coldest hottest you ever hunted? - Page 3

James R. Burke · December 25, 2009, 12:36 PM

The hardest part I had was being that cold, and getting a deer. Brings a new meaning into gutting.

Shaun_300 · December 26, 2009, 08:52 PM

Coldest was -33 in bow season for deer, warmest was probably 75 for grouse.

musicmatty · November 15, 2010, 01:39 PM

I had to revisit this thread. After posting in it last December, we had what's been called the Christmas Blizzard a week later. Then we had 2 more Blizzards that were just 3 days apart from each other in early Feburary. Yes..it was the Coldest Deer Season that I ever hunted in. I wonder what this season will hold for everyone in this region?

lt dan · November 15, 2010, 02:04 PM

musicmatty, give us an idea about the temp you are talking about here

hogdogs · November 15, 2010, 02:07 PM

A buddy and I gettin' ready for an afternoon archery hunt...
Note the camo shirt my buddy is wearing... so good you can't even see it

Brent

WayneinMaine · November 15, 2010, 02:36 PM

It was between -40F and-45 F (depending if you were at the top of a hill or the bottom January 1994 in Northern Maine about 3 Miles south of Loring Air Force Base. Was hunting snowshoe hair but didn't see anything but my breath. Funny thing it's hard staying cool when it's really cold. If you're dressed warmly enough to be comfortable standing still, you have to move awful slow to avoid getting too warm when moving on snowshoes. I doubt I've hunted at over 80 degrees.

ZeSpectre · November 15, 2010, 02:49 PM

The very first time I ever went hunting was after a lot of prodding by a friend. So on the grand day of the first venture we got all suited up and so forth and set out into the 33 degree day.

Well when we got to the area we split up by a few dozen yards along a game trail and using my long-developed camping skills I located a very nice recess between a tree and a large rock which gave me a nice view, a dry seat, sheltered me from the wind, and after the sun came out was pretty warm overall. So warm in fact that I dozed off.

Well about an hour later my buddy calls me on the radio and says he can't take the cold anymore. While I'd been asleep the clouds had rolled in, the winds had picked up, and outside my sheltered area it was probably close to 10 degrees (and windy).

So I guess "technically" I've hunted in somewhere between 0-10 degrees.

4runnerman · November 15, 2010, 03:39 PM

Coldest -23, Hottest about 95. Minnesota heart of the nanook people

winters here get to minus 30 a lot,and a 35 mile per hour wind behind it.
Now i sit in a ice house and fish..Maybe 70 degrees in there

OlCrip · November 15, 2010, 03:52 PM

Never have hunted in really hot weather but cold is another story. My very first year deer hunting was in Grayling, MI, along about 1958. Our thermometer registered -35º one morning. That year it never got up to Zero. All the scopes froze up or fogged up that year.

musicmatty · November 15, 2010, 05:57 PM

It was 17Far. that mornin of last December when I took a good size Doe. That was our Christmas dinner..Tenderloin stew. It snowed on me 3 of the 5 days I was out there..made for some good huntin

sc outdoorsman · November 15, 2010, 06:20 PM

The hottest and coldest were both in dove fields. Probably the hottest about 105 in the shade and the coldest was around 0 with 30-40 mph winds. The doves would come screaming in low over the trees with the wind behind them. When we shot them and they would hit into the terraces in the field and bounce up a foot or so because the ground was frozen. They made a loud thump upon impact. I would say the wind chill was probably around -20 or less.

kaylorinhi · November 15, 2010, 10:19 PM

Oh nevermind, you meant only 4-legged Game! Sorry nothing special there.

lefteyedom · November 17, 2010, 02:14 AM

100 degrees hunt doves in Mississippi'

-20 hunting elk in Wyoming.

It was soo cold we had to use pliers to pull the words out of mouths,

musicmatty · November 17, 2010, 08:32 AM

Lorg Jesus..how did you hunt in those conditions..-20 in Wyoming?? You must have been starving for vittles huhh

warbirdlover · November 17, 2010, 11:04 PM

As an eighteen year old, the first year I deer hunted back in 1966 here in Wisconsin we camped out in a tent on paper company land and it was -25º F. We had to zip the sleeping bags together, sleep fully dressed (with all our insulated stuff on including hunting jackets), have everything that burned white gas (camp stove, heaters etc) going and cover our heads (and we were wearing full face mask hats). It was brutal.

I shot the biggest deer in my life that season (probably 150-160) only to trail it and find it tagged by someone else. The guy that took (got me started) me hunting.

And we had no blinds to sit in to hunt. Boy did those pork chops on the open fire taste good though.

Couple years ago it was 70º F deer hunting in November. Must be that global warming.... :barf:

Anyone who hasn't gotten in a car that's sat outside in -35º F weather hasn't lived. The seats are like cement and there is no suspension movement. The radial tires normal flat spot stays flat for a few miles and it's like driving on square tires.... if you can get the car started.

azar92 · November 18, 2010, 10:32 AM

Coldest for me was -12F on a late season cow elk hunt. Warmest? I have no idea, but probably only low 70's. Usually, it's like 30-40's before first light so you are dressed for cool/cold weather. Then you hoof it up the mountain, the sun comes out and really warms up and you end up sweltering in your cold weather gear...

November 15, 2010, 02:04 PM	#54
lt dan Senior Member Join Date: March 4, 2008 Location: south africa Posts: 328	musicmatty, give us an idea about the temp you are talking about here __________________ If youth is wasted on the young, then Africa is wasted on the Africans

November 15, 2010, 02:36 PM	#56
WayneinMaine Member Join Date: March 14, 2009 Location: Maine Posts: 21	colder than -40... It was between -40F and-45 F (depending if you were at the top of a hill or the bottom January 1994 in Northern Maine about 3 Miles south of Loring Air Force Base. Was hunting snowshoe hair but didn't see anything but my breath. Funny thing it's hard staying cool when it's really cold. If you're dressed warmly enough to be comfortable standing still, you have to move awful slow to avoid getting too warm when moving on snowshoes. I doubt I've hunted at over 80 degrees.

November 15, 2010, 02:49 PM	#57
ZeSpectre Senior Member Join Date: June 4, 2007 Location: Shenandoah Valley Posts: 3,276	The very first time I ever went hunting was after a lot of prodding by a friend. So on the grand day of the first venture we got all suited up and so forth and set out into the 33 degree day. Well when we got to the area we split up by a few dozen yards along a game trail and using my long-developed camping skills I located a very nice recess between a tree and a large rock which gave me a nice view, a dry seat, sheltered me from the wind, and after the sun came out was pretty warm overall. So warm in fact that I dozed off. Well about an hour later my buddy calls me on the radio and says he can't take the cold anymore. While I'd been asleep the clouds had rolled in, the winds had picked up, and outside my sheltered area it was probably close to 10 degrees (and windy). So I guess "technically" I've hunted in somewhere between 0-10 degrees. __________________ "The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on"

November 15, 2010, 03:52 PM	#59
OlCrip Member Join Date: October 11, 2010 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 68	Never have hunted in really hot weather but cold is another story. My very first year deer hunting was in Grayling, MI, along about 1958. Our thermometer registered -35º one morning. That year it never got up to Zero. All the scopes froze up or fogged up that year. __________________ "It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen".... Oliver Wendell Holmes

November 15, 2010, 10:19 PM	#62
kaylorinhi Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2010 Location: The brown eye of america Posts: 463	Oh nevermind, you meant only 4-legged Game! Sorry nothing special there. __________________ Buy your guns by Yardline, Not Looks.

December 25, 2009, 12:36 PM	#51
James R. Burke Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2009 Location: U.P. of Mich/Quinnesec Posts: 1,897	The hardest part I had was being that cold, and getting a deer. Brings a new meaning into gutting.

December 26, 2009, 08:52 PM	#52
Shaun_300 Member Join Date: February 16, 2009 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 67	Coldest was -33 in bow season for deer, warmest was probably 75 for grouse.

November 15, 2010, 01:39 PM	#53
musicmatty Senior Member Join Date: September 30, 2009 Location: Eastcoast Posts: 346	I had to revisit this thread. After posting in it last December, we had what's been called the Christmas Blizzard a week later. Then we had 2 more Blizzards that were just 3 days apart from each other in early Feburary. Yes..it was the Coldest Deer Season that I ever hunted in. I wonder what this season will hold for everyone in this region?

November 15, 2010, 02:07 PM	#55
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	A buddy and I gettin' ready for an afternoon archery hunt... Note the camo shirt my buddy is wearing... so good you can't even see it Brent

November 15, 2010, 03:39 PM	#58
4runnerman Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,577	Coldest -23, Hottest about 95. Minnesota heart of the nanook people winters here get to minus 30 a lot,and a 35 mile per hour wind behind it. Now i sit in a ice house and fish..Maybe 70 degrees in there

November 15, 2010, 05:57 PM	#60
musicmatty Senior Member Join Date: September 30, 2009 Location: Eastcoast Posts: 346	It was 17Far. that mornin of last December when I took a good size Doe. That was our Christmas dinner..Tenderloin stew. It snowed on me 3 of the 5 days I was out there..made for some good huntin

November 15, 2010, 06:20 PM	#61
sc outdoorsman Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2009 Location: Western SC Posts: 208	The hottest and coldest were both in dove fields. Probably the hottest about 105 in the shade and the coldest was around 0 with 30-40 mph winds. The doves would come screaming in low over the trees with the wind behind them. When we shot them and they would hit into the terraces in the field and bounce up a foot or so because the ground was frozen. They made a loud thump upon impact. I would say the wind chill was probably around -20 or less.

November 17, 2010, 02:14 AM	#63
lefteyedom Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 333	100 degrees hunt doves in Mississippi' -20 hunting elk in Wyoming. It was soo cold we had to use pliers to pull the words out of mouths, __________________ Superman, you are a mean drunk

November 17, 2010, 08:32 AM	#64
musicmatty Senior Member Join Date: September 30, 2009 Location: Eastcoast Posts: 346	Lorg Jesus..how did you hunt in those conditions..-20 in Wyoming?? You must have been starving for vittles huhh

November 17, 2010, 11:04 PM	#65
warbirdlover Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2009 Location: central Wisconsin Posts: 2,324	As an eighteen year old, the first year I deer hunted back in 1966 here in Wisconsin we camped out in a tent on paper company land and it was -25º F. We had to zip the sleeping bags together, sleep fully dressed (with all our insulated stuff on including hunting jackets), have everything that burned white gas (camp stove, heaters etc) going and cover our heads (and we were wearing full face mask hats). It was brutal. I shot the biggest deer in my life that season (probably 150-160) only to trail it and find it tagged by someone else. The guy that took (got me started) me hunting. And we had no blinds to sit in to hunt. Boy did those pork chops on the open fire taste good though. Couple years ago it was 70º F deer hunting in November. Must be that global warming.... :barf: Anyone who hasn't gotten in a car that's sat outside in -35º F weather hasn't lived. The seats are like cement and there is no suspension movement. The radial tires normal flat spot stays flat for a few miles and it's like driving on square tires.... if you can get the car started. Last edited by warbirdlover; November 17, 2010 at 11:11 PM.

November 18, 2010, 10:32 AM	#66
azar92 Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2009 Location: Utah Posts: 209	Coldest for me was -12F on a late season cow elk hunt. Warmest? I have no idea, but probably only low 70's. Usually, it's like 30-40's before first light so you are dressed for cool/cold weather. Then you hoof it up the mountain, the sun comes out and really warms up and you end up sweltering in your cold weather gear...