I'm not much into hunt, but the camping on air matresses part... I might have a suggestion.
My wife and I were camping in the Chiricahua Mts. (Southeast-ish AZ) using a queen-sized air matress and two military surplus cots. We froze our butts off also!!... the first night, anyway. The air in the matress gets pretty close to the temp of the ambient air. If it's 40° in the tent, it's gonna be real close to 40° in the matress no matter how many covers, blankets, etc. you pile on top of you. And that's damned cold for a quad to sleep on!
Second night, we decided to lay out two layers of insulation between the matress and us... we used one extra sleeping bag and and old blanket I carry in my van for emergencies. Then we put our sleeping bags on top of that. BIG, BIG difference.
We were able to spend the night resting instead of wasting our energy trying to keep warm. (Not that all methods of using energy to keep warm is a "waste" LOL... if ya get what I'm sayin' <wink>)
So... if you're ever stuck with the air matress again... try extra blankets under you rather than on top. I'm sure it will help.
Best!
Tod <-- C5/6, 20.7774 yrs (approx), living in beautifully warm Tucson,
AZ
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First off Bob congratulations 14yrs wow, second you amase me i went elk hunting last year sure taught me alot it was the first time being back in the feild since i was shot and it was great....... didn't get off a shot got into them every day but never felt comfortable with a shot anyway tried the tent thing with two airmatresses cots from walmart but froze my butt off lol. Since then we bought a used fully handicap accessible motorhome off ebay we have been camping 5 times this year and i feel great knowing that it's stocked with everything a hunting quad may need i'll be back out there this year trying out my new bow a High Country Triple S, archery deer opens in a week, i've been scouting and i'm ready for the meat lol I think QuadPro Archery has a pretty good ring if your ever in Az let me know i'll take you out show you some good spots take care Ray Az c5/6 3 1/2yrs post.
