| When hunting in the snow take special
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| | more rest.
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| care of the kind of cloths that you put
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| | I suffered no ill effects from this night
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| on. It is important for a hunter that he
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| | in the snow, but I would not advise
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| must know the correct clothes and
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| | anyone to camp in this manner except as a
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| equipment when he goes hunting. In this
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| | last resort. I was in good physical
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| article you will learn on some tips on
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| | condition and adequately clothed and I
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| how to survive in particular weather if
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| | had been working out of doors and
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| you get lost in the forest.
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| | sleeping in a tent for the past month, so
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| I had started to hike over the
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| | that I was thoroughly accustomed to the
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| Continental Divide in the later part of
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| | weather conditions of the area. Since I
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| January. I do not recommend such a hike
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| | was not completely exhausted when I went
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| as a pleasure trip. Night overtook me
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| | to sleep, shivering was sufficient to
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| where there were no human habitations and
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| | arouse me before any portion of my body
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| I had a strong wind to face. This
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| | could become frost bitten. The average
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| combination of cold and wind, together
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| | deer hunter would have trouble in
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| with the altitude (over 10,000 feet) made
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| | surviving such a night. He is usually
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| it imperative that I find shelter of some
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| | clothed adequately for daytime
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| sort. I was following the tracks of the
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| | temperature, but not for inaction during
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| now defunct Colorado Midland Railroad and
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| | the colder nights. This is why a fire is
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| I tried to camp in a snow shed which
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| | almost a must.
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| covered the tracks, but this shed acted
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| | After the lost hunter has spent the night
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| as a wind tunnel and the temperature
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| | in the woods, he should try to orient
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| seemed to be lower there than in the
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| | himself in the morning. This should not
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| open. Beyond the snow shed, I could see a
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| | be hard to do if the sun is shining. He
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| few scattered trees a short distance from
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| | should not trust to instinct, but should
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| the tracks. I tried to reach them, but
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| | reason things out. Even if the sun seems
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| the snow was at least six feet deep and
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| | to be somewhere else, it must be in the
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| was not solid enough to walk on. I
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| | east, so there is one sure direction. The
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| managed to flounder to the nearest of
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| | other points of the compass should be
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| these trees, but there was no dry wood
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| | easy to figure. This information is of no
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| for a fire. I trampled a trench in the
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| | value unless the lost person knows the
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| snow about three feet deep and six feet
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| | direction in which he left camp or the
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| long, placed a few branches in this
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| | direction of the road which runs by the
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| trench for a bed, and prepared to spend
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| | camp. If these things are not known, it
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| the night. This trench was considerably
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| | is best to remain in the temporary camp
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| better than the open country, but too
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| | and wait for aid, keeping plenty of damp
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| cold for comfort and I decided to imitate
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| | wood on the fire as a signal to
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| the partridge, who dives into the snow in
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| | searchers. Any shots which are heard,
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| order to survive during exceptionally
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| | should be answered by a single shot. If
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| cold weather. I burrowed into the snow at
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| | these shots are made by searchers, one
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| my back until I was completely into it
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| | shot is all that is necessary and more
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| and the bank had caved in so that I was
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| | will be a waste of valuable ammunition.
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| covered. I was comfortable enough so that
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| | This means that it is always good to be
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| I alternately slept and dozed for several
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| | safe in the woods at night when you are
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| hours until excessive shivering, nature's
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| | lost and you have nowhere to go for any
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| method of warming the surface of the
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| | kind of shelter. It is more harsh hunting
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| body, forced me from the bed. A few
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| | deer in the winter. And always prepares
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| minutes of exercise started my blood
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| | yourself even when you are in the camp
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| circulating and I was soon comfortable.
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| | when hunting deer in the winter and save
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| It was nearly daylight and I resumed my
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| | your ammunitions as possible for better
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| hike instead of returning to the snow for
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| | use.
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