I'm NOT a hunter in the same class as most of you. I don't go to the places you go (yet), but I have spent a few "uncomfortably" cold nights. I understand the concept of keeping your load as light and small as possible, but if you found your self "stuck", in an area with available fuel wood, do/should we carry tools that would allow use to turn it into a fire? My instinct is to carry an axe, saw and knives (northern woodsman mind set) and I know this flies in the face of your light weight philosophy, but folks have said that they would choose their axe and knife over their gun if they had to choose. So do the tools you carry figure into making your cold wet nights survivable if not more comfy?
