This is one of the most amazing hunting threads I have ever read. Thank you for sharing this! I can only imagine what it was like to experience this with your family!! Wow!
I needed to grab a blanket just to finish reading this! Yikes!
I can't come close. I have sat in an open air deer stand all day getting snowed and rained on in my Heater Body Suit. That was awful. Didn't see even one deer either...glad our party filled out that afternoon b/c there was no way...
I've read the human urine as no impact on deer. I've been able to verify it via trail camera activity immediately following my exit from an area.
So...for me...when I go, I go. Myth - Busted.
Agree that if weight or space is not an issue, the partnering of a wood stove and propane heater is the way to go. Especially in the morning when you just need to warm up and then not leave with a stove full of burning wood.