isaaccarlson
Well-Known Member
I have been out in some stupid cold temps. The coldest I have ever hunted was about -30, add the windchill, and the wind was whipping.
I have been out in extreme cold as well, -100 or thereabouts. It was -40 when we left home and then got a LOT colder and the wind was not just wind anymore. Nothing worked and we were lucky we didn't die. Why we decided to fish in the cold is beyond me. Even with thick gloves, 10 seconds was too long outside. Our faces froze instantly and the hole was impossible to keep clear. The lake put on about 10 inches of ice in about 45 minutes and sounded like a nuclear holocaust. The truck could barely idle and never moved from the cold mark. The tires had glat spots and clunked the whole way home. Being in the ice house didn't help. The holes would freeze over with a ¼" of ice almost instantly and we were constantly woorking to keep them clear. It was beyond stupid and we shpuld not have been out there. It was an artcic blast or whatever its called where a slug of superchilled high atmosphere air falls and rips through at high speed. I had heard of them killing dog slwd teams and wildlife up north, but experiencing it was something else.
We had another one of those tear through one night while we were sleeping. The fire was going good and the house was in the 80's. I added some wood and went to bed. I woke up freezing several hours later. I got dressed and went downstairs to check the fire, but it was still blazing away. The thermostat was bottomed out and I could hear the wind whistling harder and louder than ever before. I added more wood and slept by the stove until morning. It warmed up when the sun came up, to maybe -50. I went outside to check on our small herd of russian boar and they were gone. No sign of them anywhere. I hollered and called and there was no answer. I went back inside and holed up until it warmed to near zero the next day. I went back out and hollered for the pigs and the snow and dirt started to move. They had dug down through the snow and frozen dirt to get away from the cold! I never would have believed it if I hadn't seen it. They were just fine, other than their very sore snouts.
A few years ago we had 2 solid weeks of -50 air temps. Even the antifreeze was frozen. I have a picture somewhere of me holding a frozen jug sideways. Nothing moves at -50. No birds, no deer, no nothing. Just quiet.
The only thibg you might here is the trees exploding. I remember one exploding by my head one day. Thought I was getting shot at.
I have been out in extreme cold as well, -100 or thereabouts. It was -40 when we left home and then got a LOT colder and the wind was not just wind anymore. Nothing worked and we were lucky we didn't die. Why we decided to fish in the cold is beyond me. Even with thick gloves, 10 seconds was too long outside. Our faces froze instantly and the hole was impossible to keep clear. The lake put on about 10 inches of ice in about 45 minutes and sounded like a nuclear holocaust. The truck could barely idle and never moved from the cold mark. The tires had glat spots and clunked the whole way home. Being in the ice house didn't help. The holes would freeze over with a ¼" of ice almost instantly and we were constantly woorking to keep them clear. It was beyond stupid and we shpuld not have been out there. It was an artcic blast or whatever its called where a slug of superchilled high atmosphere air falls and rips through at high speed. I had heard of them killing dog slwd teams and wildlife up north, but experiencing it was something else.
We had another one of those tear through one night while we were sleeping. The fire was going good and the house was in the 80's. I added some wood and went to bed. I woke up freezing several hours later. I got dressed and went downstairs to check the fire, but it was still blazing away. The thermostat was bottomed out and I could hear the wind whistling harder and louder than ever before. I added more wood and slept by the stove until morning. It warmed up when the sun came up, to maybe -50. I went outside to check on our small herd of russian boar and they were gone. No sign of them anywhere. I hollered and called and there was no answer. I went back inside and holed up until it warmed to near zero the next day. I went back out and hollered for the pigs and the snow and dirt started to move. They had dug down through the snow and frozen dirt to get away from the cold! I never would have believed it if I hadn't seen it. They were just fine, other than their very sore snouts.
A few years ago we had 2 solid weeks of -50 air temps. Even the antifreeze was frozen. I have a picture somewhere of me holding a frozen jug sideways. Nothing moves at -50. No birds, no deer, no nothing. Just quiet.
The only thibg you might here is the trees exploding. I remember one exploding by my head one day. Thought I was getting shot at.
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