Re: Spring, anyone ready?
[Re: MJM]
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03/03/19 09:32 PM
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Buy your flood insurance now, It takes 30 days to take effect.
Help yourself.
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Re: Spring, anyone ready?
[Re: MJM]
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03/03/19 09:55 PM
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cohunt I spent Thursday night in Sioux Falls. I knew it was going to be a long day and left a little after 0600 headed south then west. I was sure glad when it got light. That was a mess. I ended up getting into Bismarck at 10:30 PM and spent the night there rather than pushing the last 140 miles home. Roads were bad all the way across SD. I went west then North then west and north again. I did 1180+ miles between Thursday and Friday. That was enough of that fun too.
"Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."
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Re: Spring, anyone ready?
[Re: MJM]
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03/03/19 10:18 PM
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With the drifting and traffic and low temps the roads just do not open up. South Dakota does not use road salt (up here anyway) and unless there is bright sun and at least mid teens the ice/compressed snow just builds.
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Re: Spring, anyone ready?
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03/03/19 10:28 PM
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I was out snowshoeing today and was surprised to see the moose moving through it. It takes a lot of snow to shut them down but they must have depleted the browse where they were and decided to move on to better grounds. Hard to tell from the pic but that's three feet of snow they waded through. It is amazing the snow they can travel in. I see tracks and beds where they have been at the ranch but I haven't seen them lately.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: Spring, anyone ready?
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03/03/19 11:22 PM
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It is amazing the snow they can travel in. I see tracks and beds where they have been at the ranch but I haven't seen them lately. Yeah, I've seen winters where they move about quite freely, even in deep snow. This year they really shut down. They tend to hang in areas of dark growth to bed and keep out of the wind. I've been wanting to get out shed hunting but we've had so much snow it would probably be pointless. Everything is buried.
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Re: Spring, anyone ready?
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03/04/19 04:27 AM
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I'm thinking about selling canoes this spring. When the snow melts there will be people buying anything that floats. Last report I heard out of Duluth we were at 80+ inches of snow.
Keep your boots dry
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Re: Spring, anyone ready?
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03/04/19 07:39 AM
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VERY ready. I've used the snowblower 6 days out of the last 7. And that was just to clean up from the blowing and drifting from last Mondays blizzard. Walked around the yard with a measuring stick. 36" in most spots, 4' in a couple. And those aren't "drifty" areas, drifts are up over 5'. Had snow on the ground since Nov 10. Probably still have it until the middle of May. And is -12 here this morning.
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