Thread: Fires

Hunting a couple of weeks back in an alpine valley, with a couple of far more experienced hunters than myself, the topic of a camp fire came up.

One was keen to get a fire going, the other was dead against it.
For - atmosphere & warmth and general positivity you get sitting around a campfire.
Against - smokes always in your eyes, and it’s not conducive to hunting. The smoke warns the animals people are around.


I was on the fence. I liked the idea of a fire, but I also liked the fact we had a couple days of hunting ahead of us, in a fairly remote and undisturbed spot, so I kept quiet and let them come to their own agreement, which was no fire.

Interested to hear your thoughts.
Has anyone got any positive or firm evidence one way or the other?