Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

My Aunt & Uncle used to hunt up in the Adirondacks (freezing cold) and not even bring a tent, just a tarp, and stay in the woods for a week!

I can imagine a roaring fire was always going at "camp"

I am all about roughing it but some comfort is necessary to keep at the top of your game!

 

[MustangMike]

Well, I know they also had a 2 person sleeping bag!

I'm just teasing ya Steve, my hunting clothes have improved dramatically. Before waterproof boot, gloves, etc, it was rough!

We are spoiled now! (But then again, were likely more game then).

 

[svk]

Although you guys in the east and south are spoiled....temps above freezing during a MN deer season are a blessing, other places its a norm. When I hunted in Texas in January one time the overnight low was 52. I could get used to that!!!

 

[svk]

Well, I know they also had a 2 person sleeping bag!

I'm just teasing ya Steve, my hunting clothes have improved dramatically. Before waterproof boot, gloves, etc, it was rough!

We are spoiled now! (But then again, were likely more game then).

True, hunting meant shooting the first thing you saw and there was way more game. So a 2 or 3 day hunt was a long one.

And after spending all day dragging a deer by hand, you slept regardless of how bad the conditions were!

 

[nomad_archer]

I can't do the Micheline man look. I wear lots of base layers and then a thin, windproof outer layer. It happens to be a scent inhibiting product as well. The biggest thing for me was going to windproof gear this year. It keeps me warmer way longer with less layers.

 

[svk]

I can't do the Micheline man look. I wear lots of base layers and then a thin, windproof outer layer. It happens to be a scent inhibiting product as well. The biggest thing for me was going to windproof gear this year. It keeps me warmer way longer with less layers.

That does make a big difference!

I have my winter anorak when I hunt in the snow and just put a orange vest over it.

http://empirecanvasworks.com/arcticanorak.htm

 

[chipper1]

It happens to be a scent inhibiting product as well. .

I'm not trying to be funny, well kinda, what do you do when you gotta pee.
Even when svk said set up the other ground blind that was my first thought(scent).
How funny we both commented on the exact opposite.

 

[svk]

At best recollection I have 2 wool bibs, 3 wool pants, 8 wool jackets, and a vest. More than I could ever wear out through normal use!

 

[svk]

I'm not trying to be funny, well kinda, what do you do when you gotta pee.
Even when svk said set up the other ground blind that was my first thought(scent).
How funny we both commented on the exact opposite.

The real hard core guys pee in a bottle.

 

[svk]

Alright fellas. I have to go to the chiropractor. Hold the fort down until I get back.

 

[chipper1]

That does make a big difference!

I have my winter anorak when I hunt in the snow and just put a orange vest over it.

http://empirecanvasworks.com/arcticanorak.htm

You better like my post, or I'll Unlike yours .

 

[svk]

You better like my post, or I'll Unlike yours .

I feel like a like ho when I come online after you, clint, or mike have been reading this thread!

 

[chipper1]

The real hard core guys pee in a bottle.

The only thing hard core about peeing in a bottle is doing it when it's below freezing.
Maybe you forgot I drove truck for 20yrs thats standard operating procedure.
That ain't no lemon lime gatorade son.
So do they have scent lock bottles now.

Alright fellas. I have to go to the chiropractor. Hold the fort down until I get back.

Don't forget your gatorade honey.

 

[mn woodcutter]

That does make a big difference!

I have my winter anorak when I hunt in the snow and just put a orange vest over it.

http://empirecanvasworks.com/arcticanorak.htm

I like that but I couldn't wear anything white. Unless I'm winter coyote hunting!

 

[nomad_archer]

I'm not trying to be funny, well kinda, what do you do when you gotta pee.
Even when svk said set up the other ground blind that was my first thought(scent).
How funny we both commented on the exact opposite.

I usually pee in a bottle when archery hunting or really in any stand I plan on going back to. Really its so I dont accidentally lower my backpack out of my stand into a puddle of pee or pee all over the front railing of my climber. I know guys that get huge deer year after year and they pee out of there stand.

The real hard core guys pee in a bottle.

I guess I am hardcore ?!? I have just been doing it this way for a long time without any issues.

 

[chipper1]

I feel like a like ho when I come online after you, clint, or mike have been reading this thread!

Guess you gotta bring back the dislike button.
+1
This aint no oil thread.
It's the new counting thread

 

[chipper1]

10° here....brought some up Saturday for the fireplace

Nice wood sled. is that a hood or what.
I made one out of a half sheet of plywood, worked great behind a little Honda TRX90 pulling 24" cuts of a cherry in the middle of summer,
but a hood would work great.
Anyone got anything similar for skidding logs out of the woods with a winch.

 

[chipper1]

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Don't worry I have a few more hrs to fix what you guys left behind.
Since were here I might as well say don't try the 3oz deal with the opti-2 as you will be bumming, since you only need 1.3oz.
But I will use the 3oz trick with some partials I have laying around from various deals,
Thanks

 

[Marshy]

Don't worry I have a few more hrs to fix what you guys left behind.
Since were here I might as well say don't try the 3oz deal with the opti-2 as you will be bumming, since you only need 1.3oz.
But I will use the 3oz trick with some partials I have laying around from various deals,
Thanks

What's opti-2? I'll likely stick with some XP oil in the grey bottle. I want to buy a gallon on amazon...

 

[Marshy]

Nice wood sled. is that a hood or what.
I made one out of a half sheet of plywood, worked great behind a little Honda TRX90 pulling 24" cuts of a cherry in the middle of summer,
but a hood would work great.
Anyone got anything similar for skidding logs out of the woods with a winch.

It's amazing how easy sheet metal pulls across snow. I might have to get another hood at the junk yard if they are cheap. My old status hood is about kicked.