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Question for the Southern boys on here

NDH said:
Seeing as how the Algonquin are primarily spread around New England and Canada, I’m not exactly sure how this is relevant advice for hot weather hunting...but I appreciate the reply anyway.
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That is correct. Until Europeans of those regions pushed them down into the ohio region with the Iroquoians. They were very adaptive people and killed many deer. Until the pilgrims traded them for their knowledge of the land and hunting skills in return for the new Corrugute Guide Pant from First Lite infected with Smallpox and knock off Arcteryx knee pads much to their demise.
Get some pants. Too many chiggers, ticks, scrapes, and cuts. Potential tree bark rash. You will be happier. Check out the nylon wranglers for like $22. Best of luck on your hunt.


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I would suggest you compromise between shorts and pants. I'm thinking camo yoga pants.

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Not to hijack this thread but on another heat related subject for our southern counterparts to share their knowledge . . .
Are there any tricks of the trade when it comes to processing deer in higher temperatures, from field dressing to butchering, other than get the animal cooled down asap?
 
You could always just buy a couple extra steps and climb higher so the deer can't see those white legs! All the briars and thorns may help you move slower to your stand.
Be sure to pack something manly for the hero picture of that Ohio monster, and most importantly DO NOT listen to Ricky Racer...
 
slonstdy said:
Not to hijack this thread but on another heat related subject for our southern counterparts to share their knowledge . . .
Are there any tricks of the trade when it comes to processing deer in higher temperatures, from field dressing to butchering, other than get the animal cooled down asap?
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Not really. Deer dont spoil as fast as most folks think. I take hams, shoulders, backstraps, and lately neck roasts and leave the rest. Throw it in a pack and go. Unless the actual meat smells rank (not just dead and bloody) it's fine. I've killed deer, squirrels hogs, and ducks in 90° temps and taken several hours to clean them. All were fine.
 
slonstdy said:
Not to hijack this thread but on another heat related subject for our southern counterparts to share their knowledge . . .
Are there any tricks of the trade when it comes to processing deer in higher temperatures, from field dressing to butchering, other than get the animal cooled down asap?
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Gut ASAP stuff the cavity with bags of ice and cover animal if you have to travel. Rinse cavity and meat ASAP.


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Nutterbuster said:
Not really. Deer dont spoil as fast as most folks think. I take hams, shoulders, backstraps, and lately neck roasts and leave the rest. Throw it in a pack and go. Unless the actual meat smells rank (not just dead and bloody) it's fine. I've killed deer, squirrels hogs, and ducks in 90° temps and taken several hours to clean them. All were fine.
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I agree with this as well. I try to get to them and cool them down ASAP if at all possible but I’ve had hours between shooting and even gutting an animal at over 85* and they are fine.


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@Nutterbuster is right, meat doesn’t spoil as fast as most think. I wouldn’t leave one on the ground overnight. A few hours is no problem. A hog will bloat fast in hot weather but the meat is still good. It just means you have to be careful cleaning them. Now if I hit paunch and lungs on a quartering away deer I would probably do the gutless method and I would have to make a call at the time If I really wanted to go in for the tenderloins. It would just depend on how fast I got the animal out and just how fast things were swelling.
As far as shorts I wear them often but there’s only about two inches of my pearly white legs showing between my cargo shorts and mucks.
 
That puts me at ease knowing I've got time. This is the first year I'm hunting so early in the season and I'm out in uncharted waters with 75 - 85 degree temps and fighting off mosquitos.
 
Pants for leg protection from brush and bugs. Short sleeves and a thermacell. I e recently started wearing Kuiu pants with the hip vents. Makes a difference but nothing I couldn’t suck up.
 
In the early season here in Alabama I wear a very thin pair of camo pants and snake boots but don’t lase up until I cool down. I wear a shirt sleeve shirt to stand and then when I get to stand I wipe down sweet with shirt then put in backpack. I put a thin long sleeve shirt. Don’t know what material they made of but feels like silk almost. I used to wear thin pants that would unzip to shorts. I would put on the leg part on after I cool down in stand.
 
ricky racer said:
In Michigan, when it's in the 80's or 90's, we wear one of these and use a small bucket of face paint.

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Speak for yourself . . . there isn't an animal in the woods (not even the squirrels) that would want to see my old, fat (edited for @redsquirrel) in that. I'd wear crocs first. :D
 
Shorts all the time. Throw my Asat leafy over them in the tree and hunt. I’ve hunted in my boxers with a leafy suit on. When it’s hot it’s hot and no way will I suffer through it in pants when I’ve killed a pile of game here in Florida wearing shorts when it’s 90+ and humid as he**.
 
SW FL here. Drab colored poly gym shorts all year. Buy a size larger so you can “sag” easily and cover your knees(turkeys mainly). Mesh hat, moisture wicking shirt, snakeproof rubbers, and most importantly a thermacell.
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