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I've had some times pitching as I could with this type of thing. When I read stories of no place to hunt, I've noticed, it's a consistent theme of many ranchers to allow access to those willing to volunteer a little time.

My wife really likes the sound of windchill numbers, all I know is that no doubt I can feel it.

No snow or ice storms yet this year in GA I know about. Cold and rainy though if you guys will let us count 30's and 40's F as cold. Kind of embarrassing for a southern boy to post in a thread like this one...Geo

Wildlife will suffer a lot from this cold snap. I have come across several coveys of quail which froze to death on the roost in a little circle. Very sad sight.

When I was hunting off the Chesapeake Bay, when things froze solid I had three fresh water fed springs which stayed open in my marsh. During duck season they always held birds. In 1979 the Bay froze completely but my little springs stayed open. It was so cold every state in the lower 48 had snow which could be seen from orbit. It froze a mile and a half out into the ocean.

Season was closed so I put out several hundred pounds of corn. State game warden saw me doing it and though I was going to shoot ducks out of season. When he confronted me I explained that I was feeding the ducks because I had killed many a duck on this marsh and today was time to pay them back. Believe it or not he helped me take in the last couple hundred pounds of corn to one of the springs. Ronnie is retired now but I always remember him helping me keep a few ducks alive. In a week things opened up and the ducks dispersed but without that corn, at the right time, far fewer would have been left to disperse. I still put out a bit extra when the weather gets extreme.

As far as wind chill goes I talked to a guy from Sioux Lookout that claimed Iowa was the coldest place in North America.

KY Jon, further to your point. We had a bad cold snap along with heavy freezing rain just before Christmas 2013. You could and people did skate across fields.

Prior we had a ton of turkey in the area. After it was 4 years before I saw any and they still aren’t back to the way they were. I’m guess other populations took a similar hit.

Being in the geographical center of North America, we have the extreme in continental climate. Our all-time low is -60F and our high 121F. Weird thing is they both occurred in the same year (1936).