Started hunting deer and elk in the brutal cold of Central and Eastern Idaho so when I moved to Pennsylvania the 10 below temperatures of the Allegheny National forest seemed balmy. Everything I needed fit in my Woolrich coat pockets. Most important was dry matches and a canteen cup to heat water for hot drinks. What Lowell is calling a farmer is better described as a woodsman - someone who is so at home in the woods he long ago learned not to get lost and to deal with the weather and terrain. Most hunters today are city people and are not at home in the woods. So many more things are carried along to help them get by in the unfamiliar environment. They seldom get more than a mile off the road for which they now want a quad vehicle. It is sad how little they know about the woods or the hunt.
Last edited by Jerry V Lape; 10/31/07 02:14 AM.