01/17/15 check in

[BowhunterNJ]

Any other nut balls out hunting today? 9 degrees on the drive out. I think my toes were frozen before I got on stand lol

 

 

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[PV216]

Wish I was. Beautiful morning. Good luck.

[BHC]

71* here in my kitchen with a WaWa coffee

 

I agree with Pat, gorgeous morning.....but 7* where I hunt !!!!

 

Enjoy the hunt and be safe, good luck!!

[Matty]

No, but I sat for 5 hours with the bow yesterday afternoon. It was windy as heck but warmer, 18 degrees. I heard a fox so I barked back at him....had him come by at 15 yards. That was cool. Then just before dark I passed up a small 5 or 6 pointer that walked by me at about 12 yards. At first I thought it was a doe and I got all excited that I'd get to shoot, as it got closer I saw antlers. Damn it! .

 

Today I have to fix a brake line that popped on my brothers car and change a thermostat on my other brothers truck. Fixing cars in the cold is worse than hunting in the cold, but that's pretty obvious. lol.... I might get out for predators later tonight though.

 

Good luck Matt and anyone else out there.

[Haskell_Hunter]

I am working...again...haven't slowed down since December.  I haven't seen the sun in weeks.

[CJ3a]

Back to your cave IT boy.

[Bucksnbows]

 

 

Today I have to fix a brake line that popped on my brothers car and change a thermostat on my other brothers truck. Fixing cars in the cold is worse than hunting in the cold, but that's pretty obvious. lol....

 

I spent a few days this week lying under my '02 Highlander fixing the transmission.  I just can't deal with the cold like i used to now that I'm on a blood thinner, but the good news is truck fixed and no need for a new tranny!  Wooohooo!  And the deer in my woodlot are all over the place today.  I tossed about 4 lbs of black oil sunflower seeds over the fence and they darn near charged me to get to it  

 

Saw my 2.5 year old 5 pointer and I keep thinking about taking him out, but not today. 

[Bowhunter444]

Just got settled in for an afternoon sit going to try out my new thermacell heated insoles

[BowhunterNJ]

Good deal on the tranny Brian!

 

Ken let me know what you think of them. I have them too but they didn't do much the times I tried them. The cold of the platform seemed to negate them

 

 

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[Bucksnbows]

 

Ken let me know what you think of them. I have them too but they didn't do much the times I tried them. The cold of the platform seemed to negate them

 

 

 

I've been putting down a 1/2" to 3/4" piece of foam on the floor of my deer stands in the cold weather to help keep the cold from radiating up through my boots and it helps! 

[Bucksnbows]

Foam isn't the right material. it's more like a cross between foam and rubber.  I have it in the back of my truck to stand on when I'm putting on or taking off my waders, and I use it in my metal deer stands as well.  

[BowhunterNJ]

Nice, yeah I think that's definitely an important add-on that helps a lot to cut down on the cold feet.

[BowhunterNJ]

Well I got one midday. I glassed this deer and somehow missed the buttons. Head on I could not see them, from the side I thought I saw a dark spot, but it didn't jump out at me as a button, definitely barely there.  Turned out to be a fairly large body button, really thought it was a young doe...but in this area, might be better to shoot a buck over a doe anyway.  Certainly won't go to waste, already at the butcher being made into some breakfast sausage, filet medallions, and ground with pork!

 

BTW, within 5 minutes there was a beautiful grey fox on this deer, ripped it's tail off.  I have video of him cruising around as I was following the blood trail.  Cold weather has them hungry!




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[Bowhunter444]

Just had two come in a doe and a button buck. Momma must have got a little wind of me as she just left. Feet are toasty warm with the new insoles

[BowhunterNJ]

Man I wish my insoles worked that well, maybe mine are defective?  I literally felt no change with them.  I tried them at home and I can feel them get a little warm if I press one between my hands but not really warm, certainly not hot.