Ron, can you please post the picture of your heater body suit?
PLEASE???
Thanks for your interest in that project. I enjoy fan requests.. Ive not been on here in weeks as Im swamped with orders and trying to keep bowhunters world wide supplied with gear that makes them more lethal. A couple members here emailed me telling me a fan had a request so I dropped by. Normally fans contact me via PM but Im happy to fulfill your dreams here.
Sadly Photobucket became a pay site so I dropped them like a bad habit. I can still see all the photos from that DIY project but they have the photobucket banner on them so it wont be suitable for framing and hanging in your fan book of me (sorry)
I designed and made that insulated suit since I could not find the features I wanted in products available. I combined the features of IWOM and HBS to make it more bowhunter friendly by adding the individual legs and the zippered arm holes as seen in the photo below. Hard to believe that was back in 2014. Where does the time go? You can search on my outdoor/bowhunting blog for all the pictures and fabrication steps for that project. Im sure you know where to find it on the WWW.
The coldest temps I wore that suit in was -15 F with a -45F windchill and I stayed warm as toast so it was a smart move to design and construct that suit for myself.
Hunting in cold temps has its rewards. I took this buck on my land in Wisconsin.
Please be sure to ask as many questions as you need. Im happy to respond to fan requests. Here is a pic of the completed suit that you requested.
Because I will bowhunt in some rather harsh conditions that lesser bowhunters will shy away from and because I live in the frozen tundra, Ive become adept at designing and making my own cold weather gear. Turning my animal skins to leather and then crafting them into warm gear adds to the adventure. Here is a bear I took with a homemade longbow I built using homemade arrows I fletched with the feathers of turkey Id killed and I took it with homemade broadheads I made from old saw blades and successfully self filmed that adventure bowhunt. Aside from the adventure itself, I get to enjoy the meat and then I work the skins to create items I make and wear. The palms on these mitts I made are elk hide. The larger boar I took with the homemade trad archery gear I described and was 200 lbs. and the smaller was a sow I struck with my truck at night on the drive home. Many here have likely watched the adventure bowhunt video for that bear. The goal was not the largest bear but an all homemade trad bear hunt that I self filmed. Not many have pulled off this feat of all homemade trad gear and then self filming the kill.
If you want to talk about more of my adventures and have more questions, perhaps look up my show schedule and track me down. I can teach you some stuff and you can even take a picture with me like this young kid from GA asked to do. (advertising logos blocked out so as not to upset the tender hearted gals here) I always make time to talk with fans.
Since I have not been here in a few weeks, I will update the other fans on the status of the Adventure bowhunting truck. Its complete. The wrap looks great (I cant show it here of the whinny little girls will trip over themselves pouting as they run to the mods/admins to piss and moan that its advertising.)
The seat covers are fantastic. All the other features are installed and ready for any number of adventure bowhunter trips. Sadly, Im so swamped with orders from bowhunters Ive yet to hit the woods this fall. Ive not even done any suburban deer culling with my bow that two municipalities have wanted me to do. I also took on another client to invent and design a new bowhunting product for him so aside from a couple out of state hunts I still have booked, I wont be doing a lot of bowhunting this fall.
Over 4300 views to this post already. This fan base rocks. Glad there are so many loyal and dedicated followers. You are of course wishing I had more time to spend with you but that is not the case as this is my busy season.