Thanks Dwayne, hope you are all doing well too!
Loved this: "One thing I'm dead certain of is that deep winter cold can come any time it feels like on the prairies after about the second week of October."
The coldest place I've lived and hunted was the northeastern corner of Montana, which is definitely prairie, with an hour's drive of both North Dakota and Saskatchewan. One winter day got to at least -50 F. below; the local thermometers ranged down to -58. That was damn cold--but that day was absolutely still.
The coldest day during that so-called "cold snap" was around -40--but with winds from 30-40 mph. Talk about wind chill!
Good hunting,
John
