Flatlander Outdoors

Newsletter #7

How cold is cold?
It depends on what part of the country you are in as to what the word cold means. In Florida 50 degrees Fahrenheit is cold, in North Dakota it isn’t cold until its -15 degrees. I am making an official statement that in Illinois anything under 5 degrees with a wind chill of -15 is officially cold. Now that it is cold in Illinois there are two things to look forward to: Ice fishing and coyote hunting.

Kevin Stuepfert gets the jump on prime coyote hunting while laying out this nice looking yodel dog! If you haven’t shot a savage rifle with accu-trigger you’re missing out. Every hunter should own one, they are super accurate, even Chad Schieler can shoot one well

The beginning of a new year brings the end of Pheasant and Rabbit hunting in just a few days in the north and another week in the south. Fortunately my dad and I got out to enjoy a day of bird hunting despite brutal wind, cold and snow. This bird tasted awfully good on Christmas day.

A new season- many hunters have mixed emotions about the new extended antlerless season in Illinois. I for one enjoyed it since I had a pocket full of tags left over from 1st, 2nd shotgun and muzzleloader season. Mike Manley, Danny McDaniels and I all shot small does for the freezer and enjoyed a toasty warm deer camp in the cabin after brutal wind and cold.