Winter begins


elkoholic

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8 hours ago, elkoholic said:

The Rocky Mountain Front and farther east got blasted this past weekend.  Only a couple of inches of snow at my place, but a lot of wind and cold temps.  It could be a long winter.  Check out some of the pictures.

https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/gallery-snowstorm-hits-montana-09-29-2019

I heard east glacier got around 4' in places!  We got about 6" 2 hours west of us in the Cascades a d heard anywhere from 2-16 north of Spokane into the selkirks.

 

Also, I might want to pick your brain about some elk spots up your way for a hunt next year or whenever I draw a general tag....

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I'll take the 20s and 30s we have been experiencing every morning, and daytime highs around 50, to the heat that is throttling the east side of the country.  The weekend forecast is calling for a rain and snow mix in the valleys and possible heavy snow in the mountains.  The colder weather hasn't improved game movement but it does make for more comfortable hunting conditions for me. 

They are still digging out from the 4 feet of white stuff over in Browning.

That's a lot of snow even for the big critters:  https://www.kpax.com/news/video-big-grizzly-bear-trudging-through-snow-in-glacier-county

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Woke up to a heavy frost and 26 this morning, felt amazing. Wanted to get in the tree for an evening sit tonight but never made it. Had to pick up 400sq ft of click flooring for the living room, get some stuff at the store for the little man and have supper. Oh well. Supposed to rain tomorrow, may sneak out to the ground blind for a couple hours if I can. Life is much busier now with 2 kids! 

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The towns where I hunt turkeys in Wyoming and Nebraska are bracing for impact.

Today it's 75 degrees and there's a Red Flag Warning for prairie fires.  By Thursday night they're supposed to be between 10 and 15 degrees with winds to 35 mph and up to 14 inches of snow in the higher ridges...…… 6 to 10 inches otherwise.

Good grief !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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It was 18 degrees here this morning.  I only have a couple of inches of snow at my house as most of the snow came before the temperature dropped and the snow was melting as soon as it hit the ground.  Yesterday morning it was 58 degrees (warmest it had been in a month) and sunny on my way in to work, which had changed to 34 degrees and snowing by the time I headed home last night.  Fortunately the road surface was warm enough so that it was melting as fast as it hit.  South and east of here was a different story.

Some pictures if interested: https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/weather-alert-day-travel-impacts-from-snow-and-wind

Not all the pictures are from the recent storm, but they do show what western Montana is like if you've never been out this way.

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Our second "cold" front blew through SETX today.  Yesterday's high was in the low 90's....today's high was early this morning at 70.  It's about 55 outside now.  Gonna have a couple of days of cooler weather then it's back into the mid 80's for highs for the next week.  I don't hunt with a stick and string anymore so I think I'll hit the national forest tomorrow afternoon and kill some limb rats.

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No frost here this morning but cool, in the mid 30's, and very foggy.  Should have went and sat a stand somewhere just to see what might be moving.  Might get out tomorrow morning, supposed to get down to 34. 

Hoping a decent buck moves in soon, youth hunt is a couple weeks away and only had one I would like to see Allison get a shot at, no pics of him in a good while though.

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