rrules,
Its too early to judge how it will be on your dates (Nov14-18). The herds can move a couple hundred miles a week and change things drastically. Last time I got nervous as they seemed to hang around too far north as we had to leave and by the time we got there they were everywhere!!! As for deicing a rifle we never had any issues, thats mostly for the later hunt (it continues into JAN-FEB). If you get freezing rain make sure you have good scope caps.