Reeder Custom Guns - Did some scouting yesterday

It appears that winter is about to take a stranglehold on the state of Maine. We have a nice base of snow, and the temperatures will soon plummet for the upcoming weekend.

I did not use snowshoes as the snow wasn't too deep as well as I know I would be in a large bog with plenty of brush.

Since I was somewhat hopeful to see a snowshoe hare I carried my Ruger Mk 4 LITE with a small red dot sight on it. I did realize that there are limitations with such as sighting system in the snowy bogs of north central Maine.

It got snow on it. Thus I had to clear the tiny lens area. I do believe that in the future I need to have some sort of covering for it.

One other thing, I bought a Carhart Rain Defender zip up hooded sweatshirt. I kind of like it but to be honest, it isn't all that great for hunting in snow covered brush. It did get a tad soaked and I started to get a chill at the end of my sojourn through the peat bogs.

Maybe the next paycheck will focus on a good Johnson Woolen Mills green wool plaid jacket. Wool is where it is at in snowy Maine.

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If you ever slip too far into it you’d be a goner without some help. Stay dry. Wool rules, even wet it’s warm.

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with Puffy. We were about 45 miles out of camp when it started raining. The temp dropped big time into the 40 degree range. We were both soaked in just a few minutes sitting on the rear high seat. The temp was supposed to be in the upper 70s all day but the weather dropped in just a few minutes. John was driving the Land Cruiser and knew we were both hurting. He tried to get back to camp as fast as possible but the road was dirt and gravel and there was no speeding. By the time he got us to camp I had lost all feeling and my vision. Puffy had lost the feeling in his legs. I had lost all movement in my body. When they got us to camp they had to lift me off the high seat and get me inside. They pretty much covered me with hot wet compresses. It was over an hour before I could talk or even know where we were.
Hypothermia is not something to mess with.

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Did some scouting yesterday

I got hypothermia once! Gary did in Africa.

That was a bad time. I was on the high rear seat