Mike Oxbig
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Scarborough Ontario
Red snot means a good shot!
He's a big one!
He's a big one!
Are deer harder to hunt/ find in -20 weather?
- Thread starter viking365
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M12shooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- East St. Paul, mb
IMHO it take a good cold spell to get the whitetail moving... -25 and clear = a good morning to be out!
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HI All,
Thanks for your feedback. I went out as planned and ended up getting my first deer yesterday afternoon (muley doe...which was pretty much all that was open in WMU 234 at this time).
The deer was bedded down with a buck in a clump of trees (in an open field). Eventful day with lots of learning...first deer, first field dressing, first skinning. On Wednesday I get to learn how to butcher (de-bone) the meat I have hanging in the garage.
Thanks again for posting your answers. I almost cancelled this trip, and I am glad I didn't!
HI All,
Thanks for your feedback. I went out as planned and ended up getting my first deer yesterday afternoon (muley doe...which was pretty much all that was open in WMU 234 at this time).
The deer was bedded down with a buck in a clump of trees (in an open field). Eventful day with lots of learning...first deer, first field dressing, first skinning. On Wednesday I get to learn how to butcher (de-bone) the meat I have hanging in the garage.
Thanks again for posting your answers. I almost cancelled this trip, and I am glad I didn't!
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
Congratulations on your first, may there be many more.
Geeze, that sounds like a toast. Good idea eh?
Make mine a Scotch on the rocks.
The buck I remember as being my coldest, was one I shot ahead of my dogs, in minus 30 degree weather, with a light wind. I was standing on top of a rock, about six feet high, with my teeth chattering. No kidding, they really were, I was shaking like a leaf, and praying for something warm to stick my frozen hands in to get warm.
The buck appeared on a trot, seconds later, and one shot from the 30-30 dropped him cleanly. I gutted him, got all warmed up, and got back on my rock. The dogs never found that buck, the dogger took them low on the ridge, the deer was only trying to avoid them.
The warmth from the buck, I think he was an eight point, didn't last long, and I was certainly glad to hear the signal whistle and go climb in a warm vehicle for a bit.
Geeze, that sounds like a toast. Good idea eh?
Make mine a Scotch on the rocks.
The buck I remember as being my coldest, was one I shot ahead of my dogs, in minus 30 degree weather, with a light wind. I was standing on top of a rock, about six feet high, with my teeth chattering. No kidding, they really were, I was shaking like a leaf, and praying for something warm to stick my frozen hands in to get warm.
The buck appeared on a trot, seconds later, and one shot from the 30-30 dropped him cleanly. I gutted him, got all warmed up, and got back on my rock. The dogs never found that buck, the dogger took them low on the ridge, the deer was only trying to avoid them.
The warmth from the buck, I think he was an eight point, didn't last long, and I was certainly glad to hear the signal whistle and go climb in a warm vehicle for a bit.
Like any mammal they need to retain their core temp. If it's -25 during the day and -30 at night, the deer are way more likely to feed during the day and hunker down in the evening. There are alot of buck suddenly visable during the day around here now that the temps dropped(and the seasons over).
