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Old 01-20-2007, 05:09 PM   #1
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How cold before ya'll stop shooting?
I've shot even at -5F as some times it gets colder during ML season in the UP.

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Old 01-20-2007, 05:46 PM   #2
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I've shot in even -20 degrees. Actually if there is no wind, the temperature can be dressed for. This morning it was -14 degrees but warmed up nice. I think we got up to 24ºs today.
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Old 01-20-2007, 08:48 PM   #3
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About0 degrees is about as coldI have ever shot in. For a FL boy up in the cold north that is about as cold as I want to sit around @ a range and shoot. The teens are brutal.... I know if you dressed right but wow!
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Old 01-20-2007, 09:51 PM   #4
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The temp doesn't bother me as much as the wind. Up here where I live it is usually sunny and even when the temp is 10 or lessthe sun makes it feel likewarmer as long as the wind is light to none. When the wind gets up to 5 or more it does make a difference.
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Old 01-21-2007, 12:16 PM   #5
 
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I hunt in Alberta, and I'll go out in any weather so long as it isn't blizzarding (can't see anything anyways, right?). Lowest I've been out in is probably...-30? Maybe -35. (That'd be -22 to -31 F)
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Old 01-21-2007, 01:21 PM   #6
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If it's hunting season I don't care what the Temp. I'm there but just going to the range I belibe I'll wait till April when its a little warmer. I like to have fun shooting not be misrible.
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Old 01-21-2007, 03:37 PM   #7
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We hunted one season at -32º below without the wind chill. I never fired the rifle that day. And needless to say you had to dress warm and I did not stay out all that long. Nothing was moving any way.
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