Cold Mornings & Hot Afternoons

[bigriverbum]

last friday night it got down to 2 degrees. today it was 69. with all the human activity in town i half expected to see kids running through sprinklers

[Master Gobbie]

Where I hunt, the temps are as you described. And I still haven't figured out how to manage it 100% successfully!

But I have found it most comfortable to use a base layers and with a lightweight fleece jacket. I carry a ball cap and a wool beanie.

Any particular base layer you suggest? I know a lot of people like merino. I have some field and stream base layers but they're probably equivalent to a mid weight layer and get hot quickly when the temps start rising.

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I've used a few brands of synthetic. Probably more important is acquiring a lightweight pair. Sweating through your base layer on the walk in and then trying to sit still on the roost during freezing temps can be miserable.

[Kylongspur88]

I tend to run hot anyway but if it's chilly out I usually just wear an old flannel shirt or sweat shirt under my leafy pull over. I'm pretty mobile where I hunt so that keeps me warm.

[bushangler]

Lightweight merino shirt and this jacket. More than warm enough and packs into your pants pocket. The best jacket I've found for hunting.

https://www.kuiu.com/products/super-down-ultra-jacket-verde-camouflage-2-0?variant=40340197736606


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[Chief Razor]

Has anyone tried the First Lite zip off Long John's or the Kuiu zip off Long John's ... Does anyone know of a different brand of the zip off Long John's where you don't have to remove your pants or boots ...? I was looking at these and was thinking it would be great for those mornings that are pretty cool or cold and as the day warms up you could remove them pretty easily.

I do use the zip off firstlite base layers. Super convenient. I highly recommend

[GobbleNut]

Sweating through your base layer on the walk in and then trying to sit still on the roost during freezing temps can be miserable.

This is one of the biggest issues for those of us that hunt under significant temperature variations and in the kind of terrain where working up a sweat to get to a gobbler is the norm. 

In the high mountains of the west, in particular, it is not unusual for the temperatures to be in the twenties or colder before sunrise (but then quickly warm up afterward).  Your first inclination is to dress warmly in those circumstances.  Too often, that choice is either a heavy jacket or perhaps several less-heavy layers.  A guy starts climbing up a ridge to get to a gobbler, and by the time you get to your set-up, you are sweating.  You then sit down and stop moving and, before you know it you are sitting there freezing your a$$ off! 

Hunting under those conditions, the best thing to do is to "layer-up",...that is, have several layers of light to medium-weight clothing to add or take off as the circumstances dictate.  Just as important, though, is understanding that putting on all those layers to start with when it is twenty degrees out and you are about to climb a mountain is a big mistake.  Keeping some of those layers in a vest or pack will not only keep you from sweating as much (although that is often unavoidable), but will also allow you to put those additional layers on once you get to your set-up.  That will help stem the misery of having your body shivering and your teeth chattering while you sit in the dark waiting for that gobbler to come out of that tree! 

Having said all of that, after many decades of hunting under the kinds of conditions outlined above, I still find myself too often sitting in the dark shivering,...and wishing someone would invent a battery-powered electric blanket just for these moments!   

[lacire]

Something else that can help as the day gets hotter is the jackets that have the underarm pit zippers in them, they really help to remove your body heat and can keep you from sweating as much, also helps you dry out if you're sitting without having to remove your vest, pack, bino harness or what ever else you have over it.

[g8rvet]

Here in North Florida it is not unusual to be 40s in the am and reach 80 in the afternoon.  I just use multiple layers.  Like most, I am usually on the move and so I tend to warm up pretty quick and just start shucking layers as I go.  Looks like the next 10 days will be 50s to 70s which is not too bad.  We open Saturday.