Cold weather hunting

[afieldsne]

Anyone like going out in the cold to hunt?

 

[Fire Fighter 43]

As long as the ground is not frozen I will hunt. I deer hunt in colder weather than 0 and I'm usually just sitting so to detect in cold is no big deal to me. I've hunted in as low as 10 degrees and regularly hunt in 20-35 degree weather. I've also hunted in snow and while it is snowing. It is very peaceful not too many people out when it is cold. I dress with a good cold weather base layer, like Under Armour, I personally use Cabelas base layer it is cheaper and IMHO just as good as the name brand stuff. Give it a try you just might like it.

 

[afieldsne]

Yea, I try to keep going all year. When it's too cold, I just cherry pick parks or schools.

 

[mudpuppy]

Yeah..sledding hills and where the snow plows push up the snow in parking lots. You can even hunt completely frozen ground like wide open sportsfields or whatnot, you just cant dig, but you can sort of make a mental note where the targets are and come back in the Spring to those areas...its easy then, you already know where the targets are and can get tons of targets in a few weeks if you located the hotspots in the winter..that makes for some fun fast and furious work!.
I hit the sledding hills super early before sun-up, I take a cheap garden tool thing that is sort of like a pick, it has 3 tines on one end and a small hoe shaped thing on the other.. since you have to chip the targets out of the ice, then make sure you stomp some snow back into the holes. Watch your local Craigslist lost and found, for jewelry that is lost in some parking lot of a store or mall, then make sure you are there as the piles start to melt...all sorts of stuff that was lost during the winter is exposed, including paper money. You may find some easy digging in the woods where there was some leaf cover and the ground did not freeze, then you can dig..

Winter hunting is a good time to work those hard to get to places in the Summer when there was a lot of brush and bugs, and when it is too hot to exert yourself...in the winter, a fellow can hunt long and hard and cool off easy as well as eating some snow if you get thirsty, so it has it benefits.
Mud

 

[Oldguy]

I use a "Lowe Alpine" brand Gore-Tex hardhat liner, made for the construction industry (without the hardhat). My Grey Ghost headphones fit over it, increase the volume 2 clicks and it's golden. Neoprene fishing gloves provide warmth and enough dexterity for metal detecting in the cold.

 

[joe dirt_1]

I'd much rather be in where it is warm doing research on sites for next hunting season than out freezing my nads off for some rotten zinc pennies....

Roger

 

[jim tn]

In the winter I spend a lot of my hunting time in the woods and have no problem getting out in the occasional teens and twenties temps we can get down here. I find those temps help keep a lot of un-desirable things hibernating, too. HH jim tn

 

[mudpuppy]

Cold weather is more comfortable than hot summer hunting for sure...
Mud

 

[ken ward]

I can dress for the cold. I don't like it when you can not dig because the ground is frozen 12" deep or more... KEN

 

[WIHawker]

Once the ground freezes im done. I catch up on all the crap i wasnt doing during the warmer months. I also ride motocycles on the ice with the family. Its the funest form of motorcyling there is IMO.