Natty Bumppo
5 year old buck +
Like some of the others, I grew up on wood and rawhide. But the modern aluminum and neoprene snowshoes are the way to go. The crampon underneath the toe comes in handy in icey or hilly conditions. The bindings are easy on/off and stay put. Light.
I'll recommend one more thing. I use my snowshoes with a plastic mountaineering boot and this combination is just wicked. Unlike a leather boot, the plastic boot does not flex at all and really drives the snowshoe where you want it to go, like a downhill ski. When the snow gets deep and I start walking over downed trees and brush and shrubs, or when the terrain is variable or mountainous, plastic boots offer aggressive support. They don't get wet. And they are warm! Sierra Trading Post often offers used army surplus boots like these for under $50. Try them with your snowshoes and you'll never go back to your old boots.
I'll recommend one more thing. I use my snowshoes with a plastic mountaineering boot and this combination is just wicked. Unlike a leather boot, the plastic boot does not flex at all and really drives the snowshoe where you want it to go, like a downhill ski. When the snow gets deep and I start walking over downed trees and brush and shrubs, or when the terrain is variable or mountainous, plastic boots offer aggressive support. They don't get wet. And they are warm! Sierra Trading Post often offers used army surplus boots like these for under $50. Try them with your snowshoes and you'll never go back to your old boots.
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BJE80
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Can you get into your woods right now and work?
j-bird
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Yep :p! Basically the only thing that keeps me out is when it is just too "cold" - I say "cold" because my cold and your cold are different. My too cold is 25 or less - yep I'm a pansy! The other thing that slows me down is when it is warm enough that it rains or what snow we do get melts and things get sloppy. I am out almost every weekend doing something - typically nothing major just normally running the saw to some extent. The other thing that keeps me out is a wife and 4 kids - but I think everybody battles that to some extent or another. I was just out 2 weekends ago and stuck a maple in a walnut that I posted on here complaining about in my TSI efforts.
If you boys from up Nort have taught me anything - it's that I am NOT moving further north!
If you boys from up Nort have taught me anything - it's that I am NOT moving further north!
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BJE80
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j-bird
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At least I admit it.
I would go nuts being stuck in the house for that long!
I'll try to take more pics and post them just to rub it in a little bit then!
Now when you will get even is going to be in July and Aug - Nothing to do then, but float in the pool and see how many beer bottles I have floating before the wife yells at me.....again! I don't think she trusts me! It has almost become a game. She will tell me to mow the grass, but it's dead by then - except the buckhorns. I just threaten to spray it with gly or burn it - and she knows I will. I get out of the pool and move to the swing on the porch and a new game starts. How many beers can I stack up before getting yelled at ................again. "You going to do something today..... and drink beer doesn't count.", I'll hear from the house. "Ok, Ok" I tell her. Then half way back across the yard to the pool I'll get, "you better not be getting back in the water!" "I'm not......." I yell back at the house. Splash!!!!!!! Round #2. Not much habitat work getting done then.
I would go nuts being stuck in the house for that long!
I'll try to take more pics and post them just to rub it in a little bit then!
Now when you will get even is going to be in July and Aug - Nothing to do then, but float in the pool and see how many beer bottles I have floating before the wife yells at me.....again! I don't think she trusts me! It has almost become a game. She will tell me to mow the grass, but it's dead by then - except the buckhorns. I just threaten to spray it with gly or burn it - and she knows I will. I get out of the pool and move to the swing on the porch and a new game starts. How many beers can I stack up before getting yelled at ................again. "You going to do something today..... and drink beer doesn't count.", I'll hear from the house. "Ok, Ok" I tell her. Then half way back across the yard to the pool I'll get, "you better not be getting back in the water!" "I'm not......." I yell back at the house. Splash!!!!!!! Round #2. Not much habitat work getting done then.
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j-bird
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BJE80 - First off.....I'm telling John! You called me a name?!?!:rolleyes::D I guess technically you called me a flower - I feel pretty, oh so pretty!
Secondly - you are a sick and evil person..... I know it was you! It can't be by chance. Yesterday going home from work no snow here. Then this morning - this! What the!?! I know you got all upset about the snow discussion we had and had some over-nighted in my direction - that just isn't cool! Actually this has been a typical snow for us this year - more than likely most of it will be gone in a day or two tops. Snow like this isn't stopping anyone - not even a "flower" like me!
Secondly - you are a sick and evil person..... I know it was you! It can't be by chance. Yesterday going home from work no snow here. Then this morning - this! What the!?! I know you got all upset about the snow discussion we had and had some over-nighted in my direction - that just isn't cool! Actually this has been a typical snow for us this year - more than likely most of it will be gone in a day or two tops. Snow like this isn't stopping anyone - not even a "flower" like me!
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BJE80
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I laughed. Poor guy. How will you survive?
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