Originally Posted by Blackpowdersmoke

MD...

I know all about hunting in the cold Bud. The flintlock season here in PA can be very challenging as far as weather's concerned. I have hunted in weather from -10 to near 60 degrees in January. I've seen the weather change from sunny and clear to rain, freezing rain, sleet, and then snow in a matter of hours. I got in a stand early one overcast New Year's eve morning and within a half hour, it began to snow big, wet, snowflakes the size of a quarter.
I had a cow's knee on my lock but I had a heck of a time trying to keep the snow from building up on the barrel and covering the sights.
BPS