Quigley
January 14, 2008, 04:01 PM
Deer hunters hit the field falling on their hind ends in Iowa on Dec 1st 2007 due to a severe ice storm. We had a solid ice coating everthing, you could lay on your back and slide down the hills all the way to the bottom. Day 2 after all in the hunting party were banged up and sore from the days tumbles a fellow hunter saved the day. He rides motocross bikes on ice and came up with the idea to put sheet metal screws in the soles of our boots. A box of screws a cordless drill and a 1/4" driver cured the problem we successfully navigated the hills and timber with out loosing our footing again.
Many hunters gave up and stayed home :Din our county and we had one of the most successful hunts ever!
Vern Humphrey
January 14, 2008, 04:25 PM
A few years back we had a bad ice storm in the Ozarks -- everything was a solid sheet of ice, and it kept re-freezing each night. So every morning it was the same thing.
Somebody ordered some little crampons -- basically either chains or saw-toothed plates to strap to your boots. They work great, and in the winter I keep mine handy, just in case.
Kimber1911_06238
January 14, 2008, 04:35 PM
same thing happened here in Connecticut. I was getting ready to hed up the tree in my climbing stand. put my bow and pack on top of the ice to secure the stand to a tree. looked and my bow and pack slid down the hill
sounds like you found a good solution...anything to keep hunting :)
Quigley
January 14, 2008, 05:22 PM
Oh yah don't forget to remove your boots before going in the house the screws would be tough on your vinyl floors!
Twig
January 14, 2008, 05:27 PM
Somebody ordered some little crampons -- basically either chains or saw-toothed plates to strap to your boots. They work great, and in the winter I keep mine handy, just in case.
I use those for Ice fishing they work great.
EHCRain10
January 19, 2008, 10:56 PM
do an internet search for yaktracks, they might be more expensive than the screws but they work well for me
critter
January 20, 2008, 06:02 PM
I once killed a deer with a muzzle loader in the dead of a cold spell. The deer ran (heart shot) about 25 yards onto a BIG frozen mud puddle about 20 yards across. Fell dead right in the middle of it. Ever tried to drag a very dead deer off the ice? It took a WHILE!
