Or like today. Its in the high 50s and all the snow in the trees is melting. You cant walk through the woods with an uncovered frizzen like that. I tried it and it still seems to splash its way to the flint or frizzen with your arm over it. Then factor in the mud and snow. Keeping balance is hard under those conditions and you can't carry it pointed down because if you slip, even with a bore cot, that muzzles going straight into all that muck.