RE: graupel
happend last year...my hunting buddie and I were in our stand its late November and their calling for snow showers...snow showers turned into a full out blizzard...and I mean blizzard, wind gusts, drifting snow, freezing tempatures....your right though...we didn't see one deer that night, but I still tell that story as one of the funnest hunts I went out on.
Don't know why...maybe its because despite the elements you stick it out...true outdoorsman....kinda like postmen...lol...