. . .when the pile of clothes on the floor after you get home from hunting is large enough to be a load of laundry all by itself.
Heavy longjohns, heavy weight fleece pants, two pairs of socks, two polypro shirts, light fleece shirt, heavy fleece jacket.
About 10*F when I started; all the way up to 15 when I got home at noon.
I waded in to fix the decoys and forgot that in the cold season you can't wade past the bottom of your wading jacket. Water was a little over my waist, maybe the bottom 10 inches or so of my jacket. When I sat back down it flash froze, hard. I near peed my pants while trying to get it unzipped so I could take a leak. Eventually I had to take it off over my head. When I set it down, it stood up on it's own like a little dome tent.
Heavy longjohns, heavy weight fleece pants, two pairs of socks, two polypro shirts, light fleece shirt, heavy fleece jacket.
About 10*F when I started; all the way up to 15 when I got home at noon.
I waded in to fix the decoys and forgot that in the cold season you can't wade past the bottom of your wading jacket. Water was a little over my waist, maybe the bottom 10 inches or so of my jacket. When I sat back down it flash froze, hard. I near peed my pants while trying to get it unzipped so I could take a leak. Eventually I had to take it off over my head. When I set it down, it stood up on it's own like a little dome tent.