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Hunting, Safety, Weather

Call It a Day at Sunset

Time flies when you’re hot on a deer that steps into your field of view in the last hour of legal shooting.  So does situational awareness.  Darkening skies, deep shadows and falling temperatures are ignored, if noticed at all.  At least, until you have the deer on the ground and you’re looking for the headlamp or the flashlight mode on your camera! Waiting too Long … Continue reading Call It a Day at Sunset

Mike Sidrow
Hunting, Safety, Weather

Wind And Low Temps Can Be Deadly

When the subject is wind chill, the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) can’t be beat in its simple and starkly direct warning: “…the combination of wind and low temperature in winter can be deadly!”   It’s hard to miss the point.  Yet, out-of-state guest hunters come to the pine ridge annually with the idea that our mild November temperatures and low precipitation are no big deal.  … Continue reading Wind And Low Temps Can Be Deadly

Mike Sidrow