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I love hunting small game, a squirrel or three for lunch  is awesome! But, when do you say "It's too cold to hunt small game!".
 
What's your temp cutoff for hunting bushy-tails or rabbits?


Never. Hunted negative 30’s In Minnesota and I hate the cold.


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13 minutes ago, Rob... said:

I love hunting small game, a squirrel or three for lunch  is awesome! But, when do you say "It's too cold to hunt small game!".

 

What's your temp cutoff for hunting bushy-tails or rabbits?

Gets colder I just put on more layers of clothes . Would not stop me , may make me cut it short if my feet start to.get cold though.

 

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I love hunting small game, a squirrel or three for lunch  is awesome! But, when do you say "It's too cold to hunt small game!".

Come to my house. You can stay in the bathroom and shoot all the tree rats you want with a BB gun. Nice and warm. Also, when you shoot 1, 2 more ashow up, shoot 2, 4 more will show up. Oh, and enjoy the Deer herd and 12 -16 roaming around together. Like a small Zoo here. 

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The type of hunting methods used will have much to do when it comes to tolerating cold temps.  Like Deer hunting, if you are on stand sitting for long periods of time hunting for Squirrels in really cold temps you will have to bundle up and have good warm socks and boots on. I did a lot of Hare hunting behind Beagles throughout the winter, there is a lot of walking involved to get in position for a shot so you have your blood circulating and it is easier to stay warm. The same with Grouse and Pheasant, a lot of walking involved so it is easy to stay warm. Once the temps got below the mid teens I stayed home, not so much because of getting cold, the scenting conditions for the dogs were lousy and they could not move a track with consistency and most game is holed up sitting tight keeping warm. The right clothes and boots are the key to keeping you out there, I always favored Woolrich wool because it always kept me warm even when wet.

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If the sun is out, we would go out regardless. Zero with the sun out and not much wind can still be a nice day, Zero with wind and snow...not so much. When we had a dog to run bunnies, they would stir up the action even in the coldest weather, but of course it isn't a good thing to keep them out very long.

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