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Camp Site Location
When selecting a site to set up camp for the night, a valley floor near a stream is not the warmest. Find a location about 50 feet above the valley floor and you’ll stay much warmer. In fact, I’ve seen a temperature difference of 15 degrees warmer just 50 feet above the valley floor.Carrying Your Bow
If you use a peep site and do not use any sort of aligning system (metal loop, surgical tubing, etc.) NEVER carry your bow by the string!! This can and will cause the string to rotate on your cams just enough so that your peep will no longer align properly. You'll end up, or trying, to look through the side of your peep.
What about a remedy? Try this - a great way to carry your bow, without spending lots of money on a sling it to make one. I made one using decoy string (very strong camo nylon).
Cost: .30 cents. Value: Priceless
Winter Camp
Winterize Your Camping Habits
Tips to take with you when the snow flies
November 2002
BackPacker.com
Setting up camp
- Face tent toward morning sun but only if away from blowing wind and snow
- Anchor tent guy lines with snowshoes, buried tent stakes, sticks, or a loop around a packed mound of snow (bollard)
- When snowing, even over night, tap on tent walls; dig out
tent sides to prevent collapse
- Keep water bottles thawed in bottom of sleeping bag overnight
- Consider a vapor barrier liner (vbl) for your sleeping bag (keeps in heat with your body moisture). Lowers bag rating by 10 degrees, but must wear long johns to wick moisture from skin
- Use extra foam sleeping pad under your regular pad at night
- Go on a mini-hike before bed to raise body temperature
- Keep batteries in inner pocket to prevent freezing.
- Change to dry underlayers if sweating upon arrival in camp
- Rehydrate often to stay warm; evaporation of sweat lets you forget you need water