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Dave:

I just spent all day yesterday standing in a 4' deep hole dug in snow, standing on 18" or so of snow and ice. Temps were around +8�F in the morning, and got to a high of the mid teens in the afternoon. Wind was going about 12 mph in the afternoon. I was outside from 6:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

Here's what I had on.

1)Thick wool socks
2)Under Armour long underwear bottoms and tops. It's a few years old, now it probably would be called their base layer 2.5. Socks on first, top goes on next, bottoms go on over socks, and top is tucked in.
3) Turtle necked long sleeve fleece shirt
4) Fleece pants
5) Wolverine 8" tall hunting boots. Airbob soles, 400g Thinsulate, GoreTex lined.
6) Thick winter GoreTex/Thinsulate bibs. Side zipper on the legs from ankle to thigh - makes putting them on easy.
7) Thick winter coat. GoreTex/Thinsulate. I removed the hood.
8) Thinsulate insulated knit cap
9) Hanes XXXXL white sweat pants (needed for snow camo)
10) Hanes XXXXL white zip up hoodie (needed for snow camo)
11) VERY thin gloves so I could feel the gun.
12) Muff type handwarmer with 18 hr chemical heater pack
13) Heavy GoreTex/Thinsulate winter gloves to put out and pick up the decoys so my thin gloves didn't get wet. Plus they wouldn't keep my hands warm in those temps.

Hood on the Hanes top plus the knit cap was enought to keep my head warm as long as I had my back to the wind.

Bibs and jacket were purchased from Dicks Sporting Goods probably in Fall of 1998 or 1999. Back then I think the pair was $250 or so. But, cheap when considering how many days of use I have gotten out of them over the years. I'll wear them when ice fishing too.

Taking a wiz in the field takes some work, but the less liquid you hold in, the warmer you are.

We had to snowmobile to where were were hunting, probably 24" of snow on the ground, and one of the younger guys parked the sled about 1/4 mile away and walked back. We were about 1/2 mile from the nearest road. So, if you had to go, there really wasn't an option of "Hey, I gotta run to the bathroom, I'll be back in a minute or two."