As I age, I want to be warm

[3undr]

what kind of money are you talking for the heater body suits?

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Here is what I wear here in Michigan in order to stay warm in a tree, yet still be able to draw a bow. Think wool....

Any insulated boot (my feet dont get that cold)

KOM boot blankets if it is extremely cold (less than 10 degrees)

Good quality but lightwieght longjohns....NOT cotton

Woolrich "Malone" wool pants

An old wool sweater vest, or most recently an Asbell Wind Stopper vest

An Asbell wool pullover shirt, or one of the Longhunter styles that Ron LaClair sells.

An Asbell or LaClair Trecker pullover vest. Handwarmer pockets here are key.

Fingerless wool gloves.

A Stormy Kromer hat.

Some sort of fleece head/neck pullover.

With this combination I can sit for as long as I need to, and it is not too bulky to pull a bow. When choosing wool, I'm convinced that more layers of THIN wool is warmer than fewer layers of THICK wool. Thin vs thick also contributes to drawing the bow, less binding, less bulk.

[gordydog]

After the cloths,eat right for the cold,like a deer browsing in the winter, protein and fat. Eat less sugars and starch for a nice long, slow burn of body heat. Eat like the polar bear not like the warm weather hummingbird. You will be surprised how this helps your body heat after those long sits in the cold. Mother nature knows best...eat like a winter squirrel or almost any winter animal.

[greyghost]

Merino wool undies, Filson or LL Bean wool pants,if windy an FGA windblocker. A heavy wool shirt and vest, then depending on the temp. Filson wool jacket or GFA pullover.

Head: I am a baldy so a good felt/wool hat.

The feet: is merino wool socks and 600 thin. Danners.

Hands: Thinsi. wool mittens.  Head and neck a fleece full face and neck fit.

Improvising and adjusting with weather conditions I find I can be like a peace of toast down into - double digets.

In other words, wool is my friend and the right layering I can stay comfie for a while in cold conditions.

[Don Stokes]

3undr, they're about $325. I don't have one.

[BUCKY]

I got tired of wearing 5 or 6 layers.Santa is bringing me what has kept me warm for many years with less layers,one piece insulated coveralls!Even in the teens all I wore was 2 thin poly longjohn shirts and a hooded sweatshirt on top and poly bottoms with my BDU camo pants and I was warm.My feet get wool socks and 2000 gram knee high rubber boots.My head gets polypro facemask and Mad Bomber hat.Hands get US Army wool glove liners.

[Raineman]

I invested in Raven Wear this year. Best $$ I ever spent on hunting clothing. I can PM you info if you like.

A lot of folks here in the mid-atlantic swear by the previously mentioned Carol Davis Sportswear. I would have gone that way, but with I went the Raven Wear system route instead. Should be plenty good for you in N.C. though.

[The Night Stalker]

pm sent from NC mountains, cold in NC is not the same as Wyoming, Colorado, Canada or Georgia. One of the coldest hunts I had was in south Georgia. Not freezing but with the humidity coming off of the gulf, I could not get warm.
Living in the mountains, where ever you are in NC, it colder here. It is roughly 10-12 degrees colder hear than down the mountain. I am what you called obsessed with trying to stay warm over the years. I am still hunting and last weekend in the snow, I kept  falling asleep I was so warm.  Secondly, I have to be able to shoot. What is the sense of wearing all that kom wool if you can not shoot effectively..
Last weekend, this is what I  was wearing stand hunting. I had a Sitka gear transverse shirt on with ulfrotte wool undershirt over the sitka transverse. Next I had my hunter safety vest. For bottoms I had regular white gold toe socks, my bunny boots or mickey mouse boots as some people calls them. I had ulfrotte wool underwear and insulated pants.  I had a KOM wool shirt and a polar fleece vest that I do not wear to my stand for the climb up the mountain but I carry it in my knapsack.  The polar fleece vest has pockets sewed on the back inside were the kidneys are and one in the middle of the back.  Lastly when I get to my stand, I climb up the tree, put my wool shirt on then my polar fleece vest over and on top of that.  I then put on my body heater suit and attach my self back to my tree with my safety vest.  I do not wear gloves, I do wear a regular hat and a fleece gaiter around my neck. I have killed many nice deer with this kind of set up. Body heater suit Is my best advice, I have two of them. Check out the video on youtube or their website. It is so quiet and when I come out of it, no bulky clothes to make a bad shot. I am deadly with it. I have KOM Hillbilly bibs, bowhunter jacket,  beaver tail vest. I have not wore none of them this year. I have wore my KOM muleskinner vest to replace the polarfleece vest when the temps get up in the upper 20’s.

[The Night Stalker]

forgot to say that the pockets in the fleece vest is for those large heat pads you get at walmart. When you stand up with the body heater suit then sit down, You can feel your body heat coming up around your face.

[GMMAT]

I've been really pleased with my Kenetrek hiking boots for early season hunting.  I took a slight chance, today, and ordered the Kenetrek Northern Pac boots.  I also have the arctic Shield covers, if it gets crazy!

Heading back to Bath County, VA next week.  It's stupid cold, there.  

I appreciate all of your inputs.  Thanks, so much.

[Chortdraw]

 hunt AZ  

[NBK]

Heater Body suit.  No joke, no regrets.

[bad arrow]

Got my Cabelas Wooltimate jacket today. The wind wasn't really blowing and it had warmed to 30 today and I wasn't sitting still. Only shot a few at the hay bale. It looks great. Although I felt warm enough I guess I'm just so used to wearing bulky stuff that (in comparison)this thinner weight jacket seems a little, I don't know...wanting(?). I'm waiting on the wooltimate pants so maybe I'll get out there and ground hunt for a few hours in colder temps. Hopefully then I can come back and give a glowing review on finding the holy grail of keeping warm at my age....Phil

[jeanpaul3006]

tried the heater body suit and it's great. also muffled tree stand noises as well. hunted for 5 hours in -16 celsius with no issues,very warm.jp

[GingivitisKahn]

Wool layers + still-hunting when it gets cold enough.

If I'm going to sit on stand, I walk in wearing as little as I can tolerate and then put on all my warm stuff when I get there.  Gotta keep that sweat down.

Yesterday I still-hunted for hours and was perfectly comfie in single digits with this gear:

Trunk:
* polypro longjohn shirt
* old Pendleton wool shirt
* LaClair longhunter shirt/hood
* Filson Mackinaw wool vest

Head/neck:
* fleece neck gaitor
* Mad Bomber brand goofy hat
* dopey grin

Legs:
* polypro longjohn pants
* Cabelas wool pants

Feet:
* polypro sock liners
* heavy wool socks
* uninsulated Bean Main Hunting Shoes

Hands:
* nothing. Keep them in muff til you need them.

Belly:
* two McD's sausage biscuits from the $1 menu
* coffee

wool = yay.

 

[GingivitisKahn]

Originally posted by Roger Norris 2:
Here is what I wear here in Michigan in order to stay warm in a tree, yet still be able to draw a bow. Think wool....

Any insulated boot (my feet dont get that cold)

KOM boot blankets if it is extremely cold (less than 10 degrees)

Good quality but lightwieght longjohns....NOT cotton

Woolrich "Malone" wool pants

An old wool sweater vest, or most recently an Asbell Wind Stopper vest

An Asbell wool pullover shirt, or one of the Longhunter styles that Ron LaClair sells.

An Asbell or LaClair Trecker pullover vest. Handwarmer pockets here are key.

Fingerless wool gloves.

A Stormy Kromer hat.

Some sort of fleece head/neck pullover.

With this combination I can sit for as long as I need to, and it is not too bulky to pull a bow. When choosing wool, I'm convinced that more layers of THIN wool is warmer than fewer layers of THICK wool. Thin vs thick also contributes to drawing the bow, less binding, less bulk.

Nice kit - we're practically twins.  

   

[Bullfrog 1]

Show me some pics of the heater body suit. Man, it sounds WEIRD.   BILL

[Manitoba Stickflinger]

I feel like I'm bragging posting this pic again but here's me in my suit!