24' Up in a Tree Stand, -10F, 10 MPH Wind - Warm and Comfortable?

[okie]

dang you are tough.
i would either have to be starving or suffering from severe mental illness to sit there.
hope you kill a giant! good luck, marc

 

[okie]

im ashamed to say this but saturday it was 68---a cloud covered the sun and the wind picked to about 5mph...i thought i was going to freeze!!---i gues its all relative

 

[MikeT49]

Busy hunting but quick MRI report. The bucks are on their feet and looking hard for some action in NW WI. (Ladysmith area) Won't be long before lockdown. Get out hunting now if you can. Mike

 

[7887mm08]

I have a pee bottle at my stands. It can be a bit difficult finding your stem through all the clothing. I have found that if you take half a Viagra, he is much easier to find.

I Assume you are doe hunting! HaHa

 

[rjtfroggy]

If the cold gets to you like it started getting to me, try these.

IDI Gear

Ice fishing suits, jackets and bibs. Thermal hunting jackets and bibs made from Insultex. Our hunting and ice fishing clothing offers insulating, windproof, and water resistant protection.

www.idigear.com

Word of caution pack them in otherwise you will sweat. I wore jeans and a fleece shirt for under layer never got cold, never bothered by wind or rain/snow.

 

[Adam in WI]

I like to take a bunch of the kid's applesauce pouches hunting. They're available in more flavors than I can think of. They also make yogurt pouches. They taste good, the packaging is quiet, and they can be eaten without much movement. Half a dozen of these and a sommer sausage sandwich can keep me outside for a good while.

 

[johnfred1965]

My Columbia parka and bibs do the job keeping my body warm, but I always end up leaving the stand because my feet are blocks of ice. Poor circulation, even with 800gram rocky bearclaws, heavy termax and thin liners, my feet will always get cold hours before the rest of me. Guess I need electric boots.

 

[MikeT49]

My Columbia parka and bibs do the job keeping my body warm, but I always end up leaving the stand because my feet are blocks of ice. Poor circulation, even with 800gram rocky bearclaws, heavy termax and thin liners, my feet will always get cold hours before the rest of me. Guess I need electric boots.

Try using disposable toe heaters. You stick them to your socks under your toes. They last 6 hours or so. Work great. There are also disposable full size sole heaters. Also stick to bottom of socks. The best electric option is Thermocell heated insoles. Uses rechargable batteries, and has a remote for control. No wires running to a battery down your pants legs. I have used them. My feet don't feel heat like with the disposables but my feet don't get cold so they work OK.

 

[Lee in Texas]

I’m from Texas. It’s like everyone here is speaking Greek.

 

[okie]

I’m from Texas. It’s like everyone here is speaking Greek.

lmao---yep, most of the time we hunt in t-shirts!

 

[1885Winman4590]

I have a great deal of admiration for all of you who brave the bone chilling temperature when deer or elk hunting. The types of clothing alone is mind boggling!

I still make it to the UP for deer every other year or so but I’ve basically abandoned those freezing climes for the sunny, warm desert of the Southwest. It might be 60 or so in the early hours but gradually warms up to low 80’s on nice days. T-shirts and blue jeans for rifle hunting, camo for bow hunting.

Northern AZ for elk is a crap shoot, if you get drawn, could be beautiful fall or 2 feet of snow and freezing cold. Still hunting helps keep warm and comfortable.

Where do you hunt in the UP, I'm Lanse and hunt in Barage co. about 15 miles out of town

 

[Rocky Mt High]

I bought battery heated vest and sox. They work great. Hard to have em on high unless it’s really cold. Vest battery lasts 2 1/2 hours if left on high, way longer on lower. When my back, neck, shoulder hurt I sit on the couch with it on. Also got extra batteries for each. Comfy, recommended.

 

[Mark W]

I bought battery heated vest and sox. They work great. Hard to have em on high unless it’s really cold. Vest battery lasts 2 1/2 hours if left on high, way longer on lower. When my back, neck, shoulder hurt I sit on the couch with it on. Also got extra batteries for each. Comfy, recommended.

I’ve been researching these. Which brand did you buy?

 

[MikeT49]

While on the road to WI, I get to MN. I keep turning the heat down in the truck. Turned it completely off. Then had to turn on the AC when I got to WI. Say what? Get to my buds place. Unload my truck in a T-shirt. An hour after sunset it's 68°. Been well above normal this week and It's gonna be ~60° tomorrow and ~62° Thursday. Rain and thunderstorms AAaaaarrgh! The rut is on, but it's so warm they're mainly running at night. Back to normal Friday, Highs near freezing lows in the teens. The boys should be on their feet during the day, hopefully we will get some shooting opportunities at the big boys before lockdown. Might even be able to use the new heated vest and pants.

 

[Kurz]

Where do you hunt in the UP, I'm Lanse and hunt in Barage co. about 15 miles out of town

I have been hanging out in the Ottawa National Forest for the last few decades. The cabin is on the Cisco Chain outside of Watersmeet just southwest of you. Three of us hunt, fish and recreate all over that part of the world.

 

[Rocky Mt High]

My battery vests and Sox are from ARRIS. The vests and jackets have an excellent adjustable fit system by changing out the side panels. I wear XXL and XXXL clothing and this stuff can be used by folks bigger than me. Site is arrislife.com.
they also have hats n gloves.

 

[MikeT49]

We were sitting on my bud's deck, late afternoon, it's 69° and the frickin mosquitos are buzzing around. Say frickin what? Not exactly ideal conditions for rut hunting whitetails. It's gonna drop 45° tonight. Sweet cold front moving in. Let the games begin!

 

[284winner]

We're not talking about a shooting house with a heater. It's up in a hang on tree stand like this:View attachment 1380687Still, the answer is yes. Just gotta have the right tree stand and be properly dressed. The tree stand must have a comfortable padded seat and backrest. Hard to beat a sling style seat. Seat must have arm rests. The platform needs a foot rest. For clothing, forget cotton. Dress in layers depending on the weather. You may end up looking like the Michelin Man. I Used to use a Kraemer 12V heated vest, but the batteries were too big and didn't last long. The vest does have pockets front and back for 2 ea of the body sized dispoable heaters. Works good. Loose fitting insulated boots w/inner synthetic socks and outer heavy wool socks. Add disposable toe/foot heaters or thermax foot heaters. I wear a camo, carbon impregnated face mask when it is required. If, because of the wind, I have to put up my hood, I put on electronic ear muffs. Now everything is warm except my legs. Till now. I just stumbled on to some 5V heated clothing for a reasonable price at Amazon. Got a heated vest for ~$77 and the pants for ~$63. 10000 mah 5V power banks are ~ $22 for a pair.

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I have opt tested both. Fairly simple single button operation. 3 settings, L, M, H. The power banks last about 5 hours on M. The vest has front and back heating panels, heating panels for the front pockets and a heating panel on the back of your neck. I think I'm going to like neck heat. The pants have heat panels on top of the thighs, front and rear of calfs, and for the butt and front. The L heat setting may be enuff, we'll see. Haven't tried the new stuff yet actually hunting, It will be getting a full scale in the woods test shortly in NW WI. I suspect I will be a happy camper. My skinny 73 year old ass should be warm. Mike

Heater body suit is my sub zero attire. Works without batteries and keeps me comfy all day

 

[JPB3]

I bowhunted for 45 years out of hang on tree stands.. I'm now pushing 70 and have decided to no longer push my luck crawling up in trees, especially when it's cold and you're bundled up.. One slip or lose of balance and you're toast from 24'.....'

 

[MikeT49]

I bowhunted for 45 years out of hang on tree stands.. I'm now pushing 70 and have decided to no longer push my luck crawling up in trees, especially when it's cold and you're bundled up.. One slip or lose of balance and you're toast from 24'.....'

I hear ya. I wear a full body harness. I use a lineman's belt when installing ladder sections and the stand. I then install a Fallguy retractable strap, hook up and climb down and unhook. I then attach a line to the carabineer on the Fallguy retractable strap and run the strap back up into the retractor housing. I always hook up before climbing into and sitting in the stand. That being said, it helps if you can remember to put on the harness before you walk all the way to your stand and realize that you didn't put the goldang harness on. Aaarrgghh! I'm 73 and sometimes this CRS stuff sucks. But then again, in my younger more foolish days I would have climbed into the stand. Stupidity kills.
I only put up one hang-on this year. Took me almost two hours.
Used to take at most a half hour. Getting to be too much work. But. I'm not dragging a ladder stand into my stand locations on public ground.
I also popped up a new 270 ground blind. I didn't like the lack of vision from my existing pop-up blinds. This season the weather has sucked. Too warm at first and rain. From then on snow/freezing drizzle showers. Because of this, I have spent almost half my hunt time in the new ground blind. I really like it. 270 degree view through one way mesh windows. I actually I had dozed off when a young 6 pt materialized in front of me. Third time I had him in easy range. He's so dumb he needed removal from the gene pool. Besides that it had changed from Trophy season to Summer sausage season.