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Snow on the ground in Northern MN!
03 November 2017, 19:00
AnotherAZWriterSnow on the ground in Northern MN!
Opening day tomorrow and there is snow on the ground with more on the way. Fried walleye on the menu tonight and stuffed pork chops tomorrow. Should be snowing again at the shack when we arrive late this afternoon. Sauna tomorrow will be great. Lots of people this weekend inc MsAZW and my daughter but the rest of the week it is just me and my hunting buddy until Friday when the crowd shows back up.
03 November 2017, 19:28
butchlocyou're not going to be so happy when you get here - snow and rain and cold for the weekend
03 November 2017, 19:54
AnotherAZWriterquote:
Originally posted by butchloc:
you're not going to be so happy when you get here - snow and rain and cold for the weekend
I am in Eveleth right now. I go to the stand with a backpack that has a -30 deg bag - I get up in the stand and pull that on and stay warm as toast. Have shot a ton of MN deer in that bag. Will be hunting near Birchdale.
10 November 2017, 03:22
lindy2Turned out to be a great hunt. Wife and I both took nice deer the first weekend in Pine County MN which is in the eastern middle of the state.
Lots of deer seen.
10 November 2017, 04:57
JBrownquote:
Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
I go to the stand with a backpack that has a -30 deg bag - I get up in the stand and pull that on and stay warm as toast.
I think you have the right idea!
Jason
"You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core."
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Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt.
Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry
Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure.
-Jason Brown
10 November 2017, 05:49
AnotherAZWriterToday the wind chill never got above zero - i was out from dawn to dusk without going back to the shack
10 November 2017, 16:28
p dog shooterquote:
Today the wind chill never got above zero - i was out from dawn to dusk without going back to the shack
Dang cold here to in Northern Wis.
11 November 2017, 17:50
AnotherAZWriter-12 yesterday morning without windchill
11 November 2017, 18:01
Jim KobeLast time I hunted deer it was -22 on opening day northwest of Ely
Jim Kobe
10841 Oxborough Ave So
Bloomington MN 55437
952.884.6031
Former Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild
11 November 2017, 18:43
p dog shooterquote:
Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
-12 yesterday morning without windchill
It was just balmy here at a -4
11 November 2017, 18:44
p dog shooterquote:
Originally posted by Jim Kobe:
Last time I hunted deer it was -22 on opening day northwest of Ely
When I was younger I would hunt such temps now I throw more wood on the fire and hunt by looking out the window.
11 November 2017, 22:49
thecanadianIt snowed here last night. I got stuck hauling gravity boxes in the 3155 yesterday, the only tractor with no heat. With all the breakdowns, it made for a long cold day.
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13 November 2017, 02:43
OLBIKERIt was 55 in Miles City yesterday.
13 November 2017, 05:31
AnotherAZWriterWell, Friday was pretty cold but the old sleeping bag trick worked again. Shot a nice 10 pointer yesterday; back at my daughter's tonight.
As for cold temps, I recall one night in Alaska sleeping without heat at -55F; I had a civilian bag inside my Army bag, and breathed through the sleeve of my parka. It was still a chilly night.
13 November 2017, 17:18
LHeym500Folks: I have never known cold like that. It was 60 degrees F in KY.
13 November 2017, 21:28
p dog shooterquote:
Originally posted by LHeym500:
Folks: I have never known cold like that. It was 60 degrees F in KY.
Don't know what your missing
The coldest I have seen was a -65 dam cold for sure.
I use run down to a -30 now I head to AZ for the winter.
14 November 2017, 03:58
AnotherAZWriterquote:
Originally posted by p dog shooter:
quote:
Originally posted by LHeym500:
Folks: I have never known cold like that. It was 60 degrees F in KY.
Don't know what your missing
The coldest I have seen was a -65 dam cold for sure.
I use run down to a -30 now I head to AZ for the winter.
Was that Rice Lake in about 1977? I remember a really cold snap then.
Ding me when you get to AZ if you are PHX; I will buy you a beer. At the Mesabi Curling Club watching my daughter curl - now there is some fast paced action - I have to break out a brown paper bag and breathe into it so I don't hyperventilate.
14 November 2017, 05:54
p dog shooterquote:
Was that Rice Lake in about 1977?
1967 I think the mayor was holding a thermometer that read -65.
We go to Yuma get to PHX once in awhile