We got about 5% what all you guys got, so it's just cold and windy here. After bumblefucking around in my spot the past two days, I'm letting it rest today. I'll be out tomorrow afternoon.
Who's hunting Monday and Tuesday?
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Ok. Checked snares and had a miss do to lock freezing from the rain lastnight. Was going to make a walk around the woods but as my eyes watered from the wind and my eyelashes tried to freeze together I said, screw this. and came back home lol. Cheeseburger is looking good for today lol.
Joel
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I walked up to the edge of the woods and peaked in to see if anything was moving around right at first light. I was out of the truck for just about an hour and nearly froze. It is cold and windy. This afternoon I'm going back out around 2:00 until dark but I will have a heater in the blind. Really hope this wind dies down a little bit but at least it's blowing in the right direction for my set-up.
Good luck everybody that's still trying.
Good luck everybody that's still trying.
dante322
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Foreman called it today, no work. Since i was already up and out, i figured i might as well try it. Stepped out of the jeep and started putting my coveralls on when the 20 mph -20 degree wind hit me. I like to hunt and love venison, I would love to get at least one in the freezer, but fugg that. It aint that important. Gotta be crazy or stupid to go out in this crap today.
They don't like it but they HAVE to or they will lay there and freeze to death. Temps and windchills like this I would think they could only lay still for an hour or 2 before they need to get up and get warm again. They may not move far but they will move.
Joel
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I told my wife I was just going to try to walk around later and find a frozen one. I'm not an expert but it does seem like they'd have to move a little here and there throughout the day just to survive this crap.
One of you eager guys bring me some baking soda.....I need to boil a few freshly made snares.....rotflmao
oakswamper
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The sad thing is this weather around here will kill more deer then hunters would have. In 78 I lived in Wood county (not a lot of deer back then) we found 4 or 5 dead deer that spring shroomin just on our property
I am abandoning my thoughts on sitting at the edge of the gas line. My shed with my heater is sounding pretty damn good!
I can imagine a few will stay bedded to long and freeze to death over the next couple days. Wouldn't be surprised to see some of the young,old, or injured deer freeze up.
It rained all day Sunday in SW Ohio. Then a light dusting snow or rain balls. Then the temp dropped out it's -2 now and windy.
Brother sick again so not hunting. Scheduled the R&D meeting for tomorrow. Feed the cattle and stay inside and be safe. Oh I'll check the lookout over the food plot.
Brother sick again so not hunting. Scheduled the R&D meeting for tomorrow. Feed the cattle and stay inside and be safe. Oh I'll check the lookout over the food plot.
Lundy
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Nope, left Athens yesterday mid day and headed home. Hated to cut the season that short but I'm too old to be stupid, plus my son was unable to join me to hunt this MZ season.
The deer started popping out of everywhere yesterday between 10 and 2
I have 7 blinds all with heaters and windows and still didn't want to be out in this crap and my wife felt I should be home to handle any emergencies
The deer started popping out of everywhere yesterday between 10 and 2
I have 7 blinds all with heaters and windows and still didn't want to be out in this crap and my wife felt I should be home to handle any emergencies
After reading this reply, I don't think I am crazy. At first I had this thought as well. Then I figured they could handle it since it is only a couple days. I am also curious if we find any deer deceased from these conditions. We were on the edge of the rain snow line. Like Mike said, it was very clear. Drive down the road in the rain, turn the corner and it is a blizzard. Very definitive line. Just south of us we plow some properties and my foreman said it was pouring down rain a few hours then turned to snow. What a wet, heavy, nasty storm to plow. Areas which were all snow got hammered! Now we are dealing with the wind and windchill. It is brutal where I am. Can't imagine how the guys in Van Wert, Paulding, and further north and west of us are trudging through this mess. I am crossing my fingers and hoping all the deer survive the conditions here locally. A couple days of extreme windchill might not be as bad as weeks and months of it the Canadian deer deal with and more northern climates here in the states.