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What You Need To Know When Hunting In Different Territory

When hunting in the snow take specialI suffered no ill effects from this
care of the kind of cloths that you putnight in the snow, but I would not
on. It is important for a hunter that headvise anyone to camp in this manner
must know the correct clothes andexcept as a last resort. I was in good
equipment when he goes hunting. In thisphysical condition and adequately
article you will learn on some tips onclothed and I had been working out of
how to survive in particular weather ifdoors and sleeping in a tent for the
you get lost in the forest.past month, so that I was thoroughly
I had started to hike over theaccustomed to the weather conditions of
Continental Divide in the later part ofthe area. Since I was not completely
January. I do not recommend such a hikeexhausted when I went to sleep,
as a pleasure trip. Night overtook meshivering was sufficient to arouse me
where there were no human habitationsbefore any portion of my body could
and I had a strong wind to face. Thisbecome frost bitten. The average deer
combination of cold and wind, togetherhunter would have trouble in surviving
with the altitude (over 10,000 feet)such a night. He is usually clothed
made it imperative that I find shelteradequately for daytime temperature, but
of some sort. I was following the tracksnot for inaction during the colder
of the now defunct Colorado Midlandnights. This is why a fire is almost a
Railroad and I tried to camp in a snowmust.
shed which covered the tracks, but thisAfter the lost hunter has spent the
shed acted as a wind tunnel and thenight in the woods, he should try to
temperature seemed to be lower thereorient himself in the morning. This
than in the open. Beyond the snow shed,should not be hard to do if the sun is
I could see a few scattered trees ashining. He should not trust to
short distance from the tracks. I triedinstinct, but should reason things out.
to reach them, but the snow was at leastEven if the sun seems to be somewhere
six feet deep and was not solid enoughelse, it must be in the east, so there
to walk on. I managed to flounder to theis one sure direction. The other points
nearest of these trees, but there was noof the compass should be easy to figure.
dry wood for a fire. I trampled a trenchThis information is of no value unless
in the snow about three feet deep andthe lost person knows the direction in
six feet long, placed a few branches inwhich he left camp or the direction of
this trench for a bed, and prepared tothe road which runs by the camp. If
spend the night. This trench wasthese things are not known, it is best
considerably better than the opento remain in the temporary camp and wait
country, but too cold for comfort and Ifor aid, keeping plenty of damp wood on
decided to imitate the partridge, whothe fire as a signal to searchers. Any
dives into the snow in order to surviveshots which are heard, should be
during exceptionally cold weather. Ianswered by a single shot. If these
burrowed into the snow at my back untilshots are made by searchers, one shot is
I was completely into it and the bankall that is necessary and more will be a
had caved in so that I was covered. Iwaste of valuable ammunition.
was comfortable enough so that IThis means that it is always good to be
alternately slept and dozed for severalsafe in the woods at night when you are
hours until excessive shivering,lost and you have nowhere to go for any
nature's method of warming the surfacekind of shelter. It is more harsh
of the body, forced me from the bed. Ahunting deer in the winter. And always
few minutes of exercise started my bloodprepares yourself even when you are in
circulating and I was soon comfortable.the camp when hunting deer in the winter
It was nearly daylight and I resumed myand save your ammunitions as possible
hike instead of returning to the snowfor better use.
for more rest.



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