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Post by genesis273 on Dec 27, 2017 23:31:55 GMT -5
I sure hope these temps aren't what we're going to see the next few months. I'm over it already. Is this just some sort of artic weather system that is only passing through or it here to stay?
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Post by Pinoc on Dec 27, 2017 23:34:55 GMT -5
I hope it is gone quickly. I am over it also.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Dec 28, 2017 7:47:56 GMT -5
I don't mind the cold, I just hate what it does to my electric bill.
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Post by jjas on Dec 28, 2017 8:00:39 GMT -5
It looks to be in the southern part of the state for @ least the next week....
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 28, 2017 8:40:41 GMT -5
Yep, single digits and teens temps over night for awhile. Us fair weather hunters are staying home...
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Post by genesis273 on Dec 28, 2017 9:01:01 GMT -5
My front porch collapsed on us Tuesday night. It was -3 when I began clean up yesterday. I was able to get to the lumber yard and got the skirt and joist replaced yesterday before I had to go to work. I'll finish the decking this morning. Truth if the matter is that I built that thing 16 years ago before I knew anything about construction so I'll take the blame for that. Just hate working outside when it's this cold.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 28, 2017 9:22:07 GMT -5
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Post by jjas on Dec 28, 2017 10:21:10 GMT -5
Does it ever get "too cold" for you to hunt? Yes.... on days like today.
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Post by hornzilla on Dec 28, 2017 13:02:09 GMT -5
As long as the river doesn't freeze over. Bring it on. Waterfowl hunting is great.
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Post by esshup on Dec 28, 2017 16:20:05 GMT -5
Does it ever get "too cold" for you to hunt? Now or back then? I've been deer hunting in Wi when it was cold enough to freeze the moisture in the trees and they'd split like rifle shots (mostly at night). We did deer drives up there, and you couldn't be a "stander" for 2 drives in a row, it was just too dang cold out. We slept in a cabin that had an oil furnace that was like a wood burning stove. The snow would melt off our boots and make frozen water puddles on the floor when we woke up in the morning. If my memory is correct, we were hunting in -20°F temps, I have no idea what it was with the wind chill. When I shot my cow elk in Colorado a few years ago the thermometer on the truck said -8°F. Luckily there was very little wind. I was snowmobiling in Wi one winter. It was dang cold out but we didn't know what the temp was. We stopped and went into a restaurant for something to eat late in the day and they had an inside/outside thermometer. I glanced at it when we got in and it said 20. When we left I glanced at it again and it said 27. Wait a minute, it can't be getting warmer out, the sun is about gone. I took a closer look. Turns out it was -20°F when we got in and it now was -27°F. Windchill was in the -80°F range for the amount of wind that was out there, I have no idea what the windchill was for us on the sleds. A buddy had a Jeep. I had an electric block heater that went in the lower radiator hose in my car. I forget what the other guy was driving, but my car (I plugged it in that night) was the only one that started the nest day. We had to go buy charcoal and foil to make fires under their engines to heat them up before they'd start.
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Post by duff on Dec 29, 2017 7:58:31 GMT -5
Does it ever get "too cold" for you to hunt? Now or back then? I've been deer hunting in Wi when it was cold enough to freeze the moisture in the trees and they'd split like rifle shots (mostly at night). We did deer drives up there, and you couldn't be a "stander" for 2 drives in a row, it was just too dang cold out. We slept in a cabin that had an oil furnace that was like a wood burning stove. The snow would melt off our boots and make frozen water puddles on the floor when we woke up in the morning. If my memory is correct, we were hunting in -20°F temps, I have no idea what it was with the wind chill. When I shot my cow elk in Colorado a few years ago the thermometer on the truck said -8°F. Luckily there was very little wind. I was snowmobiling in Wi one winter. It was dang cold out but we didn't know what the temp was. We stopped and went into a restaurant for something to eat late in the day and they had an inside/outside thermometer. I glanced at it when we got in and it said 20. When we left I glanced at it again and it said 27. Wait a minute, it can't be getting warmer out, the sun is about gone. I took a closer look. Turns out it was -20°F when we got in and it now was -27°F. Windchill was in the -80°F range for the amount of wind that was out there, I have no idea what the windchill was for us on the sleds. A buddy had a Jeep. I had an electric block heater that went in the lower radiator hose in my car. I forget what the other guy was driving, but my car (I plugged it in that night) was the only one that started the nest day. We had to go buy charcoal and foil to make fires under their engines to heat them up before they'd start. My immediate thought was the movie title with jeff daniels and jim carry. That is coming from a long time goose hunter....we are not the best decision makers either.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 29, 2017 8:13:24 GMT -5
Either age, milage, or education, the weather is always more of a factor the longer we are around to experience it.
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Post by featherduster on Dec 29, 2017 8:33:00 GMT -5
As long as the river doesn't freeze over. Bring it on. Waterfowl hunting is great. That is as long as you don't have multiple equipment failures.
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Post by SFC (R) B on Dec 29, 2017 12:33:03 GMT -5
I have hunted in the -10 range here in CO. Gets kinda unpleasant but we are up on the mountain for the week anyway, no use just sitting in the tent. Elk don't tend to wander into camp so I go as long as there is visibility. I do always carry 3 ways to make fire and will occasionally make small warming fires while out and about.
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