Little tips that can make a big difference?

[ftrovato]

No cotton underwear. Chaffing Chaffing Chaffing!

 

[ftrovato]

Bag balm is better for cheeks and noses and better than chapstick on the lips too. Is also great to help heal small abrasions or chaffing you might get. I alway carry a small tin of it. When bird hunting I carry a large tin as the dogs feet get treated with it every morning and night.

I'm a big fan of bag balm and I like your recommendation! More uses than I've ever thought of....great stuff.

 

[Grumpy gumpy]

Re: gators
If I’m on foot I wear gators and steel cap boots, but living here, everything is trying to kill you, even if it can’t, it will still try.
And the I use pull throughs that I’ve sprayed with G96 before putting them in a small screw top container
Gumpy

 

[Altitude sickness]

Pilar, I have used that knot also. It’s a favorite with hard core hikers and scramblers. To be a proper knot. It’s got to be easily untied. Having to use a rope wrench because you tied a mess isn’t a knot.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Pilar, I have used that knot also. It’s a favorite with hard core hikers and scramblers. To be a proper knot. It’s got to be easily untied. Having to use a rope wrench because you tied a mess isn’t a knot.

It's a balancing act. Easily untied can mean easily comes untied. Double bow knot is not easily untied but I have found for my style of hunting (i.e. on the move all day long in rugged conditions) it does untie itself with annoying frequency, especially with "standard" boot laces. I have tried surgeon's knot + bow knot and find that combination does not hold up any better than regular bow knot. My final knot is essentially a surgeon's bow knot bringing the bow twice through the loop rather than just once. It's not quick to untie but why should that be important? I don't need to untie until the end of the day. Then I've got plenty of time to fiddle with untying. In the middle of hunting in subzero weather, retying a knot, especially with old arthritic fingers, can be frustrating.

Waxed nylon braided laces are the best for durability and holding a knot ... if you can find them. The wax makes them "sticky" and great for knots.