[Wil]

So far, so good, if you can call Ohio weather activities good. Finally got a day of no rain, I hope so maybe will do a round of OAV since it was November when I did one last.
Bees are on top eating their sugar bricks, but I did leave all the fall honey for them also. As warm as it has been they probably went through that in lightspeed. That one very hard cold snap we had here a few weeks ago sure had me worried though, but the bees are doing fine and flying on the warm days.

 

[Wil]

Finally, I gave all 7 hives the OAV treatment today since this was the only window I had going forward to give them a shot. The last single dose I gave them was back around Thanksgiving. The temperature got up to 45*F but from here on the rest of the week and next will head to the low 30's for daytime temps.

 

[Wil]

That cold snap we had a few weeks ago plunged us down to a minus -20*F. Don't think I wasn't worried for the bees. Sure glad our barn is overdone in insulation for the barn critters.
I have friend that has been putting his pollen subs out for the bees too and they have been going after it like crazy on the warm days. I am not so sure I want to put any out yet because we still have a lot of winter ahead yet and I don't want them to grow in population to fast quite yet.

 

[Wil]

3 inches of snow and 30*F here, where I am. Bees are staying warm.

 

[Wil]

Well today we had a bit if a weather warning but we only got about 2 inches more snow so that's not bad. The temperature went up to 36 degrees and started raining on me while I was behind the barn zeroing in my muzzleloader. I definitely had to many warm clothes on cause I was sweating like crazy and got soaking wet. I'll go check on the bees later to see if I need to brush away any snow from the entrance but I don't expect them to go out and go sled riding.

 

[Wil]

I just got a new cva accura ,,I have 2 knights already.. im going to sight it in next week when I get upstate, and now theres about a foot of snow on the ground....you should start another thread about muzzle loading...

My 85 year old cousin has the same as you, a CVA Accura. Norm is three shots touching at 100 yards. Very nice rifle. It's accounted for more then a few deer.

 

[Wil]

I ordered the .50 cal lrx as I heard reports the .45 bergara barrels were having major issues, and im on a muzzle loading forum and they said some of the .50 cal barrels have issues, I checked my bore and it was good, nice and shiny with no roughness....A friend has an accura and also says its very accurate...
what powder and bullets does he use?..

We both use the same. Blackhorn 209 powder, T/C 250 gr. Shockwave and a Federal 209 shot shell primer. He uses 100 grains of powder, I use 90 grains. Several drop on the spot deer at 100 yards.I have also scored with the 300 grain Shockwaves also but now down to a box of 250 grainers so I have been using them. The 300 grainers shot real well also. If both our rifles are shooting over 2-1/2 inch groups at 100 yards, we are having a bad day.

 

[Wil]

well its a balmy -20 yes thats a minus 20 degrees on the thermometer this morning without the windchill factor, last night the wind was whipping 30+ MPH..I dont know what the windchill was, but it was dam cold out...wind isnt too bad now..BRRRRRR...there aint nothing flying around outside..not even birds...

Ouch! I heard on the news that your area was going to get hit hard with that freezing vortex. Good luck over there. I pray you and yours will be safe.

 

[Wil]

Back in the 70's when our winters were all deep snow and cold, my Dad had a Siberian Husky. You could find Kiska burried under a thick blanket of snow instead of going into his insulated dog house and his run inside a warm building.

 

[Wil]

I guess the pure huskies and having them outside they build up a heavier coat of fur..snow is a good insulator..think igloo..lol.now its minus 26 degrees..its suppose to warm up later in the afternoon...

I worry for the older folks going through those harsh conditions. We are glued to the TV with the news.

 

[Wil]

if they live in cold areas, they are usually prepared, as long as the electric doesnt go out..then its harder for the older folks ..either no generator or they cant physically set it up..or cant afford one like a generac that starts on its own....its when sub freezing temps hit down south..them people dont know what snow and ice are..they certainly cant drive in it..and most areas that dont get cold have no sanders or plows , so the roads are like ice skating rinks...thats when people die from the cold...
and then you have the darwin awards for the stupid, but that helps clean the gene pool up..lol

Lol,love the ending. I'm cracking up.

 

[Wil]

I drove tractor/trailer semi trucks hauling steel or freight for the best part of 21 years of my life and after some of those treacherous winter road conditions,I no longer hit those roads even in my car or pick-up truck if I don't have to.Now I just sit back and dream of drinking a Pena-Calota while laying under a palm tree. I used to haul freight for K-Mart all over the East and even went clear up in Maine every Tuesday with a load and then brought big paper rolls back out of the woods. Winter driving there was no fun at all, at least not in a big truck.Off to the side of the road into the woods,it looked like a graveyard for big trucks.

 

[Wil]

Beaker, breaker 19 . Best not use the breaks to try and stop , just hammer down and keep the shiny side up and the rubber side down......lol