Cold Weather Tips

It has been very cold here in PA the past couple of days. According to
Accuweather.com, anywhere from mid 20's daytime to -8's night.
That is pretty cold. I recall quite a few times sitting out in the woods waiting for that whitetail to come around, how cold it was and ways to try to stay warmer. Here are some things that I have found that works, for me anyway.

My feet have always been the first thing to get cold. I always thought nice tight-fitting boots would keep them warm. I was wrong. I found out later that I was just cutting off the blood circulation with my “nice tight-fitting” boots. I now use a size or two bigger to keep my blood flowing and air circulating. Add a good pair of wool socks, and I am good to go. Works for me.

Next would be my hands. Again, tight-fitting gloves were the problem for me. Then I found an over sized mitten/glove combination really worked well, enough to keep the blood and air circulation flowing the way it should be.

I usually wear layers of clothing, but I found that in cold weather, you need to forget about wearing cotton next to your skin. It just acts like a wick and will chill you even more if you start to sweat. For me, it would have to be wool. I do not know enough about today's synthetics to compare them with wool, but wool is what works for me.

Now add a good wool hat that covers your ears and the back of your neck and you got it made. Throw in some sort of scarf to cover your face, and you will feel the difference between being too cold and just warm enough to “tough it out”.

If it is windy, throw on some sort of tightly woven parka or wind breaker, and you will not even have to worry about “wind chill”.

I hope this gives you some ideas to try for yourself, maybe they will work for you too. Here is some more great Keeping warm information.