Was gonna go caribou hunting today. -15, 15 mph wind- chill maybe -30. Decided against it. I have the clothing., but not the snow.
I keep thinking we up here sure could use some of that snow I see in the ND pipeline protest reports.
We only have about 2 inches of snow, with no more in sight for a couple weeks at least, making travel over that step-and-a-half tundra tussock really tough and hard on equipment. It's about 50% bare ground running, with nothing filling in the troughs...
OK- the total truth..... I just didn't feel like it.
Next weekend is supposed to be up around zero, with little wind - maybe I'll go out on the 4-wheeler instead. It's more designed for that stuff, tho it has no windscreen. But I'm not going that fast anyway, and it's quieter. Also it will comfortably only haul one caribou at a time (I have carried two), which puts some limit on my greed....