Keep em cold

[Ron LaClair]

It got mighty cold in deer camp last week, -5 below zero at daylight the first morning and it didn't get out of the teens during the day.

The guns were kept loaded and hung on pegs by the door of the cabin...day and night. They stayed used to the cold and never failed to fire when needed.

Anyone else keep their guns outside when it's cold?

 

[rabjr]

Yep. :thumbsup: But unfortunately here they need to be hidden so someone don't walk off with em.

 

[brubincam]

-----what if a bear took your equipment--you know it's BEARLY POSSIBLE-----

 

[Bearbait2]

Mr. NWTF Longhunter,
We set our loaded weapons in either the Artic-entrance-way of our homestead or the garage, neither of which is heated.
Thanks for sharing your photo.
Best Wishes

 

[Ron LaClair]

The bears are all asleep in their dens this time of year :shake: and there's no one around that can steal them. :nono:

We're so far off the road that the only tracks are our own.

and maybe a few deer.. :grin:

 

[agill]

Cool pictures. The only bears in VA that den up are the sows with cubs. The boars keep on feeding.

 

[Roy]

Good Pictures :thumbsup: Thanks for sharing :v

 

[mazo kid]

Anyone else keep their guns outside when it's cold?

Absolutely! Nice photos and congratulations on making meat!

 

[Joe Yanta]

Yep, keep mine cold.

Ron, I've been told that a Michigan thermometer is 2 feet long with 0 at the top. Is that true or just another Paul Bunyan myth?

Joe

 

[Mulebrain]

Thanks for sharin Ron!

Always good stuff!!!

 

[Trench]

I keep it out in the cold during the day between my morning and afternoon hunts. I know what you mean about that cold day. I was out in it too! Brrr. Anyway, when I brought my rifle indoors for the day, the barrel starting sweating like pig.

 

[Ron LaClair]

Ron, I've been told that a Michigan thermometer is 2 feet long with 0 at the top. Is that true or just another Paul Bunyan myth?

Yep, that's true Joe :wink: no :bull: .... :grin:

Here's a picture where it warmed up enough in the middle of the day that the frost on the "inside" of the cabin windows melted enough that we could actually SEE out the window... :shocked2:

 

[chance]

congrats and good hunt. Looks like your cabin is fit for a king you are a blessed man.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Anyone else keep their guns outside when it's cold?

Yes. But the inside of my unheated garage isn't as picturesque as that nice cabin of yours. :grin:

If I've been out in the rain or have fired a shot I'll bring it in and pull the load to clean, dry and oil her up. Otherwise, she waits in the cold.

 

[MikeC]

Yep...Mine has been in the cold since Monday waiting for Friday morning.

 

[PJC]

I did exactly the opposite last week. I hunted in snowy conditions every day. Blowing snow some days, Wet snow other days. It snowed every day. I was hunting from home so at night I would lay the rifle on the floor over a heating register and when the furnace would come on the gentle warm air flowed over the lock. I fired my rifle three times. Once after one day, Once after two days and once after three days. Each time was instant ignition. I had a tough week and never saw a deer. Each time I fired was mid day away from the woodlots I was hunting in, just to ensure a fresh load.

PJC

 

[rkmeyer]

Great job and very nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Dusty