Snow is too deep to hunt!

Daniel Tremblay · Post by **Daniel Tremblay** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:09 pm

Hey everyone,
in central oregon where i do my hunting, the snow is getting a** deep and we are pretty much unable to hunt. i was just wondering how many other people are having trouble with this same problem?

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:37 pm

can you box some of that up for us PA guys? 50 degrees and raining here.

FullCryHounds · Post by **FullCryHounds** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:39 pm

Never enough with tracks on our quads now. But we could use less here too.

Daniel Tremblay · Post by **Daniel Tremblay** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:39 pm

man if there was a way i could share the wealth believe me i would. last year we were out of hunting for almost a whole month becaus of no snow , now this year we are out of some good hunting snow because of too much snow. i guess thats just how it works sometimes though....guess i'll just have to buy a snowmoble

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:14 pm

its thundering and lightning and raining like crazy here. i wish the weather guy would be wrong and this turn to snow. he seems to only be wrong when its supossed to snow!
i don't bear ground hunt much but if it ever stops raining i guess i'm gonna have to try. my bitch was coming on strong up until this rain shut things down.

Calkins · Post by **Calkins** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:18 pm

It's been great hunting weather here for a few days now. Warm and snow is melting slowly. A little crunchy in the mornings and hard on feet though.

Melanie Hampton · Post by **Melanie Hampton** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:34 pm

It's deep enough that you need a snowmobile to hunt down here.. And of course who is Oregon has a snowmobile to hunt off of? We don't get enough snow to need that...

I would much prefer no snow..I can still hunt with no snow.

coonbobbearhound · Post by **coonbobbearhound** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:26 pm

FIRE UP THE SNOWMOBILS GUYS THATS ALL WE USE MOST OF THE TIME HAVE A TRAILER I MADE TO HUL THE DOGS WORKES GREAT

Ike · Post by **Ike** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:32 pm

whoflungdung · Post by **whoflungdung** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:42 am

I did hear a local bobcat hunter say over coffee the other morning that a guy might as well walk cause when he gets on a sled that's what he ends up doing anyway Rolling Eyes

Just need to learn to drive a sled lol

Ike · Post by **Ike** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:52 am

whoflungdung wrote:
I did hear a local bobcat hunter say over coffee the other morning that a guy might as well walk cause when he gets on a sled that's what he ends up doing anyway Rolling Eyes

Just need to learn to drive a sled lol

Next time we have coffee I'll tell him ole flung on the Interent claimed he just needs to learn how to ride a sled........

Tom White · Post by **Tom White** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:40 am

We don"t get much snow here and like it that way .If it does snow the snow hunters get out and lions die, quota gets filled too quick. We get some good training on the dirt if it stays dry. :wink:

3bigelk · Post by **3bigelk** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:55 am

Snow is so deep and fluffy here in SE Idaho the dogs can't stay on top. All you see is floppy ears and waggin' tail when they step off the pack trail.
Turned out on a bobcat yesterday, when the dogs finally swam their way over to the track and tried to go up a steep hill they just couldn't! They tried climbing over each other to help each other gain elevation! After watching them struggle making it 10 yards uphill and being absoulutly exhuasted they turn and looked at us sitting on our machines and gave us that look of ,"you can't be seroius!" We had a good laugh at those hounds faces and called them back fully understanding what they were saying.
I have never seen my bitch so willing to climb back on the machine without catching something. We need some warm weather to settle the snow before its even worth it!

Ike · Post by **Ike** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:34 am

coonbobbearhound · Post by **coonbobbearhound** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:40 am

WE GOT ABOUT 5' HERE AND THE SLED DOES GREAT STILL PULLIN THE TRAILER WITH THE HOUNDS THEY LOVE IT HAHAHA