good hat and neck warmer, an extra set of thick layered pants to compensate for a lighter coat. I will photograph the set when I get home.
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There's no need for the arm guard on my heaviest gear. It's stiff enough that it acts like an arm guard, but it is very bulky in the chest. For some reason I've always shot left with that gear on. I'm going out again tomorrow but the temps will be above freezing and I won't have the heavy coat on in the pop-up blind. Hope to take my granddaughter with, but she's not real cold weather hardy, living in the Philippines most of the time. Sure hope that little buck comes in. Last time out I also broke a stone point after it deflected off a vine so I need to haft a replacement on. 2 my shot attempts this season have deflected. Interestingly, the one that sunk into a downed tree was undamaged; while the one that deflected off a vine and stuck in the dirt snapped the tip off. I chipped out a replacement the other day so it shouldn't take long.
Good luck bud,
George
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