How do you conquer mid winter boredom?

[Dave N]

I'm sweet and innocent

 

[Eric.MN]

Getting out to do some pike Spearing an ice fishing

 

[geetar]

Headed for Montana? mtmuley

Not with the muzzleloader. We have a two week season in the best part of the whitetail rut here in NC and I figured I should take advantage of it.

 

[appaloosa]

 

[Huntkook]

Hookers and blow

 

[belshawelk]

Go check game cameras and burn brush. Hiking is perfect in sub zero temp.

 

[hank4elk]

Dump run & gossip session . Stop for some pie and get the in on the NM food dinner tomorrow night. Found a home for a truck load of kindling which will bring more Sunday dinners @ the Pie-o-neer.
Blueberry/apricot pie for dinner.

 

[Mallardsx2]

 

[Millertime30]

Try to spend a lot more time reading, ice fishing, watch the years hunting shows, and I get till the end of February to still hunt rabbits with the .22…. i.e. wandering around in the woods.

 

[mdcrossbow]

Projects I have in the shop.

 

[hank4elk]

Projects I have in the shop.

Stoke the fire & doodle on my plans for my shop.

 

[dirtclod Az.]

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Get her into a midget lawnmower race,
I'm in!

 

[np307]

Not with the muzzleloader. We have a two week season in the best part of the whitetail rut here in NC and I figured I should take advantage of it.

I never even fired mine this year

The sense of relief when I can finally grab something with a trigger and not have to deal with the 1000 things that always mess up when bowhunting is pretty great. Muzzleloader opener is one of my favorite days.

 

[Southern Elk]

My son and I ski every weekend. The wife and daughter don’t care for it. I’ve tried ice fishing, but I don’t really enjoy it. I’m actually getting ready to sell all of my ice fishing gear. Snowmobiling is a lot of fun. I bought a pair of snowshoes, but haven’t used them much yet.

 

[windymtnman]

Weeks on end of nonstop subzero weather is taking a toll. Even my girlfriend is feeling low. I think a nice long soak in the tub together might make things better. No bubble bath though. I need to see which one of her tire patches is leaking.

How are you guys holding up? 32 psi?

In part, I enjoy finding hot Elk trails near my ranch and setting out the game cams to view them. I mostly set the cameras up to take videos, but here's a still pic of some Cows filing by. I have a pretty big herd about 1/2 mile behind my ranch right now.

 

[Europe]

My son and I ski every weekend. The wife and daughter don’t care for it. Snowmobiling is a lot of fun. I bought a pair of snowshoes, but haven’t used them much yet.

I am so envious of you guys and gals who can still enjoy winter activities --so much to do and so much fun. However; once my body quit cooperating with me, it opened the door to a whole new world --"island hopping" is not chopped liver It would be even more fun if i could talk some of the single fellows here, like John and Hank to join me--that would possibly open even more doors--some I might not want to go through

 

[Irrelevant]

Ice fishing is really boring when you're not catching anything. But if you can figure out a good perch spot is anything but boring. The kids caught 30 in 40 minutes yesterday. I told them that was all I wanted to clean.

 

[BackofBeyond]

Went steelhead fishing yesterday. Numbers are crap this year, and the fishing was slow. But the good news is it was 20 degrees in the morning, eyelets were freezing closed, wind blowing - all the classic suffering I’ve come to know and love.

Otherwise, reload, check calves, take the family for day hikes, and a little bit of extra hibernation this time of year.

 

[Wallydeuce]

We're going further south and hopping on one Island the first week of March. St. Martin for 12 days. Warm water and white sand.

 

[R.K.]

I can ice fish & ski until just about turkey season. Only problem is finding free time and people to split gas with.