The Gun Counter

I bought a couple of the lightweight sleeping bag liners (part of the ECWS sleeping bag set) and The Senior Minions use them when deer hunting. I figured out, fairly early on, that SM#1 will NOT leave the blind as long as she's conscious. So when they get into the blind or shooting house, they get into the lightweight bags, zip them up about halfway, and stay reasonably comfortable while waiting for Bambi (or his cousins) to wander by.

There have been a couple of days when I wished I'd bought one more.

I have one of those, but I've not used it that way. I'll have to try that in December.

First Shirt wrote:...when they get into the blind or shooting house, they get into the lightweight bags, zip them up about halfway, and stay reasonably comfortable while waiting for Bambi...

Over here, there is a shooting accessory known as an "Ansitzsack". It's like a cross betweeen a sleeping bag and an overcoat, which keeps one warm and cosy for long waits in a cold hide. I don't have one (a combination of my Swiss poncho and Czech army blanket usually keep me warm and dry), but they're on special offer at the moment, and I'm sorely tempted... I hate being cold on a shoot.

http://images.google.com/search?&q=ansitzsack

The other thing I hate is being wet on a shoot. If I know I'm going to be on a ladder, or in/on a hide without a roof, I bring an oversized anglers' umbrella with me, together with a little gadget to allow me to fix it to a tree or post. That way rifle, scope, binos, glasses and I stay dry and happy.

Denis wrote:

First Shirt wrote:...when they get into the blind or shooting house, they get into the lightweight bags, zip them up about halfway, and stay reasonably comfortable while waiting for Bambi...

Over here, there is a shooting accessory known as an "Ansitzsack". It's like a cross betweeen a sleeping bag and an overcoat, which keeps one warm and cosy for long waits in a cold hide. I don't have one (a combination of my Swiss poncho and Czech army blanket usually keep me warm and dry), but they're on special offer at the moment, and I'm sorely tempted... I hate being cold on a shoot.

http://images.google.com/search?&q=ansitzsack

The other thing I hate is being wet on a shoot. If I know I'm going to be on a ladder, or in/on a hide without a roof, I bring an oversized anglers' umbrella with me, together with a little gadget to allow me to fix it to a tree or post. That way rifle, scope, binos, glasses and I stay dry and happy.

Manly 'Murican version here:
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Very nice, but I bought three of the lightweight bags for about $40 each. And for he southeastern US, they provide enough extra insulation.

Granted, it's a bit off topic but in cold wet weather I prefer my wool horse blanket capote with double thick shoulder shawl. Up high, hunting elk, I love it.

McClarkus wrote:Granted, it's a bit off topic but in cold wet weather I prefer my wool horse blanket capote with double thick shoulder shawl. Up high, hunting elk, I love it.

Y'know, I've always wanted one of those, just because. Could never justify the cost when I had other stuff that worked well enough.

That, and I'd feel silly wearing one while hunting with a modern bolt gun. And I don't need one during muzzle-loader season.

I don't know. Is it quieter than modern equivalents?

Extremely quiet. Like a wool sleeping bag with no feet.