How does everyone get through the winter?

[centaur]

Since retirement, I go to Arizona for a few months. I can't say I miss below zero temps and ground blizzards. Here, I hike a lot, shoot the bow a lot, wear shorts, and work on my tan. Somebody has to support Arizona's economy, so it might as well be me.

Got a new Rhinehart deer target today.  Set it upon the snow between the houses and nope the mail lady don't like it.  She yelped so loud, she scared my dog.

[Firstlight]

I guess I have it easy.  It only snows a handful of times and doesn't get much below freezing.

I began shooting 3D last year, which has been a lot of fun.

With over 40" of rain, winter just means I get wet, when shooting outdoors.  But there is always a lull in the rain so backyard works fine.

The local club / 3D shoots over winter, I wear gotex and I don't mind shooting in a nice downpour...

Another good reason to bare shaft tune :>)

[Jon Stewart]

flint knapping, self bow making, arrow making, shed hunting, a bit of exercise and the most important aspect of being retired, the "honey do" list.

[TooManyHobbies]

I switched weapons and try to get a few coyotes off my hunting properties (nothing yet).
Scouting and stand prep.
Been spending time on Elliptical machine to get ready for a bear hunt in Oct.
Plenty of wood to cut and split.
Usually do some trapping, but not into it this year (I also do it for a living, so I like to do stuff I don't always do)
Turkey is only a few months away.
Then I do some metal detecting to kill time until Sept. comes again.
As you can see, I spend a lot of time outdoors.

[Kingstaken]

Work and Family always keeps me busy but this year I found some time to slip in:

First started by ordering a new Shrew from Ron.
Second was ordering a new set of Autumn Legend arrows from Ron.
Third ordered a new (3) 2 blade holder bow quiver from Ron. Hopefully will be on it's way soon.        I might need the winter season to be exteneded to make a decision.

Try to get to outdoor archery range a couple times a month.
In between I head to weekly Boy Scout meetings and taking son to hitting coach.

Some Honey Do List items.

[Sam McMichael]

Usually, I shoot a little and be fairly lazy, but this year I am plagued by a bum shoulder that makes shooting difficult. I had a MRI today, and when the results come back, I can plan a rehab routine waiting for spring.

[LKH]

Bourbon

[Michael Arnette]

I spend a lot of time scouting in the late winter and early spring. I also catch up on stuff I didn't do in November lol

[Jerry Jeffer]

Hunt until the end of Jan. Then Stump shoot       , scout, refinish any bow damage from the previous season, make basket quivers if I am moved to do so, take an additional college course or two, to increase knowledge    :confused:   . Oh yeah, and all the stuff my wife reminds me of that I have not done since Sept.   :rolleyes:

[degabe]

Cut wood ,scout sign, cut wood, go fishin, cut wood. Some how I think I'm in a rut but it gets me out of the house and away from honey do's.

[Gray Buffalo]

I shoot and play with my hunting gear, take a NAP (1 hour or so) and shoot and play some more. So for this year I put together 1 doz. arrows, built a back quiver, made two new strings for my hunting bow and shot them in. Life is great..

[Shadowhnter]

Hmmmm. I shoot and work on my form, but Im limited to outside shooting.. There seems to be a fair amount of nice days here to do that though. I do a lot of scouting new areas, picking trees for stands, and building the bulk portion of ground blinds that I'll need. I have been trying to keep supplied with a fair amount of goose and turkey flight feathers to work up into fletching during this time. I also do other things like a fair amount of  fur trapping,making music with my mandolins, and even indulge in nice forums like this one.

[Shadowhnter]

Idk how i doubled...sorry

[ronp]

A little snow blowing, snowshoeing/scouting and a whole lot of looking at TradGang.  Well worth the $30.00 contribution for all the info and enjoyment!

[Vesty]

Catch up on indoor projects that I put off in good weather. Winter is my time to get a lot of firewood cut at my cabin. I'm all about cooler temps. and no bugs during the winter months. It's also a great time to start planning tree stand moves to newly found deer runs that look promising.

[Sam McMichael]

Yep, the MRT came back. Fortunately the rotator cuff is not torn, but there is other damage in my shoulder. Soon I will have surgery and will begin rehab. The bad news is that the doc says I may be shooting low poundage bows from now on. If so, I will have some really nice bows I can't use, but that opens up the need to procure replacements.

I do have a few low intensity projects to do, so the time will not be lost.

[ProAlpine]

Ski!

[Griff812]

I have started trying to learn how to Flint Knap and have been spending quite a bit of time on that and getting ready for the Kansas Bowhunters Association Convention coming up the last weekend of Feb.

[mark Willoughby]

Look at my bow shoot my bow look for new bows to buy try to build bows look at the calendar repeat process lol