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Title: Bad Weather
Post by: zelmo1 on January 23, 2026, 06:11:31 PM
Just checking in on everyone. Be warm and safe. I put out 80 pounds of corn and seeds for my turkeys, I hope they fill up and keep warm.  :funnyturkey: Z
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: Kypossum on January 23, 2026, 06:24:04 PM
 Not looking good for us here in Ky. They are saying 12 to 18" in this area. I filled the feeder this evening also. I have some seed to put out and hopefully the quail find it. Everyone be safe and stay warm!!
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: MITurkey on January 23, 2026, 06:42:14 PM
On the ski hill thinking about what spot to hunt this spring. Feel like temp -17. Safe travels
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: Tail Feathers on January 23, 2026, 07:38:40 PM
We don't get near the cold or snow some of you get.  We do have some single digit temps and ice coming, something we don't often see. 
I'm prepared to ride it out. I don't think 9 degrees will kill turkeys over just one night.
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: Happy on January 23, 2026, 07:57:47 PM
Hopefully everyone has food, water, and alternate power ready. This has the potential to be ugly for a bit.
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: Yoder409 on January 23, 2026, 09:02:27 PM
Currently 1° here.   Calling for 8"-14" of snow....then 2 weeks of high temps in the teens.

Gonna be some tough sleddin' for our turkeys for a while.
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: Gooserbat on January 23, 2026, 10:03:28 PM
The weather man is saying up to 16" here.
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: paintbrush on January 23, 2026, 10:06:35 PM
AS I write this it is currently sitting at 17 below at my place. Suppose to get down to 27 below tonight. It got down to 26 below last night. Not suppose to get above zero until some time Monday afternoon. My furnace has been getting a work out for sure! Last night was very windy so they say the windchill was like 40 below. Im all ready for spring!
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: bigwoodstom on January 24, 2026, 06:22:22 AM
It's starting to sleet and snow here in extreme north Georgia.
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: Tom007 on January 24, 2026, 06:40:39 AM
Storm covers almost 2000 miles. Lots of us in the path. Be safe
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: captpete on January 24, 2026, 07:34:45 AM
Here in NE Iowa we have been dealing with extreme cold and wind. Yesterday morning it was -21*. It warmed up to -10*, add in the 10-20mph wind and the feel like temp hit -45* to -50*. 6am this morning it was -12*. It's suppose warm up to 0* this afternoon. Tomorrow we are going to get into the single digits above zero and then continue to slowly warm up until we get back to our normal high of about 25* by the 1st of February.

The storm is going to miss us to the south. 100 miles south of here might see some flurries. I will take a lot of snow over any ice anytime. Everyone stay safe.
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: GobbleNut on January 24, 2026, 08:24:53 AM
Wishing all of you guys the best. I can't even image those kinds of conditions...or how any critter can survive outside in those conditions for long. 

In my 74 years here in the southwest, I can only remember one time that the temperature has gotten into single digits here. "Below Zero" isn't even in our dictionary. We are getting some badly needed rain/drizzle here currently with temps in the high 40's currently.

Again, best wishes to all of you who are in the way of this system. Stay safe...and warm.  :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: Spring Creek Calls on January 24, 2026, 08:32:53 AM
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Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: Badger on January 24, 2026, 10:18:45 AM
I am hour plus east of Yoder and we had 3 degrees and going to get the same amount of snow and another week of cold windy weather.  My friend in Kansas was around 0 this morning.
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: zelmo1 on January 24, 2026, 11:27:44 AM
20" plus coming and 3 degrees right now. I hope they eat all the feed, lol
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: Poconodoghunter on January 28, 2026, 05:35:59 PM
Hopefully the 🦃make it unscathed
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: zelmo1 on January 30, 2026, 07:17:32 AM
Anywhere from 14" to 22" where I hunt here and single digits to below zero for a week now. This is not good for my little birdies here. I have put out 400 pounds of corn and seeds in the last 2 weeks. My local farmer is a great human being. He has been a godsend in putting out feed around his properties. He clears spots and gives me a ton of corn to put out. He deer hunts his properties and I turkey hunt them. He left one small spot for me and my wife only and I am grateful. I hope everyone is doing ok out there. Z
Title: Re: Bad Weather
Post by: NYturkey on January 30, 2026, 07:24:00 AM
I always think back to the weather in the 90's and early 2000's and not only how much worse it was, but also how much longer it lasted. The population of turkeys in NY was better in the early 2000's than anything I have seen since. I think the turkeys will be fine.


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