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anthony m coons sr

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Well! just when prime time duck hunting around here in upstate New York hits. We get hit with around two feet of snow. The ramps are covered with snow and so are the personal ones. I'm pissed ! I was watching flock after flock of geese today filling the sky. And I am pretty sure the ducks are on the river. Saw a flock of snows just before the storm hit. Hoping the State plows out the ramp by the weekend. To make things worse I went off the road at my camp today and had to get pulled out. They had to plow the road going up to the camp to get me. And guess what!!!!!!!!!! They plowed my boat in on all sides to get to me. Sorry just venting and other then that I am still here thanking the lord for another day. Hope all is well with all my friends on here.
 
Wow Anthony, that's a lot of stuff going on! But the snow will go quick and the ducks and geese will be waiting.
 
I feel for you - the marsh i hunt is under snow and ice

i could not get out Saturday for the second split opener but the pre storm report was way more birds than normal but they stayed high and wouldn't work.

hoping for the forecasted warm up next week and some ice breaking
 
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I hear yah, where I grew up in northeast PA got over a foot of snow. Just in time for deer gun season.

Down here in Tampa it was 84 on Sunday and today it was 42 this morning and barely got to 60 today. But it will be in the 70s when the split opens Saturday. Real weather roller coaster.
 
Carl

I know your area well my friend. Vacationed down that way for many of years. Great place to live! I know what it like for you guys when the temp goes from eighty to forty. Hope you got to get out this year. Thanks for the reply. Merry Christmas and happy hunting my friend.
 
Rick

If there is a will there is a way I guess. Tuesday going to be in the forties here so maybe your right. Thanks buddy Merry Christmas
 
Greg

Well old buddy, you know what it like up here this time of year. Not only did I have a fun day like my post says. My deer tent was under two foot of snow. Me and the miss dug it out. Then we got hit with another ten inch and with the stuff off the trees. You can not even find it now. Merry Christmas and God Bless
 
Around here, If you want the boat accesses plowed, you better bring your own equipment. Many a time, I made two trips to the ramp. First trip being to use my snow blower to clear the ramp and a spud bar to clear the frozen water at the ramp. Then back home to unload the snow blower and hook onto the boat.
 
That's a lot of snow Anthony. Just this morning I woke up and there was ice on my birdbath. That is plenty cold enough for me.

Carl, welcome to winter in FL.
 
Dave

Many years I plowed the snow off the ramps. I dont have my plow truck anymore. Snow is a way of live in the Northeast. You just got to handle it. It will get plow when the Highway boys are done cleaning the roads. There good to use. So Its just a waiting game. Merry Christmas to you all.
 
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Dani said:
Dave, what's a spud bar?
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Just a heavy round bar about 6 foot long. One end is flattened and sharpened like a chisel. I would chip all along the frozen edge and try to break away the ice in large chunks to float away down river. We also use a spud bar to check the ice thickness before and as one walks out onto the ice for ice fishing. If a good solid whack with the spud breaks thru or draws water, the ice may not be thick enough to continue walking,,,, unless you are real religious and in a hurry to meet the Lord.
 
I used a spud bar for years for chopping ice fishing holes and under-ice beaver trapping.
When the ice is less than 1' thick, and the ice chisel on the end is sharp, its almost as fast as a hand auger.
And weight a lot less than a power auger.
Over 1' and its auger time.
 
thanks dave....why is it called a spud bar? Did it originally have something to do with potatoes?
 
Dani said:
thanks dave....why is it called a spud bar? Did it originally have something to do with potatoes?
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Dani,

the ultimate origin of the word ?spud? isn?t known, first showing up in English around 1440 referring to a short dagger, possibly from the Dutch ?spyd?, the Old Norse ?spjot? (spear), or the Latin ?spad-? (sword).
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Why are potatoes also called "spuds"? (just yanking your chain) [whistle]
 

Anthony -

If yer calling the three day, day time blip that is forecast around here a warm up. You may be disappointed my friend.

Some years the birds and animals we love win. If the harsh winter does not kill the ones that must stay.

Looks to be one of those years, even though winter has not yet begun.


Please take care my friend, and don't try to dig out all that is buried in snow. We are way past doing that.

God put it there and he shall take it away, is my way of thinking.


The three day blip is just in time for muzzleloader season.

Keep Your Powder Dry.


I am already thinking about the trout that are finning away in the cold water, not far from our home.[smile]


Best regards
Vince
 
Huntindave McCann said:
Dani,

the ultimate origin of the word ?spud? isn?t known, first showing up in English around 1440 referring to a short dagger, possibly from the Dutch ?spyd?, the Old Norse ?spjot? (spear), or the Latin ?spad-? (sword).
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Why are potatoes also called "spuds"? (just yanking your chain) [whistle]
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huh....learn something new every day

and there's a good question I hadn't thought of...google doesn't know why potatoes are called spuds and if google doesn't know then there probably isn't an answer (cuz google knows everything ya know)
 
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Vince Pagliaroli said:
Spud Bar - pretty much a everyday tool if you ever worked in a steel mill. Makes a crowbar feel like to tooth pick.
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...or, in combination with an ice auger, needle bar, a 2.3 tine pitchfork, and about seven overlapping lengths of 12' fir flooring and some braided nylong ski roap, all you need to fish gillnets under ice!
 
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