I guess I'll go wash the truck and try to bring on some rain and colder weather. Maybe ol Al was right, this global warming crap is starting to get old.
I took off Wed. and Friday to hunt, but I'm not even going to bother Wed. cause it still suppossed to be 70 degrees. Hopefully that front will move through on turkey day and the bottom will fall out of the temps.
I spent 4 years in texas, couldn't wait to get out of that heat and back to some cooler weather, and snow. I feel for you guys that have to hunt in the hot weather. I sure didn't like it.
Gotta say, it was the thing I hated most about hunting in the south, especially LA & FL. Hard to get in the mood when it's Christmas and 70 degrees...
For the record though I only had about 6 days when it was below freezing in the morning this season.
For the record though I only had about 6 days when it was below freezing in the morning this season.
Moved back from Vegas in May of '06 after the wife graduated from UNLV. The day we moved down there was in mid July of '03 and they were having record heat of 132F. I Ak Air cargo'd all of our stuff down, so I spent that day moving everything into the apartment. What a freeking nightmare. Couldn't wait to get back to Alaska, but every two weeks was one extreme to the next. Vegas at 90-100, Prudhoe at 30-40 below. I'd freeze my sunburn and sunburn my frost nip. Made for some cool marbling.
NE Montana gets cold, loads of wind, and deep snow.
Here in SW MT, we're on the relatively dry eastern slopes of the rockies, yet far enough into the mountans to miss the worst of the "Arctic Express" cold, wind, and deep snow that is classic to central and eastern MT.
Here in SW MT, we're on the relatively dry eastern slopes of the rockies, yet far enough into the mountans to miss the worst of the "Arctic Express" cold, wind, and deep snow that is classic to central and eastern MT.
We always called it the "banana belt." Still there are some frosty days and nights, to say the least.MontanaMarine said:
Still referred to as the banana belt. As you say though, it's a relative comparison.
We get plenty of sub-zero weather. it's dipped into the -30s in all of the the last three winters.
We get plenty of sub-zero weather. it's dipped into the -30s in all of the the last three winters.
Nothing like a case of the monkey ass. We rode to the bottom of the Grand Canyon on a donkey one time, the last time. I walked out. Damn thing kept looking over the rim of the trail like it wanted to jump, not very inspiring.
Twenty miles when you're not used to it is waaaaaaaaay too much. Somebody wasn't looking out for SH.Steelhead said:
Someone also forgot to tell me that the horse didn't like getting his feet wet. First stream he stopped for a second and then jumped it.
Can't tell you the joy I had whilst hanging on after it got spooked by a moose and calf. Nope, next time I'm on a horse there will be a blank check in my pocket and a loaded pistol pointed at the ponies head........
Can't tell you the joy I had whilst hanging on after it got spooked by a moose and calf. Nope, next time I'm on a horse there will be a blank check in my pocket and a loaded pistol pointed at the ponies head........
Horses scare me. I ain't too keen on animals bigger and dumber than me. The one that jumped a 3 rail fence on Saint Simons Island taught me that....I didn't fall off though