Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: half eye on November 18, 2014, 10:46:13 am
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My brother who's really in bad shape usually get together for some rifle hunting the first week of deer season. Turns out we barely made it to the spots I had set up for him.....crotch deep snow about killed both us old farts....anyways though ya might like some "snow" pics.
rich
PS: this is a bit much even for around here ::) Been blowin since the 14th
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Will count blessings for the minimal amount we have. But, as someone said, "when given lemons, . . . ."
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...make lemon snow cones! ;D
I like snow but.....
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My folks in the U.P. have gotten it pretty hard over the last week or so. Down here by the thumb we don't have hardly anything but cold.
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No sir......never, and I mean NEVER eat the yella snow :o Ya Jackson, me have nearly identical weather as Newberry.....love me some of that lake effect, thank ya Lord could we have some more, please!!!!! not
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Send some of that White gold my way. I'm itching to try out the new plow truck!
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Yikes. What happened to autumn?
Do you use snowshoes, Rich?
That's gotta be very hard on your deer population if it keeps up.
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Rich, I've been showing the pictures to my students today in class. The majority of them have NEVER seen snow before. :)
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Rich, I've been showing the pictures to my students today in class. The majority of them have NEVER seen snow before. :)
Take them on a field trip to Rich's house, and give each of them a snow shovel, and let them see just how light and fluffy, snow is. Then you can put the smallest, on the roof, to shovel off the snow load there. I bet Rich would even feed them, and give each of them, a real honest to goodness, honest Injun arrow, to take home with them. ;) In fact, I bet OL Rich would even go so far as to let each of them chop fire wood, to warm up, and see what our pioneer ancestors had to do to survive the harsh winters. Boy, what a lesson in history. Then take them ice fishing. But first put inner tubes around them, for when they slip and fall, and if they should find the only thin spot on the lake. Give them foot ball helmets, and elbow, knee, and shin guards, also. Yepher, I just bet OL Rich, being the kind Hearted guy he is, would go all out for those kids, letting them chop fire wood, shovel snow off his roof, and then piling it up on the sidewalk, and maybe after lunch, they could make a real honest to Nanook goodness Igloo! Right on the sidewalk where they piled the snow from Rich's driveway, and roof. Then I bet Rich would even let them stack that fire wood, and learn how to do it properly, with an artistic style. Shoot, I bet he would even give an extra biscuit to the kid who got the field mice out of the existing wood pile, and even let the kid who ran off the skunk that was living there also, stay in the igloo, for the rest of his stay. He could even borrow Rich's Coleman lantern, and camp stove to make hot chocolate, and cook his own food, just like Inuits do. Even cook fat back and pretend it is whale blubber. Boy, what a win, win, situation that would be. So start talking to some of the kids parents. I am sure they would love to be rid of the kids for a week or two. Who knows, maybe there will be a new baby Sister, or Brother, in the hanger, when they get back to the flight line. Boy wouldn't they have something to talk about with the other kids! Aww man, did we have a blast, we did all kinds of pioneer stuff, Man, that guy let us chop firewood, and have contests to see who could chop the most wood, and stack it, in an hour, and then we had snow ball fights, he showed us how to make a slush ball, and compress it, and man it is like a hard ball. Hey bill show them where your front teeth used to be! Then Tommy caught a Skunk, and then he got to live in the real igloo, and the guy said he will make a hat for him. He said the Indians, thought those who wore a Skunk hat instead of a Racoon hat were ..... special! ::) Hey you should see about getting in Mr. Parnell's class. It's a cool class! It's all in how you word it to them. ;) Sort of like the military recruiters ;) ::) Take it easy up there, We are trying to take it easy down here, it has been stormy, and rainy, and now..... there is a cold front here, and it is damp, and COLD, why it must be in the upper 60's to low 70's at the moment. Well I guess we all have to suffer in our own ways, to survive. Now where did I put those long sleeve shirts, I had one time. Oh, in Montana. Oh well I guess I will just have huddle under my sheet, to stay warm. Ooooh, a cold beer first.
Thanks for the Pictures, Rich.
Wayne
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Looks a lot like my place Rich. I was wondering just this morning if you were gonna be posting some snow pics. I wouldn't feel bad about not doing much rifle hunting, everybody I talked to this week is not seeing much, here in west Michigan anyway.
Tattoo Dave
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I saw you folks got 'er good on the weather network thats some dump :o
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looks much the same 2 1/2 hours south of ya
just got done with 3 hours of snow removal here.
I haven't seen this muck snow in mid November in a looong time
Kevin
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A bit early but time to start making bows inside...
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No thank you. I like it where I'm at.
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Yep It's all good....suppossed to keep it up the next few days then for 3 days it's gonna get up to 36-38 range and rain. Cant wait. Re-read the first post and wanted to say that Dan is not out of shape....he's got total renal failure but we'll get 'em next year.
This much snow is just unusual cause it's so early. The deer seem able to survive it cause we got a whole lot of swamp bottom and cedar woods for 'em to be able to make it.....but we do have a lot of "fawn kill" when the brouse line gets up about 5 feet or so.
just how it is fellas.
rich
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WOW, man I feel for yall, pretty and I like snow but as PatB said BUT. :)
Pappy
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Were in the middle of the storm right now in the Buffalo area, I've only got about a foot where I live south of the city,but some places around here got 5 feet of snow in a little more than 24 hours.
Kevin
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Buffalo looks nasty, been following that storm on the radio.
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Just watched the news cast, there's still more to come, thier predicting possibly 8 feet of snow in some areas.
And then almost 60 degree temps next Mon.
Kevin
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Just watched the news cast, there's still more to come, thier predicting possibly 8 feet of snow in some areas.
And then almost 60 degree temps next Mon.
Kevin
That's just plain weird.
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BG, ya we got the same except it's suppossed to be near 40 and rain,,,,,the lake effect just dont want to quit.....
rich
Parnell, hope them kids know that single didget temps aint no fun at all.....but hell, man kids like the winter anyways I guess.
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It's about 60 degrees, windy and damp down here in SW Florida. I just walked through the courtyard during lunch and the kids are all wrapped up in blankets.
It's a diffferent ballgame. When you have a tan, this weather feels cold!
I doubt I would enjoy that stuff anymore!
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When I was younger we had a 3-4' dump of heavy wet snow. Couple of days later it started to rain. About a half dozen houses collapsed.
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Early heavy snow is never fun. We had an early storm a few years back that took down hundreds of trees. It is a city ordinance to have trees in your parkstrip. The trees hadn't dropped their leaves yet. We went out in crews of two for months to pick up trees. The city I work for is good about doing what is right, not only doing what is required.
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Rich , I was thinking about you this morning as I was watching the weather. We had a massive 4'' in sunny West Ky. You guys can keep it all.
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I just got finished shoveling another foot and a half of snow, it snowed all night and it's still coming down. I have'nt seen the news cast yet this morning but my friends about 15 miles north west of me had about 5-6 feet on the ground yesterday and they definately have more today.
I've lived here all of my life and we've never seen lake effect snow like this.
After it's done it's gonna melt, thier predicting 55 degrees next Monday!
Kevin
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Got about three inches of new snow yesterday here in Mid-Michigan, 4 degrees this morning - working up to the mid twenties. Tomorrow should be fun - snow turning to freezing rain, changing to all rain. Get ready to open the flood gates ! Bob
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Live just a few blocks from Lake Michigan and we can get dumped on because of lake effect. After 65 years of it you just get use to the snow and it is not a big deal. Visitors to our state seem to have trouble driving in the white stuff.
We make self bows on Thursday nights at a place that normally takes 20 minutes to drive to and it took me an hour each way last night. It is what it is I guess.
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Got another two and a half feet last night and just finished shoveling it out, it looks like the snow is done for now and thier predicting rain and 60 degree temps to come, roof's are starting to collapse around the area.
I'm going deer hunting tomorrow!
Kevin
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Kinda makes you laugh at the phrase "global warming". :o I just saw this post Rich. Not sure how I missed it. I told my wife while watching the weather last night I needed to call and check on you. We have been having colder than normal temps, but nothing like you guys up north. I feel for you buddy!!
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I feel very comfortable in my family room without any snow on the ground outside..................YET. Thanks for making me feel lucky Rich!!!!!!