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01-07-2018, 08:40 PM | #73 | ||||||
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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.
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01-08-2018, 07:53 AM | #74 | ||||||
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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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01-08-2018, 08:06 AM | #75 | ||||||
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@5:30AM, it was 30 degrees warmer than 24hrs ago.
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01-08-2018, 09:37 AM | #77 | ||||||
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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
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01-08-2018, 11:19 AM | #78 | ||||||
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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.
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01-08-2018, 01:24 PM | #79 | ||||||
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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 ! ).
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