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Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on November 24, 2018, 04:47 AM:

Santa and his reindeer won't have any problems sledding around here now.
Couple of inches of the fresh white stuff. [Roll Eyes]

Oh well, it'll make our elk hunt easier. Can slide them off the hill if we get lucky.

Sure not ready for it in the valley's.

Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on November 24, 2018, 08:35 AM:

Hunting in the snow is like reading a book Love it !

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 24, 2018, 08:40 AM:

It loses the appeal fast.

Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on November 24, 2018, 09:27 AM:

Other half panicked. Have to get it cleaned off. If it warms up it'll go to ICE!! I doubt it. Old habits die hard. Other place yes. North side of the mountain sitting on a slope. You plowed, swept you moved snow ASAP! Because it did go to a ice rink. Here its flat with a slight slope to the east. See the sun from sunrise to sunset. Other place only gets about 1.5 hours of sun from now until the end of January. I hate that place.
But with this much snow and a road we have to get up and yesterday we slid in a dicy part of it with a good drop off straight down. We might have to get the sleds out and get the stickers on them to got in and check our stuff. Never road them once last year.

I just need to figure out the cloths layering. It's been tough so far this fall. Nothing I wear ever seemed to be right. Either over dressed or under booted.

Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on November 24, 2018, 06:06 PM:

Yeah might snow Tuesday morning then turn to rain here. That's the thing about seasons. Once ya kinda get used to what's going it gets colder then warmer.

Then colder again. then the new warm is colder than it was but it's warm ?

Go figure ?

Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on November 25, 2018, 04:54 AM:

Last few weeks the night time morning temps have been in the single digits. By afternoon we would hit maybe the 30's. When it did hit the 30's it sure felt warm.

We melted out a lot yesterday afternoon. Suppose to hit 38 today again.

I love it up here. Just need to put my big girl pants on and get with it. All this new techie clothing now a days you can stay so much warmer and still not look and feel like a Ewok unless you want to.

A few years back Cabela's had those TransAlaskan suit on sale. I bought one for riding the snow machines. I decided I was tired of being cold when riding and if something should happen I could survive out there. Yes, we pack survival gear but have no one to sound the alarm if we don't show up back at the house at night.

Had a SPOT for years but finally dropped them after they charged the credit card without asking if we wanted to re-up the subscription.

Gotta love the life of adventurers.

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on November 25, 2018, 05:26 AM:

'SPOT' ????

Yeah, I know what you guys are saying about the cold.
I was burning brush and tumbleweeds yesterday and it was 1:30 in the afternoon before it was warm enough to work with my shirt off. Just don't like the cold no mo.
No, really, I don't have a clue what living in the single digit world would be like but I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't agree with me.

Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on November 25, 2018, 10:08 AM:

Very low RH up here. The cold doesn't bother us like down in the valley where the RH is higher.
I've always hated the cold and winters but it seems totally different here in the true High Desert country.

SPOT is a beacon locator you subscribe too. You can add tracking and follow that person on google earth with little footmarks. It was nice when he'd take off and go and I'd be working, I could follow him and know exactly where he was at, and visa versa.

Guess there is a new beacon locator company out there that is a little better now. Haven't looked into it. Going to have to set something up after retirement. Plan on doing a lot if we can.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 25, 2018, 12:04 PM:

I know that my daughter was tracking me on Uber while traveling to and from the airport, maybe it's just Uber or some iPhone app?

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by booger (Member # 3602) on November 26, 2018, 06:08 AM:

Full on blizzard yesterday here in Kansas. Lucky we didn't get over 3" of snow, or else it might have been worse. As it was, some 3' drifts around, and they had I-70 closed through most of the Western 1/2 of Kansas yesterday.

We have had more winter here in the last 30 days than we have had in the last 3 years.

Deer season starts here Wednesday, so I am excited about hunting in snow this next weekend!

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 26, 2018, 07:15 AM:

Hint: hunt bottomland when snowfly.

Posted by booger (Member # 3602) on November 26, 2018, 08:40 AM:

LB...sound advice!

The only issue I had was getting to my bottom land honeyhole!

The wind was gusting to 60 mph, and the snow was horizontal! I would have had to traverse 35 miles before I got there!

[ November 26, 2018, 08:41 AM: Message edited by: booger ]

Posted by ATexan (Member # 6799) on November 26, 2018, 08:53 AM:

Sure glad the snow didn't make it any further south. We had a 54 mph wind gust and 35 mph steady winds yesterday. Nothing nice about the north wind howling and snow flying sideways. Funny how a barb wire fence will cause a 4 foot drift with 60 mph wind and 3 inches of snow...

Posted by NVWalt (Member # 375) on November 27, 2018, 06:55 AM:

You know, while hunting in Wyoming I thought it wouldn't be a bad place to live in.And then I started to realize that their were gates on the hiways,like up in the Sierra Nevadas, and LOTS of drift fences and then the light bulb burned out and I says to myself"Nope, looks worse then Ely country in Nevada."
Pretty cold here in Tennessee this morning but the fall colors are still nice.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 27, 2018, 07:31 AM:

I haven't been in Wyoming in quite a while, but some things leave quite an impression. Like being stranded in Rock Springs, roads closed in and out of town, people just parking in the middle of the street in the middle of town and by the second day, none of the restaurants had any food. The snow wasn't falling so much as blowing sideways and piling up in 14 foot drifts. This is fucked up! Day three, we snuck out of town by going north. Maybe that's kinda normal in Wyoming, I don't know? I know this, the coyotes and bobcats are gorgeous, prime as you ever hope to see, but it's not like they are all that numerous, compared to Nevada. And, the main difference weather wise between Wyoming and Nevada is that it warms up in the daytime in one of those places and not, in the other. Oh, and I detest hunting in that wind! Calling in windy conditions tends to suck. All these guys that like to work their programs for a 700 yard shot should love the challenge of factoring in wind, here and out yonder; which ain't the same. The way I see it, when I pull the trigger, I expect to kill something. When shooting at long distance, in windy conditions, you cannot count on a down animal. I don't like that, and I won't shoot if it's a percentage shot. Nothing makes me feel more stupid than to see a coyote run off, after the shot.

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on November 27, 2018, 08:53 AM:

I was in Rawlings Wyoming once and the wind wasn't blowing ……………….. but nobody believes me. [Frown]

Posted by NVWalt (Member # 375) on November 27, 2018, 04:20 PM:

You are right. Sounds like a pipe dream to me.

Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on November 27, 2018, 05:16 PM:

We were in Casper one fall and even the locals couldn't stand the wind that fall. It shook a canopy almost apart. We had to park into the wind so the door wouldn't blow off when we got out and we could open the canopy door and tailgate.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 27, 2018, 05:40 PM:

Before we tackle GLOBAL WARMING, or the nebulous, impossible to pin down CLIMATE CHANGE, otherwise known as
Weather, why don't we get these "scientists" together and have them work out a solution for Windy Wyoming? Should be relatively easy, don't you think?

I feel generous, lets give them a year and a billion dollars, and if they can't fix the wind in Wyoming, we will pull the pants down on these dickwads that think humans can control and manipulate the friggin' weather.

Case closed. Now, shut the fuck up about CLIMATE CHANGE!

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on November 28, 2018, 05:17 AM:

The climate has always changed and always will git used to it ! ! or just send a check or money order to Al Gore he'll fix it !

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 28, 2018, 08:11 AM:

You, of all people fall for Al Gore and his lies about 26 foot rise in sea level! I dunno, maybe that wasn't you? (just kidding)

Good hunting. El Bee

PS I see you expect snow tomorrow?

Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on November 28, 2018, 08:13 AM:

Another dusting of snow over night. Might temps right now.
Sounds like the Alaska deep freeze is coming next week.
Gosh it's the first of December it always goes into a deep freeze in the PNW.
Always get the January thaw to settle the snow then low valley's early spring starts.

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on November 28, 2018, 11:52 AM:

Hey Ariel;
I saw a fresh snake track yesterday while out on The Loop. Watch where you park your butt !!!!

Posted by Ariel Perez (Member # 4678) on November 28, 2018, 12:17 PM:

Thanks for the heads up Koko. Funny you say that because two weekends ago during the contest here in Safford i had one start rattling in a tumble weed directly below were I sat, I definitely wasn’t expecting it.

We have worlds that starts on Friday and the weather is gonna be terrible so I doubt we will run into any.

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on November 28, 2018, 01:35 PM:

Ok, what's the deal with the World ??

I gave somebody my dues for the Sportsman Club but have never heard anything back from them.

Posted by Ariel Perez (Member # 4678) on November 28, 2018, 04:05 PM:

I’ll get you hooked up with Wade he is the president and he lives close to you, he is a great guy.

Worlds will be held in globe, Friday-Saturday hunt.

Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on November 28, 2018, 06:34 PM:

Fog Bowl here all day. Spit some snow yesterday. Never stuck though.

I think all the fog rolls downhill & winds up here ?

I've got a portable spot light to shine on my critters.

Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on November 28, 2018, 07:53 PM:

Yeah, friends across and down from you under Clay Peak dump called and said it was foggy down there.
We were clear and warm until around 4 p then it rolled in here from the south.
Should be a fun morning checking traps.
Lets see if we can make it the 5th fall down for this fall.

Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on November 29, 2018, 06:42 AM:

Took the pups for their morning walk and from the north it looked like snow coming when it got to me it was frozen fog , never seen that before! I was breathing ice crystals ! Hey Al Gore the weather is more unusual than usual ! oh and you can kiss my ass !

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on November 29, 2018, 06:43 AM:

Bubble Wrap !!!!!
Insulation and it you fall you're cushioned.

Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on November 29, 2018, 06:44 AM:

P.S. and "Holy crap on a cracker" is the best title ever ! lol

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 29, 2018, 09:02 AM:

Hey Paul, that sort of condition is where you can see a rifle shot all the way to the target. I don't know what causes it, and it's usually surprising but interesting.

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on November 29, 2018, 11:18 AM:

I don't understand all that I know about it, but I think that it has something to do with humidity boiling off in a velocity cone behind the bullet.
Rare but really cool when it happens.

Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on November 29, 2018, 11:19 AM:

Still fogged in somewhat. Go up the road 10 miles clear sun is out and quite warm actually. Drop back to the house and the temp is 27*. Can see the sun down river now and it's trying to lift and break.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 29, 2018, 04:06 PM:

Well Folks, it's been raining all day here and supposed to continue at least half way through tomorrow.

And, you know what that means? Yes, you people to the east will be getting some snotty weather in a couple days. I expect we will hear all about it on the dramatic evening news, some reporter all dressed up on the shoulder and vehicles with their headlights on, driving slow.

Sounds like fun!

I have a question! Where is it that people actually drive carefully, in winter conditions? It ain't here, that's for sure! And, the assholes that cut in and out in traffic never have to pay for it. It's the guy behind that swerves and locks up. That's the worst thing about bad weather conditions, the people that are always in a hurry. Aren't we all, but reckless driving in winter conditions makes my blood boil!

Good hunting. El Bee

edit: remember what I told ya. At night in snow, keep your interior lights on! Makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE!

[ November 29, 2018, 04:08 PM: Message edited by: Leonard ]

Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on November 29, 2018, 07:10 PM:

Yeah, I heard it was raining in the LA basin. My guess is it feels good ? I'm sure the A-holes on the freeway have a different opinion.

Rain supposed to hit tonight again & maybe in the morning.

Then probably fog ? I'm not a fog enemy but it kinda drives me crazy. Like when my dog starts barking in the "wee" hours & I can't see shit out back.

Always something to bitch about. Right ?

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on November 30, 2018, 03:40 AM:

High wind & rain just got here. This is gonna get ugly before the day's over.

El Bee;
We have a local cop who takes special pleasure in chatting with those 'I'm a GOOD driver so all of that safe driving shit don't apply to me" drivers.
I suspect that the chat ends up being rather expensive.

Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on November 30, 2018, 05:15 AM:

Thanks LB. Your moisture got here
inch or so of fresh snow more to come today.
Oh well, should make elk hunting fun.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on November 30, 2018, 07:33 AM:

Sun's out. Don't know if it's over? Still a little chilly,

Yeah, I just checked. It's official. Passed us by. 50* right now.

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on December 01, 2018, 04:22 AM:

Between the squalls right now.
More this afternoon and over night looks like it might be more if the radar isn't lying.
16* right now. Guess the weather peeps hit that one. Cold all week night and day.

Went looking for elk sign yesterday. Only seen wild horses, F/G C.O. and hunting camps. Don't know if they are wrapping up last months hunt or starting this months hunt?

Figure it'll be a free for all as usual when it comes to hunting in Idaho and elk.

Posted by Eddie (Member # 4324) on December 01, 2018, 05:45 AM:

Had a tornado last night south of me, the news said it ran for 68 miles don't no how much of that was on the ground. Have to wait for day light to see how much is tore up. Sister in law called yesterday said that they had a 7.2 earthquake just down the road from her house near Anchorage. Sounds like November ended pretty rough for some folks.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 01, 2018, 06:36 AM:

Yeah, I saw pictures. knarley! They seem to have some serious earthquakes up there! Like 4' high cracks, & dropoffs, and just like in the lower 48, ceiling tiles fall down and stuff falls off the shelves. Amazing!

But still, the worst earthquake I ever personally experienced is long forgotten but it was centered right here in Upland, 4 miles deep. It was like somebody set off a bomb under my chair that early Sunday morning as I was reading the LA Times. It was only a 4.? but you had to be here to appreciate it.

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on December 01, 2018, 09:57 AM:

Sunshine on my panels makes me happy ! -'John Denver' I think

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on December 01, 2018, 10:30 AM:

We got snow ……….. up on the mountain where it belongs !!!!!!!
Hey El Bee;
Remember the 6.5 Northridge Quake ?? I lived in Reseda about five miles from the epicenter.
Moved to Olympia and rode out the 6.5 Nisqually Quake.
If I never fell the ground move again ……
[Eek!]

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 01, 2018, 11:22 AM:

Northridge. I believe that one was around six AM? I don't know if I was actually awake before and just laying there, but both me and the wife were awake through the whole thing and just laid in bed, not a word was spoken. Got up and looked at the pool, water splashing all over the sides, when it finally settled down, I think the level was down 4 or 5 inches, or about 3,000 gallons.

Have you ever been driving during an earthquake. Very strange, you think you had a flat, or one time, I had the sensation that I was crossing railroad track at an angle; kinda slipping and sliding.

One time, I was wshing the car in the driveway and was bent over, washing around the front fender when I was bouncing and thinking, wow, I need new shocks! Just then, Nanc came out the front door and said, hey, did you feel that? Feel what?

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on December 01, 2018, 11:59 AM:

It was 4:30 in the morning. I got thrown out of bed from a sound sleep by what seemed like a freight train going thru the living room. Trying to stand up, I could see stars below me. WTF ???? Turned out to be static electricity in the carpet.
Bad times !!!

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 01, 2018, 02:14 PM:

Yeah, you're probably right. 6 didn't seem right, don't know why I guessed it? But it was pitch dark so it must have woke us both up, I don't even know if I could have got out of bed if I wanted to? I think the Mexicans slept in the parks for a week and a half, afterwards. Hows that for brilliant?

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on December 01, 2018, 05:18 PM:

Cold today. No new snow and only a big fat zero on elk hunting. A lot of sharks on different roads sitting and glassing.

Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on December 01, 2018, 06:53 PM:

Looked out back earlier today your mountain (earthwalker) is about 1/2 to 2/3 white now.

You going back there for another year ?

Pretty soggy here.

Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on December 02, 2018, 04:59 AM:

One more summer to go.
I think after 40 years it enough time.
I can officially retire after Dec 1 2019

Been watching the HSB webcam and Holy Crap! It has snowed on that mountain all day.
Just took a look and it's still SNOWING up there! Either the camera is froze and won't change pics or it's happening.

Just cold up here enough snow on the ground to make it the enchanted time of the year with all the xmas lights going up right now. Which reminds me I need to get a few things put up today too.

Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on December 02, 2018, 05:40 AM:

During the Northridge quake I lived in Northridge sounded like I was in the train running thru my house just getting out of bed getting ready to go to work !
Today is snow lucky fukin me and my favorite dog is missing ! went out late to turn on generator dogs went to pee and only one returned should use auto start feature !

Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on December 02, 2018, 08:23 AM:

Yeah I might get ambitious and hang a few lights on the house & barn.

It snowed a few inches last night. Kinda gets me in the mood ?

Ok earthwalker one more year & no more !!

(edit) I hope you find your dog Paul !!

[ December 02, 2018, 08:25 AM: Message edited by: Dave Allen ]

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 02, 2018, 09:13 AM:

This is serious! Where's that dog! This reminds me of something I read a few days ago. Woman put up a sign at McDonalds;
DO NOT FEED THIS DOG, SHE'S NOT A STRAY, NOT HOMELESS!
So, dog acts all whooped and pitiful, and the customers throw her a cheeseburger and she goes home after scoring a treat.

I bet your dog is moping around the drive through, in town, hoping for something better than that crummy grub you feed her. It's not that far, in dog years.
Hope the 'yotes didn't get her.

Good hunting. El Bee

edit: "should use auto start feature"
Well, duh!

[ December 02, 2018, 09:16 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ]

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on December 02, 2018, 10:47 AM:

I'm just not seeing Paul's dog at a common drive thru.
Olive Garden at the very least.

Hope that you find him or he finds his way home.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 02, 2018, 03:52 PM:

You are forgetting what a whistle stop is Ash Fork. I'm betting the nearest Olive Garden is either Kingman or Flag and that's quite a walk.

Probably nothing to worry about, home by now?

This reminds me of my grandson Aaron, you remember him? Well he had a good natured dog, half poodle and half yellow lab, big curly coat. Anyway, he was chasing a car out on the highway in front of their house. The car eventually stopped a half mile down the road, opened the door and the dog jumped in, while everybody watched from the front yard. HEY! WAIT A MINUTE!

Last they heard of him! Probably a kidnapping, I mean dognapping? What nerve! The way I heard it, he didn't even wave goodbye?

Good hunting. El Bee

edit: and people wonder how a dog can go missing in NY and turn up in Florida?

[ December 02, 2018, 03:56 PM: Message edited by: Leonard ]

Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on December 04, 2018, 04:21 AM:

Dog returned she is a hunter that's all she does 24 -7. No drive thru in our little town !

Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on December 06, 2018, 04:30 AM:

Colder than a well diggers ass in the Klondike.
-9 here at the house this morning. Our high was 15 yesterday.
Skies are crystal clear deep blue night and day and we've been minus something each morning for the last few days.
Problem is we're getting use to it. [Big Grin]

Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on December 12, 2018, 10:54 AM:

Got a inch of fresh snow right at daylight. Was waiting to go out to move snow around. Looked out the door and it was a blizzard out side. 24mph wind. So waited for it all to blow by. Blew all the snow off the roof and the satellite dish for the interenet.
What the amazing part is we've hit 34* first time is a couple of weeks.
Looks like another storm cell moving in now.

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