Anybody hunt with a blanket for warmth?

[GingivitisKahn]

Originally posted by leatherneck:
I love it Jim, I truly love it!!!!!!!          :D  

Lol - don't even tempt me.  My daughter has one and I'd do it if I thought I could fit in the thing.

[RayMO]

The last two hunts I have taken an old wool blanket. And you can make fun of it if you want, but when the temps get down in the teens it will be coming with me.

I like the flexibility the blanket offers on stan. Whatever gets cold first gets the blanket, legs, back, neck. Being cold is no fun at all guys.

Sleeping bags work well, but they are pretty restrictive IMO an old wool blanket is the answer.
The blanket is not as restrictive as heavy coats and drops down easily for a shot. In the winter I always keep the wool blanket in the jeep never know when it maybe needed.

I also like wearing a vest to stop my arms from getting all bulked up. Those heavy coats can mess up your shooting.

RayMO

[JMartin]

I have one of those blankets Jim, they are the BOMB!

[frank the hunter]

if you tree stand hunt you will love the heated body suit. hunt safe

[cacciatore]

When i am boar hunting in winter for Boars all night long I really appreciate the wool blanket,that make the difference between stay or go.I use a Italian Army Supply (available in the USA too) for 10$ brand new.Their value is over 200$ don't ask me why and who but you find them at that price.

[George D. Stout]

"They are the bomb!"    Does that mean they are really groovy?   8^).

I learned some time ago, that when it is ten degrees, and the breeze is blowing, a tree is not the place to be.  Even the birds are smart enough to be in the brush and not the trees.

Now I pick lee side hollows, or ridge benches, particularly those with heavy growth rhododendon (Mountain Laurel) or Multiflora Rose thickets.
Not saying that blanket isn't a good idea....that really looks comfy 8^).

[Uncle Buck]

I used to one when I lived up north- an old wool army blanket- I wrapped it around my lower body while sitting in a ground blind. It made a huge diiference. I had a bad experience with sleeping bags. when I was a teenager we took sleeping bags and aluminum lawn chairs out on the Saginaw river Ice fishing, a 30 mile wind came up a sent us sliding down the river like a wind surfer. couldnt get the zipper to work and had to make a very ungraceful crash landing to stop!

[rabbit_buster]

my wife made the kids snuggies this year.........hhhmmmmmmmmm, wool camo snuggies, i see a becoming a millionare in my future.....

[joekeith]

HEATER BODY SUIT  

[CallMaker]

Always use two in the blind. One around my legs and another around my shoulders. I made mine from black polar fleece.

[PAPA BEAR]

"""""blankets"""""hunting""""" AHHHHHHHH"""""say it isnt soooooo.....lol

[Scott S.]

I've never used one, but it sounds like a good idea to me, too.  I have often thought about trying a cloth poncho for camping and hunting.  Sportsmans Guide sometimes lists one (kind of like Clint Eastwood Western-style).  My wife is highly allergic to wool so enen though I love the stuff, I have very little wool and seldom wear it.  The other blanke I thought about trying is a heavy, padded moving blanket (often on sale at Harbor Freight).

[BrianH]

Save your money and invest in a Heater Body Suit, I have been using mine for many years and consider it the best money I have ever spent for hunting gear.  I usually only use it when it gets below 10 degrees, or if I plan to sit all day.  I have hunted this year at 10 degrees below zero and staid nice and comfortable, until you have to get out of it at the end of the day, then it feels really cold!!

[David Mitchell]

BrianH, that body heater suit is way more than I want to drag around and way more expensive than a good wool army surplus blanket ($10-20).  If it's too cold with that I'm not going    :eek:

[pcappy08]

i was kickin around the idea of the heater body suit for all day sits in the late season also