Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire How do people stand more winter than this?

Summer for me is working 7-12s and making money. Winter slows down and the gun projects begin to pile up.

Nothin' wrong with winter. Pussies.

Posted by DeerWhacker444:

"I HATE Summer like most folks hate Winter...Fall and Winter can't get here soon enough.

I don't like the heat, matter of fact I hate the heat. If it never got above 60 degrees, that would be okay with me.

I also enjoy what others call "dreary" weather. Cloudy, rainy, foggy,..I prefer that over the Baking Summer sun...

Just the way I'm wired."



I am just like Deerwhacker when it comes to summer. I absolutely hate it. Some get depressed during the winter...give me a few days in the 90's and I am nearly impossible to get along with. HATE THE HEAT!!! I just turned 61 recently and still thoroughly enjoy each winter day.

Give me a day in the teens or twenties with a mild breeze of 10-15 mph, snow flakes in the air and about 6-8" of snow on the ground, shotgun in hand, following my GSP looking for pheasants and I am in heaven. A cooler day with more wind will find me in the goose pit or duck blind. Any time it is in the 40's or 50's that is a good day for fishing, either open water on the river or ice fishing local ponds and lakes. On the really cold winter days, I usually am loading ammo, cleaning guns or workingn on my fishing gear.

Someone once asked my why I like what others call the cold, miserable winter weather. I replied I guess that saying I like that kind of weather can really piss off some people

Good things about winter:
NO grass to mow
NO bugs
The ol' wood stove going with a pot of stew or chili simming on top.
Most hunting seasons still open
NO sweat in my eyes.
A lot less people everywhere, especially at my favorite fishing holes.
Lots of birds to watch on the birdfeeders on the few days that I am in the house.
A great time to get caught up on projects in the shop, on the few days that I am not hunting or fishing.
Fur is good on the coyotes and they repsond to the calls well...especially on those cold, near zero, calm mornings.

Good things about summer:
Fall is on the way
Winter is on the way

Daylight saving time change falls on March 10th this year. That's only three weeks away from today. Less than two weeks after that is the first day of Spring.

Good news!

Mid south carolina is about as opressive as it gets. You might want to think a little higher.

You know what area has a nice climate is upper Alabama, near Guntersville Lake. It's at the base of the mountains and while I was there it never got over 91. Nice enough in the mornings to fish for a couple of hours.

Virginia has a pretty nice climate but it's a costly state to live in.

At least it's starting to warm up, only -21 this am

We just get sick of it quicker than you do, We also enjoy summer more because we know whats comming.

the older i get, the more i can see why older people move south. i am sick and friggen tired of PA winters. i am considering looking for a condo to buy in SW Florida to use in the winter months when (if) i retire. haven't put much thought into it but would like to buy something i could rent out when i wasn't there.

Bunch of old 80-90 year olds still alive, you guys need to chill out and quit complaining...

Joke now, just kidding.....grin

I just shoveled us out for the third time in two weeks. I spent 2 - 8 hour days and 2 - 5 hour days moving snow. I am thoroughly sick of winter myself. I know the family gets the blues too so I try to cook more interesting things. I do a lot of baking. Blueberry muffins, pumpkin pie, chocolate chip cookies... Sweet desserts. It seems to help a little bit.

Luvin winter after December and January. More sunlight and less cold. Sunny every day and great downhill and xc skiing




And some late season quail huns and chukar

I was thinkin Muscle Shoals

yes. or Lake Lanier and environs. the Lake is up.

but, ya better bring your pocketbook. that close to the ATL you can expect some stiff competition for a lakefront house.

north ga. in the summer and down along the coast in the winter makes for a wonderful combination as the old bones refuse to age oh so gracefully.

Dog Mushing, snow shoeing, watching the Aurora Borealis, reading books, watching dog races, winter photography etc.

I think Bristoe is just funnin' with you all. He's using the "cold winter" to justify bringing his pet possum into the house!

He doesn't want it's bare old tail to freeze off.

Over the years, I've been into electric trains (mostly Lionel) during the winter months. Set up a layout before Christmas, mess with it until about March or April and then tear it down. Create a new one for next year. But some guys just keep building their own empire, you could make it summer year round there.

To steal a sig line from a guy on one of the train forums "Trains are a WINTER sport" (IIRC he was a surfer or sailboarder in the summer)

Dale

Moved back to TN after living in South Florida for 30 yrs and I can handle the cold weather hell of a lot easier than the burning heat in South,FL.

I stepped out of my truck to squirrel hunt at 6:00am & 19 degrees this morning...felt great!

Winter in Wisconsin is no problem once you get used to it!!

Nice!

I thought he ate that friggen thing already.