18 degrees below zero

chancemarquette · Post by **chancemarquette** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:33 pm

to cold for my dogs you guys have any luck?

Big Horn Posse · Post by **Big Horn Posse** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:52 pm

Was -35 with the wind chill here in the northern part of the Bighorns today. Not worth going outside to shovel the front steps much less take hounds out!! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

chancemarquette · Post by **chancemarquette** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:59 pm

thats about how i felt but i hate wasting fresh snow. I guess theres not much you can do about it

Big Horn Posse · Post by **Big Horn Posse** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:20 pm

Where are you in WY? We have had a lot of snow so far this year here in Sheridan

chancemarquette · Post by **chancemarquette** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:23 pm

Im in glenrock, only had about 3-5 good snows so far.

trakntree · Post by **trakntree** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:29 pm

-24 here this evening. One thing about it, doesn't sound like the snow is going to melt anytime in the next few days.

On second thought, how about some weather to melt off that frozen white stuff>

chancemarquette · Post by **chancemarquette** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:31 pm

yeah thats definintely the positive side to it. the negative side is trying to get my truck started.

broncobilly · Post by **broncobilly** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:59 pm

Twas a balmy 8 degrees here this morning, and snowing. I roaded the dogs about 4 miles and BB took off into the trees, I went and checked and there were no tracks in the snow but BB's, but it was obvious he was following a scent trail of some sort, and he is fairly honest, so I turned in Danny and started following with Mudd and Joe on a lead. After about a half mile BB and Danny both opened two or three times, then shut up and went on over the hill, still trailing. When I got to where they had opened, there were fresh tracks on top of the snow, so I turned in Mudd and Joe. I then followed them on over the top and across the little mesa and they were bayed at the bottom of a 20 ft rim. It would have been a perfect opportunity to take some good action pics because I was directly above the bay, but I had forgotten my camera at home. I did take a couple of pics after I got home.

Bill

live to hunt · Post by **live to hunt** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:55 pm

How cold is too cold to run dogs? I would think wind chill would factor in also.

david · Post by **david** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:07 pm

live to hunt wrote:How cold is too cold to run dogs? I would think wind chill would factor in also.

Kinda depends on where you live Mr. hunt.

If you are from georgia or florida, you might think +19 degrees is too cold to run dogs. And the way they have bred the hair off those dogs, it might just BE too cold.

In the North country, it is different. If you got dogs with a good coat on them and lots of desire you can go way below zero. You can hunt dogs without the hair too, but they find it hard to get out of the box sometimes.
then once they get to working, they seem fine. They are much more likely to freeze reproductive parts without the hair. Nipples on the females and testes on the males. What is weird about this though is that I have never seen them actually loose the use of these. In my experience, they can be frozen hard as a rock, and still be usefull once thawed.

On a -10 degree morning with the sun shining and little or no wind, it is a great day to be in the woods for dog and hunter alike. Everything feels cleaner than ever, and the sounds and sights seem crisper and clearer.
I love it on those days, and one reason is when it starts falling below -10 those cats get up and move. I think maybe they have to to stay warm or something, but there is always something fun to do on those days. If you catch one early, chances are this is your two cat day, because you may well find a cat moving any time of day.

What surprises the heck out of me every time I see it though, is bear tracks in the snow when it is -15 degrees or so. I have seen it at least twice that I can vividly remember, and maybe another time as well.

It is just a great time to be out. Things to see and experience that only happen when it is really really cold. Like, Ever heard lake ice crack like distant thunder fast approching till it booms in your face? You cant see any movement in the ice at all. It's cool. (releiving preasure from rapid deep freezing, is my guess). Then I look around because I really want someone else there so I can say "did you hear that????!!!" or something really dumb like that. Then it happens again......... and again.

It's good medicine for the soul.

Remember the Inuit proverb: There is no such thing as poor weather; only poor clothing.