Hunt Comfort BLOG

I could not believe my eyes and I could not keep the camera still.  We have been following a white deer since 1999 and when we saw three it was heart jumping exciting.  Luckily. I was able to get photos.  Monday I sent photos off to a couple of people and it was agreed that the deer were not albino because their eyes were not pink - right? Wrong!  Dr. Sid Wilroy, a dear friend and geneticist, corrected our common misconception that albinos must have pink eyes.  It turns out the an albino can have white pigmentation and blue eyes.  So… Albinos with the classic milky white skin and hair are often found with dark eyes.  The scientific name for this is tyrosinase negative and it is inherited as autosomal recessive.  Inbreeding of the herd??

Finally, another interesting piece of genetic science - a missing link from Dr. Wilroy: Another type is called piebald and these are inherited as a dominant meaning if a parent has this there is 1out of 2 that that parent will pass it on. 

And if you are interested in more White Deer check out this site sent to us from writers

Bob Humphrey and Lon Lauber:

http://www.senecawhitedeer.org/history/history.htm 

JJ Reich North American Hunting Club’s field test co-ordinator sent a picture of a Wisconsin buck from this past weekend.  JJ was sitting on a FatBoy!  Deer field dressed at 185 lbs.  A beautiful 8 point.

Listeners in Wisconsin - Tune in Saturday morning to Outdoors Radio with Dan Small and Judy Nugent for an interview with Hunt Comfort’s president David Robinson.  For a listing of stations and times  http://www.lake-link.com/radio/stations.cfm or you can always listen on demand anytime at on Lake-Link’s website at http://www.lake-link.com/radio/.  We have put a post up for the radio audience at our site www.huntcomfort.com/danandjudy.htm. 

Dan and Judy will be giving away a FatBoy and a Climb-On ! For your chance to Win go to:  www.lake-link.com/radio/contact.cfm.

We received a nice note and a photo today from the Hunt Doctors, Paul Plante, MD and Stephen Merlin, MD.  Clearly, a massive whitetail deer.

 ”Steve and I just wanted to drop you a note after returning for our annual Saskatchewan whitetail deer hunt. Despite the normal freezing temperatures this year we were so much more comfortable with your Hunt Comfort cushions. It was the first time we have used them and it made the long 8-10 hour sits easily do able but the added benefit was the warmth retaining property which allowed us not to proverbially freeze our asses off, pun intended.”

Just for the Hunt Comfort record:  Our seats are mildly insulative.  While we are delighted to hear about our cold weather performance, we rarely get feedback on warmth.  We design seats not to take away body heat and never to make your backside get hot.  Here is a hunting tip - if you are sitting on a heated seat that makes you start to sweating then get up!  Sweaty is not a good condition for the ol tuckus.

Thanks Hunt Doctors - Check out their site www.thehuntdoctors.com

Stephanie was talking with Tiffany Lakosky this week and Tiffany had some kind words to share:

“Lee and I met David this past summer, working next to us at a couple of the hunting Expos, and David introduced us to his line of Hunt Comfort Cushions. He told me that they were designed to help hunters sit comfortably in their stands for longer periods of time. Since not only my hunting success but my career depends on my ability to stay in the stand, I was anxious to give one a try. After sitting on a Hunt Comfort FatBoy during the past several hunts, I’m now a believer. There’s nothing else like it out there. Sitting in a tree stand all day long is now much more bearable thanks to my Hunt Comfort Cushion.” — Tiffany Lakosky

We were asked a super question today: What would happen to a FatBoy seat if were punctured - what would happen to the gel?  Also, where is the gel located in a FatBoy? The answer first is Hunt Comfort seats work fine with a hole or puncture - our gels are not bagged up liquids which leak goo everywhere if punctured.  There are cheap gel seats which have goo in bags (that’s about it) and they are ruined and a mess if punctured.  We have two formula’s and while both our gels have some liquid characteristics they are both solid polymers.  The gel is located on top of a FatBoy and in the middle of other cushions like the Classic.  Lastly, our warranty covers punctures and normal wear and tear.  Get to the woods.