Woodville in Jackson County in early 80s. Really didn't have the clothes we have now. Old cotton long johns. Cheap m65 field jacket that was already worn out when I got it. Pick-n-Pay boots. I think it got down to 7. My water bottle froze and busted (I think it was a Mason jar). I spit on a tree trunk. It froze in minutes. My feet felt like 2 blocks of wood when I walked out after dark. And we hunted all day with just a short break for lunch. And I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. Did lots of cold weather camping and hunting then too. Didn't have cell phones and video games. We were country kids and it rocked. I remember skating on a frozen pond (we called it skating, really just sliding around on ice on our feet) and breaking through and nearly freezing to death too. Clothes had already froze by time my buddy got me to his house and got me in hot shower.
