I hunted Saskatchewan a couple of times 20 years ago. The first year it was cold. The second year it was very cold. Lots of good advice here. Have plans to keep your head and feet warm. Degrease your rifle bolt.
Eating snacks on the stand is enjoyable and helps keep you warm, but makes it more likely you will have to pee or heaven forbid poop under those extreme conditions.
You will need a small, soft sided cooler with a hand warmer inside it to keep your lunch and drink from freezing.
Have some tissue or a cloth handy to scrub the frozen condensation off your glasses, scope, or binoculars when you accidentally breathe on the lenses.
The stands we were in did not have heaters and had openings all the way around where the wind blew through. I had a piece of plastic I tried to put over the upwind side to stop it, but I didn’t have any push pins, and it was so cold that duct tape wouldn’t work.
We had good hunts and killed big bucks. Good luck to you and give us a report when you return.
Best post ever about what could and does happen lol.
