So who stayed inside for the arctic blast!

[Pappy]

It was -5 here saturday morning when I left to go duck hunting. I should have taken my camera but was more interested with paying attention to the ice.

These pics were from the same area but from today, alot of ice is gone and I am kicking myself for not shooting the place yesterday because it was beautiful outside...except for the cold:p

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Ryan lives for fishing, and while it was still cold out, he wanted to tag along to see the river

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[JJs450r]

the lowest we got was 8 and that was at night, lowest during the day was 19 :( not used to it here down in carolina they are calling for snow here hope we get some

[dingocatcher]

Great shots....Wish we had that kinda weather and countryside here!

[wilkin250r]

Record highs here on the west coast. :p

[05_KFX]

Kenny, you shoulda gave me a call I woulda slippe dout with you guy's.. I ended up heading back out yesterday around 1 and stuck it out till almost 5, and damn i was like BURRRRRR..

[Pappy]

I was wore out from the cold:p

Casey, there were loads of ducks in the breaks, we have got to get in there. I may try and slip in there and ford teh river at the dirt ramp mid week, water depth had dropped about 8 inches from yesterday.

There were also loads of geese at the bridge and several ducks. Below the millville ramp there were tons of megansers.

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Almost stepped on these guys

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[ben300]

love the picture of the ducks, better than some sttuff in the DU magazines...

but ya it was -20 at seven in the morning and for somereason me and my family went skiing...snow was great..but it was cold!

[03pete]

around -20 here in Toledo too. -30 to -40 wind chills too. Nice pics Pappy

[quads14589]

wasent to bad here, just got to dress for it

[Pappy]

-20 and -40...you can have that:p

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[feuerstack411]

It sucked. My friend who's stationed in Alaska said it was 50 degrees this past week, while we had his cold weather.

[Doober]

yea we got hit with some low temps. one night it hit -10 with a 15 mph winds....I love the cold but not when its that cold

[dingocatcher]

spoke a bit soon there! Think i'll just take the countryside -40 id be sitting with my *** on the stove!;)

[woodsman250r]

Pappy-Great pics! I really enjoy looking at your photography on here! I do have one stupid question for you. Do you edit your photos before you post them on here??? It looks like what you shoot is what you post but I was just curious.

[400exrider707]

It was around -20 here a few nights. We couldn't get the snowmobile trailer hooked up to the truck cause the tongue was frozen stiff. Couldn't light a propane torch to thaw it out either... had to heat the torch bottle first, then light it, then thaw the trailer... all while standing outside haha. You get used to it after a while. All the while getting dumped on with snow too. Cant wait to get the wheelers back out on the ice again!

Really the cold isn't THAT bad, until the wind starts blowing, that's really what makes it intolerable.

[Pappy]

Originally posted by woodsman250r
Pappy-Great pics! I really enjoy looking at your photography on here! I do have one stupid question for you. Do you edit your photos before you post them on here??? It looks like what you shoot is what you post but I was just curious.

I do what I have to do and no more. Im not one to want to rely on editi work, but with digital it is a necassary evil sometimes.

Taken this mornin, uploaded about 5 minutes after I got home and then posted here:p

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[Ruby Soho]

Originally posted by 400exrider707
It was around -20 here a few nights. We couldn't get the snowmobile trailer hooked up to the truck cause the tongue was frozen stiff. Couldn't light a propane torch to thaw it out either... had to heat the torch bottle first, then light it, then thaw the trailer... all while standing outside haha. You get used to it after a while. All the while getting dumped on with snow too. Cant wait to get the wheelers back out on the ice again!

Really the cold isn't THAT bad, until the wind starts blowing, that's really what makes it intolerable.

agreed, i was out the other night when it was 0, -15 or something with the windchill and there was no wind, it really wasnt bad at all, then the next day i believe it was pretty windy but warmer and it felt way colder.. haha

i can't wait for spring though

[dingocatcher]

Pappy do you have any good pic's of wild boar or turkeys? The only ones i ever see are on the dinner plate!!

[Pappy]

No boars or hogs.....my son however wants badly to hunt hogs, especially javalina.

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[dingocatcher]

Thanks Pappy... Yes boar would be great to hunt!!

Great photography every shot is 1st class, makes for great viewing

Cheers