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