Vacation started this week but so far it has not been to great of weather. If it is not the Arctic cold front, it's the heavy winds. Or both.
I decided to just take a hike up over the ridge today, man it was cold and windy, and not to much in the way of deer tracks either.
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It takes some steady wind to stretch Old Glory out like this. It was steady today........
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This road runs east & west on top of the ridge. Looks like someone was heading back to there property.
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You guys that hunt in this stuff,well, I tip my hat to you. You must have skin thicker than a Rhino and some really good circulation.
Hopefully it will warm up just a bit and this wind will die down by the end of the week. Good Hunting,
Craig
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18 above 0 .it's supposed to warm to that here by Sunday. Drop that needl about 40 degrees lower to about -22 then add a -40 wind chill. That's what I got to wake up to this morning. The plus side is deer season is over so I felt no guilt on not wanting to go humting
Still had to go to work though.
It is amazing how we acclimate to weather through out the season. When the first 20 degree day happens in October We say wow cold out today. This time of year when it's 20 we say it's nice out we should go out and do something.
Yea man, wicked cold with the wind. Lucky for me, I have been too busy to hunt so far this week. Good excuse to wimp out.
its frigid here in north central indiana! i know i wouldnt be deer hunting in this if i could be!! i already have to work in it!
right now below 18 wind temps here and zero degrees with no wind in the back yard,, its the wind I hunted in some very cold stuff but that long steady wind breeze you know the one that never stops I don't care how much wool I'm wearing it eventually makes it thru.
don't have to work directly in it but my sister is an ironworker and she's on her way in now.
Enduring this snap right along with you guys - right now -13, wind chill -34. Took a hike yesterday and was worth it. Saw a couple cow moose and a doe. Noisy crusted snow conditions made for very loud going but the critters didn't rise from their beds until I was close. Probably thought I was another moose moving around, couldn't believe a human would be out and about!
Down hear in western Kentucky the temp this morning iw 3 degree with chill of -10.
Brutal down here in central Arizona, too. I had to wear long pants and a jacket yesterday until about 9AM! You gotta be tough to snowbird.
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Hi monkeyball, I like your pics, but I wish some of you Northern boys would come down here and take your cold, winter weather back up where it belongs. This is supposed to be the sunny south. You know, sunny as in WARM. Right now it is about 15 degreees. I think I will stay inside today.
Man centaur, hope you can make it through that weather. Not fit for man nor beast! Good luck.
Hi Craig. No warmer down here. Guess I'll go to work.
-12 degrees here this am and windy. If the season was open I still would stay in bad.... :biglaugh:
It was the rare day I had a chance to hunt and decided, "No, thanks, too cold."
QuoteOriginally posted by GreyGoose:
It was the rare day I had a chance to hunt and decided, "No, thanks, too cold."
I have decided the same for this weekend Jim. Not worth it with no buck tag. Sunday evening looks like it won't be too bad. I am waiting until then.
I was going to Iowa(1 hr away) today but wind gusts to 45 and snow will make the drive bad. I've only got to go 3 days in this late season, 25-40 wind chills just don't allow sitting very long. High temps for tomorrow are predicted at -5F.
Did the top again today. 14 degrees at 3pm, not as much wind and a few more sets of tracks crossing here and there. By what you guys are saying it sounds like it is cold all over.
Longbow 58, glad to see you up and running. Let's get together this spring at one of the shoots. I would even motor down to Camp Mack if you want to meet there. Take care guys...and stay warm!
Good Shooting,
Craig
2 degrees actual temp with 25-30 mph winds and an expectant foot of snow on the way for the Lake Michigan shore counties. Gonna be a Looooong ride home from work tonight. Good luck hunting Craig! :campfire:
Yeah Denny, I left work at 4:30 in Benzie county, it was a white out, snowin sideways!
I've hunted the last two evenings here in Southern Illinois. It has taken many layers and several hand warmers but I have been seeing a really good buck. I have a either sex tag left in my pocket so I've actually took some vacation days to hunt in this stuff. I've got some great late season food sources to hunt over. Its harsh but if I could get an arrow in this buck I'm after it would all be worth it. Good luck to anyone else out in this!
I feel ya. It hasn't been above zero here for a few days now. The snow keeps piling up too! I have been whimping out instead of shooting my bow out in the yard.
Sounds like a plan Craig. Will be at Camp Mack all weekend. Got some real interesting shots planned...should be warmer.
Thank the Lord for that!
Yesterday, I was outside fondly thinking about a doe that I shot in a blizzard. Then a frozen tumbleweed from North Dakota came screaming into town and knocked me on my butt, so instead of going out to check a grove for pheasants, I went to Taco John's and watched stuff fly by.
This is why I spend some time in Arizona nowadays..this was yesterday near my Wyoming home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl6yPOLuDBo
Wow, Centaur that was a wild video! I can understand why you'd want to bask in the sun in Arizona! :thumbsup:
Bernie