Enough of this!
 

Pretty to start with, down right dangerous now, 1/2 inch of ice every where will continue till tomorrow, power out, have generator thank goodness, just hope no limbs fall on the vehicles cannot move them any way, think I will go down to the wine cellar and pop a cork! look at some Parkers to get my mind off this weather, Gary

I'm with you Gary, be careful in the wine cellar.:) It will be gone soon.

I sure sympathize with you Gary. The ‘98 ice storm thes swept through the middle of VT, NH and Maine wreaked absolute havoc and destruction. I remenber it only too well.





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We are getting a lot of snow in Pawling, NY and its not melting. Another snow storm tomorrow. I love the snow and like to see it but I worry about the deer if the snow continues to pile up without a thaw. I’m not worried about next years hunting, there are always plenty of deer. But I hate the thought of them slowly dying of starvation. We haven’t had a winter kill in many years. But this year we are getting a lot of snow.

This is an earlier picture taken in a timothy field before the snow began to pile up. The deer dig in the snow to get to the timothy. It gets harder as the snow gets deeper. The field is now really dug up, a lot more than when this picture was taken.

These are two of the four deer I took this year. I only shoot 3 ½ year old or older bucks.

Tom, I feed the deer in the winter 100lbs a week have 12-14 regulars at the piles each day I can whistle and they will come, sort of like Pavloffs dogs, do not know if that is the correct spelling of his name? I only allow 8 point or above to be taken and have several days in which to harvest does, we do not have the big deer like you guys do but occasionally we get a few 200 plus, Nice bucks you got there! Gary

I used to use the eight point rule also, but now I just limit my shooting to
three and a half years or older and antlers wider than the ears. I've seen some three and a half and older deer with less than eight points, although most are at least eight. The biggest deer ever taken on the property was a massive seven pointer.

A 200 plus deer is big anywhere. I would guess that most of the three and a half year old deer on the property are 170 to 180 pounds dressed.

I took a couple of pictures of the snow today. The shop on our airstrip is cleaned of snow but the trap range is snowed in. One of my friends flew in today with a Super Cub. He owns a commercial airstrip, Candlewood in Connecticut, and keeps his airplanes there.

I put the snow blower on the JD this afternoon. We're supposed to get it tomorrow evening through Tuesday morning. I feel your pain Gary, ice is bad news. Hope all ends well with no damage.

Randy, what is a JD? Are you referring to a John Deere? What model?

I had to get the beast out of the shed the other day. I don't think I have had it out for
two or three years.

Yes Tom it's a John Deere. I was taking some pics of a barn project today and it got in the way. It's a 4410 Hydro version.

We've had 6-10" of blowing snow all day today, and still coming down. 7 degrees right now in Abilene, TX. It's about a once every 10 year event to be in the single digits here. Gonna be close to 0 the next two mornings. I'm just glad I don't have any livestock these days. I'd have been out feeding hay and chopping ice all day if I did.

Randy, after this winter, i may have to look into a snow blower for my Kubota.

Kubota makes them Harold and they make a front mount which sure saves on the neck pain. I would imagine that there are other companies out there making them to fit your tractor as well. We are supposed to get 8-12 more of the white stuff today through tomorrow morning.

Went through two bad ice storms two years in a row several years back. Hate ice....

We have got 12+ inches on the ground, up to 25 mph wind gusts and air temp 8*. This is gonna be a bitch by tomorrow and then there is more to come. I am 6.5 hours South of Chicago.... we should not get this here.... yea, right.

Just think how cold it would be if we didn't have global warming!

I had a blower for my Kubota and got rid of it. Too slow for me and not versatile enough. Now I have a hydraulic angle plow on the loader and that works much better for me. I can pile snow 10 feet high and right now I have several piles that high. Ice is a different story. I don't care what you have. It is difficult to deal with.

Just will not let up
 

another round of freezing rain this time 1/2 " all trees are topped limbs every where and another Ice storm for tonight and Thursday. Looks like a hurricane has been through here.

Have moved the 2 cars to the motor home barn, so they will be alright My truck will be in a better place too! I can handle snow but like you say Ice has to melt and that can take a long time No use to pick up any now wait till the next event is over and I will get them chipped up. I am also going to cut all trees that are close to the house next summer, these poplars are 100 ft and they shed limbs like crazy. this way I will not have to worry about damage from limbs, ice falling out of the trees are as big as coke bottles as you can see in one of the photos. Signing off now on the way to get my first covid shot, Gary

Geez that stinks Gary. Went through one of those about 15 years ago, thankfully only one as they are bad. We were without power for several days, hope you still have power? Best of luck with that situation.

Been there Gary - sorry you’re going through it. Our area in Maine was also devastated in the ‘98 ice storm. No power for two weeks back off the main roads. Hard to tell now unless you really look for the evidence. Most everything put out new sprouts and branches which grew quickly into limbs. It’ll grow back... but maybe not in our time.





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Yea Dean, You are right it will come back, Freezing rain and sleet started 2 hrs ago, maybe by tonight it will be gone, just a damn mess, but! it could be worse, at least I have a whole house generator, so I am thankful for that, Gary