Originally Posted by Ed_T
I have had a couple instances where I have shot an elk at below zero temperatures and the first thing I have done is get a hellacious fire going. One time I dragged a sizable pitchwood stump into the fire and then I had some intense heat that lasted for a long time.


Good Thread..

I have only shot one elk but that's exactly what we did..The fire was nice to warm up to every 10 minutes or so.. The pack out was only about a mile to the truck so we would stock the fire real good so it was still burning when we returned for more meat..

I have been using some fire starters I bought at Cabelas about 10 years ago, they work great for backpacking and emergency use but I am about out.. I will be using the cotton ball/vaseline method as well as a fire steel once they are out..

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