Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Clarksville, AR
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Would you rather hunt extreme heat or extreme cold?

Sitting at home tonight with temps supposed to hit 20, and thinking of those summer nights when it doesn't fall below 90. Seems like 15 years ago I'd go no matter what...

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Registered: Sep 2009
Location: sycamore,ohio
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only thing that keeps me home is alot of snow..lol.. ill wait it out the dogs dont forget how to tree a coon after a week or two..lol..

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Registered: Aug 2009
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either too cold or to hot I dont go. Anything above 80 at night or below 25 I wont go. Especially when it is humid

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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Clarksville, AR
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I guess its geographically dependant. Some far north hunters I know have told me about taking advantage of "warm" nights in the 20's.
They'd never consider cutting a dog when the temp was in the 90's with 80% humidity...

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: waldo wi
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it was too cold /i was too hot! i was huntin , it was a good nite

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Registered: Aug 2009
Location: SCOTT DEPOT , WVA
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iam in southern wv and its spitting a rain snow mixture so iam not getting out in it , as far as cold that really dont bother me as long as its not windy as hell , and isnt wet , i hate trying to hunt after a rain and it freezes . in the summer months in august espically i wait and go after midnight and hunt early in the morning . all in all iam out in about any conditions , cant complain a bit this winter i think ive mighteve missed a total of a week of hunting all toghther due to weather

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Registered: May 2010
Location: South Dakota
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When you've endured a week or two of sub-zero temperatures, anything in the 20's does seem "warm". Have not had to deal with it this winter (yet). You can always put on enough clothes to stay comfortable, but you can't take off enough to be comfortable when it's in the 90's, well not legally anyway.
In the 20's there's no ticks, 'skeeters or gnats to deal with, not to mention bug spray running into your eyes with the sweat that's pouring off you, even when you're just sitting on the endgate listening.
If I had to choose between the two I'd opt for the 20's, but I don't do much of either anymore. Neither one's usually very productive, so I just wait for a better night to come along.

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Registered: May 2008
Location: Gillett, Pa
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must be old don't hunt when its to hot to cold and hate full moons lol

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Registered: Jan 2010
Location: Anderson co Tennessee
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imo the heat worse on the dogs cold aint bad but the wind and the cold makes me scratch my head lol

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Originally posted by Cory Highfill
I guess its geographically dependant. Some far north hunters I know have told me about taking advantage of "warm" nights in the 20's.
They'd never consider cutting a dog when the temp was in the 90's with 80% humidity...

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Registered: May 2005
Location: Bellevue, IA
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4 degrees and 20 mile hr wind keeps me home.

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: North GA
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Gets below 20. I don't like it. That's cold on these southern bones. Wind blowing like crazy I stay home. No use to cut loose if I can't hear anything. Heat don't really bother me.

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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Clarksville, AR
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Another cold one here tonight. Supposed to be teens, snow/ice tomorrow. The winter that wasn't suddenly is...

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Registered: Feb 2012
Location: Montana
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Too hot to hunt isn't relevent to Montana; it's never too hot at night. Coldest I've hunted is 7 below (no wind). If it's cold but not windy no problem. If it's cold AND windy it's not so fun because I need to keep my hat off my ears so I can hear the dog.

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Washington, NC
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When it 's so hot the dogs are hassleing and I'm sweating just standing, I don't hunt. I seldom hunt in 20 mph plus wind and around here the coon lay up a couple of days when it drops into the low 20's.

Tonight it is blowing 20 plus mph and gusting in the 30's, the temperture is dropping like a rock. I'm staying home.

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Registered: Jan 2011
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anything below 20 is to cold for me. heat dont bother me at all just got to keep dogs hydrated and in shape so they dont over heat.

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Both but thats just me getting older LOL

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Registered: Jul 2011
Location: Kentucky
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Hot or cold, chasing these dogs sure beats sitting on the couch. Tonight was in the low teens and i was just off the ohio river, built a small fire on the creek bank a listened to the dogs make a slick! LOL! I still had a great time. I work outside year round so i stay used to the weather. When i was in colorado on vacation i was complaining about the rain and the old mountain man said there was no such thing as bad weather, its just weather. The only thing i could say was that he made a good point.

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Registered: Feb 2010
Location: Willard, Kentucky
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Real cold, or Real Hot don't bother me. Don't like to go when it's super windy, and don't like to hunt when it's pouring the rain. But like others have mentioned it beats sittin on the couch, and the dogs aint gettin no better in the pin!!

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Not a gosh darn thing!!

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Registered: Jan 2011
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hunting in the summer with a ligth shower coming down is fun

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