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Author Topic: Cold weather hunting-couple of cheap tricks to stay warm Legolas Trad Bowhunter Member # 807 posted                     Please add your own. I have found if I spray my feet with an antipersperant (not deoderant) my feet stay warmer. Take some old large socks with you and once in your treestand pull them over the toes of your hunting boots and put a little heat pack on top and bottom of your boot (inside the sock). Seems to work better than in the boot for some reason. [ December 03, 2007, 07:47 PM: Message edited by: Legolas ] -------------------- Things seem to turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out-Art Linkletter Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you are probably right-Henry Ford Posts: 1105 | From: Athens, OH (Middle Earth) | Registered: Apr 2003  |  IP: Logged |  The Night Stalker Trad Bowhunter Member # 4966 posted                        I do the same thing but I use lavilin, the old european deoderent they use to sell in screaming eagle catalog. Don't use to much or it will dry your feet up. They won't sweat and therefore they won't get cold. My feet never get cold. -------------------- Speed does not Kill, Silence Kills! Posts: 681 | From: Ashe County, NC | Registered: Dec 2004  |  IP: Logged |  ChuckC Contributor 2013 Member # 1813 posted                     old one here.... carry as much of your outer clothing out there with you as you can stand. Don't put it on till you are up in your stand or (safer) at the bottom of your tree AFTER the stand is up and ready. Don't cover your head till your body is done being overheated from the walk out there. If you sweat, you will get cold. ChuckC Posts: 3698 | From: Deforest, Wisconsin | Registered: Oct 2003  |  IP: Logged |  Horne Shooter Trad Bowhunter Member # 7907 posted                     I live in Texas and I still get cold feet -even down here. They STAY cold when I hunt up north. Legolas, I'll try your idea and incorporate it with the Lavilin that Night Stalker mentioned (if I can find some)...thanks! -------------------- Live every day like its your last, one day you'll be right. Posts: 461 | From: Canyon Lake, Texas | Registered: Dec 2005  |  IP: Logged |  Killdeer Chatter Member Member # 437 posted                        Legolas, I had to chuckle. A week ago Saturday I was sitting in the piney woods not moving a muscle. It was 8 degrees. HA! I was shivering to beat the band, and my feet were blocks of dry ice. The sock trick works! I never thought to use socks, though. Spare hat and neck gaiter, one on each boot. Makes quite a difference. I didn't have hand warmers that day. The more air that comes into contact with a chemical warmer, the faster (and hotter) they combust (oxidize). They won't last quite as long, but they give a lovely heat. Killdeer -------------------- Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. ~Longfellow TGMM Family Of The Bow Posts: 15029 | From: Fibber McGee's Closet, VA | Registered: Mar 2003  |  IP: Logged |  Legolas Trad Bowhunter Member # 807 posted                     We use to do this 20 years ago to our XC ski shoes cause they had no insulation and it was cheaper than commercial overboots. Try: http://www.e-screamingeagle.com/pitstop.htm Killdeer, glad to have you on one of my threads. Seems when you post scores follow Leg [ December 03, 2007, 08:09 PM: Message edited by: Legolas ] -------------------- Things seem to turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out-Art Linkletter Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you are probably right-Henry Ford Posts: 1105 | From: Athens, OH (Middle Earth) | Registered: Apr 2003  |  IP: Logged |  MI_Bowhunter Contributor 2011 Member # 9242 posted                     I will try the Lavelin. I've tried every type of boot and sock I can and still cant keep my feet warm while hunting. I've all but given up hunting late season because of it. I could have a wall full of bows for what I've spent on footwear over the last twenty something years. -------------------- "Failure is an attitude, not an outcome." -Harvey Mackay MikeD. Posts: 1313 | From: Flint, MI | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged |  NightHawk Contributor 2008 Member # 731 posted                     mickey mouse boots you can get em at military surplus stores best cold weather boot ever. I have worn them in -45 degree weather climbing power poles and my feet stayed warm. Have had water come over the top and into the boot in sub freezing wweather and my feet stayed warm. -------------------- 1) Gen. 21:20 And God was with the lad, he grew, and he dwelt in the wilderness, and he became an archer 2)The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson Posts: 1589 | From: Indiana | Registered: Apr 2003  |  IP: Logged |  Gatekeeper Contributor 2013 Member # 8366 posted                     Two-heat packs placed in the front of your pants at the belt line will heat the blood going through your femoral arteries. This will help keep your feet and body’s core warm. I tried the antiperspirant on my feet this past weekend and it worked great. My feet did not sweat. Thanks Tradgang! This is the only place that I have seen a solution for this problem. -------------------- TGMM Family of the Bow A member since 6/5/09 “I can tell by your hat that you’re not from around here.” Casher from Brookshires Food Store in Albany, Texas during 2009 Pig Gig Posts: 2278 | From: Camden Point, Missouri | Registered: Jan 2006  |  IP: Logged |  kojac SPONSOR Member # 2191 posted                       I've used the antiperspirant before with great results also. Another foot saver that can be used in the winter and/or summer is duct-tape. I have my kids use duct-tape on their heels "BEFORE" they get the blisters when they plan on useing ice skates and hunting boots. The key here is applying the duct-tape directly to your skin/foot "BEFORE" you go hunting and do it every time/day. good luck!! -------------------- Brian "Hunting...is about the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and the Hunted...All the hunter has to do is show up" http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=48;t=001324 Posts: 1001 | From: Somewhere in Montana | Registered: Jan 2004  |  IP: Logged |  Walt Francis Contributor 2013 Member # 1901 posted                     Mickey Mouse Boots work great, Make sure you get the one with the air valves on the sides. -------------------- The broadhead used, regardless of how sharp, is nowhere as important as being able to place it in the correct spot. Walt Francis TGMM Family of the Bow Posts: 3188 | From: Montana | Registered: Nov 2003  |  IP: Logged |  The Night Stalker Trad Bowhunter Member # 4966 posted                        I did a search on dogpile for the lavillin or laviun. You will see a underarm kind like pitstop and a foot deodorant. I use them both. I then use mickey mouse boots as mentioned above. I just use regular socks. If it gets down below 20 or 10 or so, I use my heater body suit. I have used this suit for 8 years or so and just ordered another. I have use the micky mouse boots for about 20 years. -------------------- Speed does not Kill, Silence Kills! Posts: 681 | From: Ashe County, NC | Registered: Dec 2004  |  IP: Logged |  Jeff Strubberg Contributor 2010 Member # 4552 posted                     A heat pack down the back of my shirt sitting on my kidneys is the best saty warm trick I have found yet. Kidneys stay warm, back doesn't clench up, shivers don't start. -------------------- "Teach him horsemanship and archery, and teach him to despise all lies" -Herodotus Posts: 3471 | From: Linn, MO | Registered: Oct 2004  |  IP: Logged |  T.J. Trad Bowhunter Member # 12000 posted                        Great thread. I'm enjoying the tips! -------------------- "...Watching a buck turn back seeing his form melt away, a hunter will feel an inner smile. There's no other place he wishes to be and never does he feel more alive..." ~Gene Wensel (Primal Dreams) TGMM Family of the Bow Posts: 1246 | From: McDonald, Pa | Registered: Mar 2007  |  IP: Logged |  The Night Stalker Trad Bowhunter Member # 4966 posted                        The above link of screaming eagle sells the underarm formula. The foot laviun comes in a green container. I ordermine from a health place in CA. Once again, look at the heater body suit. In 15 degrees, I fall asleep. I know there costly but its better than freezing. I have a vest that I have pockets sewed in and I place large warmers in the vest. One in the middle of the back and one over each kidney. I also put one under my hat at the base of my neck. I just wish I could hunt til the end of January like I use to. The late season was challengeing but also very productive for me. -------------------- Speed does not Kill, Silence Kills! Posts: 681 | From: Ashe County, NC | Registered: Dec 2004  |  IP: Logged |

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