Aldeer.com Forums Alabama Deer Talk Aldeer General Forum What's the coldest you've ever been?

1) lake logan martin. first time i'd ever been duck hunting. laid out the decoys before daylight; temp was balmy 50s; all three of us managed to fall and fill our waders. but hey, weather was balmy, so we got into the blind to wait for ducks. then one of those fast-mover fronts came through. northwest wind howling. temp dropped 20 degrees or more, fast, in the sleet and snow. 45-minute boat run to warmth; no cover. closest to hyperthermia i've ever come.

2) in the elk river in tennessee, early april, 32F, in a freak snow; colder when i got out of the elk river, wind blowing 10-15 mph, no clothes to change into, waiting for some boy scouts to get a good fire going - which they did. i was covering a boy scout float trip. some scouts had tumped canoes in some shoals. i had volunteered to paddle one of the canoes to the bank. told the scout in the bow: don't move; don't touch a limb if we come close to a brush pile. just sit still (elk was right at flood stage). he grabbed at a limb. you know the rest ...

i have been in much colder weather; camped in 0F, for example. BUT NOT IN THE WET ...