Here a few photos taken this afternoon around Falmouth, MA (on Cape Cod for you non-New Englanders). It's been a balmy 12 degrees all day. First photo is of The Nob facing Buzzards Bay, it's all ice for 1 mile out into the main channel, second photo of Quissett Harbor and a third of Falmouth Harbor. Even the Swans are running out of open water. Also saw quite a few ice skaters playing hockey on the kettle ponds.

Finished off the last day of the Virginia gun season with friends in Louisa County Virginia ! At 06:30 it was 2 degrees after the sun came up it dropped to 1 !

We sat the first two hours or so then did man drives the rest of the day . Not a deer was seen just a lone red fox .

Not very positive in the harvest department but that's not why I go there for the last day each year .

I've got a pheasant encounter on the slate for 1/16/18 other then perhaps a venture to the skeet field or sporting course I'm most likely done with guns in the USA until after I return from the South Pacific in March !

Plenty Cold
 

Here in Southwestern Ohio it has been 0 degrees or less for more than a week. We still have been hunting ducks in the local rivers with great success. I actually have never seen it better since I have hunted ducks in Ohio. The low water levels and extreme cold weather has kept birds in our area. I believe we have actually shot every species of puddlers and most divers. The griffon I use for retrieving has done well even though the freezing temps keeps ice in his whiskers! Today we took the pointing dogs for upland birds and found 3 pheasants and several quail. I am always amazed at the range you can from a DH Parker with tight chokes.

The cold snap here seems to have broken. It is a balmy 21 this morning and the prediction is for 52 on Wednesday.

Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.





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@5:30AM, it was 30 degrees warmer than 24hrs ago.

Same here, but we got a nice 3/4" of ice coating about 6:30am and now it has turned back to snow. Many accidents and schools have closed.

warmed up and rained here in miss.its 50 degrees here this morning and supposed to be near 60 by this afternoon...then its suppose to get down in the 20 s again in a few days...my granddaughters horse has been hafting to wear a blanket for the last few days.... i m feeling better so may go out and look for a buck this evening....charlie

I t was -8 on Sat when I hit the farm with the muzzleloader, nothing was moving, except a small yearling that i deemed just to small to shoot. It was sunny with no wind, so my buddy Terry and i sat on a little sunny hilltop where we could see down the powerline 300 yds in each direction, and just shot the bull.Really enjoyable despite the bitter cold. Sunday, was warming up, but with it came the winds. Had a buck that had already dropped its rack run out in front of the truck. All the deer I saw were out of muzzleloader range. Freezing rain at 5:00am today followed by a few inches of wet snow. very few patients have showed up, most cancelling, so its really a slow day.

Like Edgar, it was about 30 degree's warmer today then yesterday, I didn't even zip my jacket up when I went out to snow blow (got about 3" which I will take over freezing rain anyday ! ).

Enjoy this! Snow in the Deep South

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSmZiNZU66k