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I always check the weather for the area just above us....

...so I checked prairie Canada......verdict: It sucks.

So, I checked NWT (Northwest Territories).......verdict: It sucks

I would check Siberia, but that's too far to drive, anyway.

Let's just say there might not be any need to pump your fields up.......say like 'til.......mid-December.

This season is gonna be a 'bomb'.......unless you are mobile, have a pool of freinds with different places to hunt, and can afford to hunt every day. I don't expect much, therefore I should be disappointed, right?

Just my prediction.

I think I will trade in my camo and 4- wheeler this year for Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and a tiki hut. Its gonna be 80 degrees on Christmas morning i betcha.

i tend to like it wet and hot......

According to a link somone posted up a couple months ago about the sun cycles and sun spots, we are on the verge of a spell of very cold winters!!! CROSS YOUR FINGERS!!!!!

pntailhntr wrote:According to a link somone posted up a couple months ago about the sun cycles and sun spots, we are on the verge of a spell of very cold winters!!! CROSS YOUR FINGERS!!!!!

I read that post....hope its right. If anybody else has any scientific evidence as opposed to their gut feeling, that would be great. Otherwise, we'll hafta wait and see.

Jeff wrote:Well supposedly this is an El Nino year. In the past El Nino years, the winters have been mild and dry. I am going to choose this option, but hope I am wrong.

dont hold me to this but i believe the northern states have a warmer dryer winter and the southern states have a cooler wetter winter...

I will be coldish hot and probably wet with some dryness.... guaranteed

It will rain some days..Be dry somedays.. and Hot everyday...But it's better that sitting at home listening my my old lady complain about everything

Rely strictly on your dog for weather info. If you send him outside and he does not return its windy. If he comes back wet it's raining. If he comes back on fire -lightening. Definitely stay home.

Corn in Iowa has thick husks...farmers swear its gona be cold

save your cider jugs boys i hope its a cold one.

Anyone ever thrown cider jugs of hot water into a spread of frozen deeks to make it look like open water.
if not and the waters thick enough to support your dog, try it, you'll laugh so hard you may not wanna shoot the poor ducks

According to the Old Farmer's Almanac:

Winter will be much colder than normal, with temperatures one to two degrees below normal, on average. The coldest periods will occur in mid-December, early and late January, and mid-February. Precipitation will be below normal in the north but well above normal in the south. Snowfall will be above normal in the north, with the snowiest periods in late December and early January. Elsewhere, snowfall will be below normal.


September and October will be cooler than normal, with near-normal rainfall. Expect a hurricane in late September.

sounds good to me

That must be for the Deep South Region – I've not seen a report for November 2009 thru October 2010. I’d like to see the forecast for areas North of us thru Oct 2010.

If not……then it’s really too early to make an informed prediction based on the Almanac forecast (IMO) for November 2009 thru February 2010.

The current forecasts on the FA website are from 11/08 thru 10/09.
The outlook for September and October 2009 for the areas above us are as follows:

NWT - cooler than normal in the east and warmer than normal in the west, on average. Precipitation will be below normal, with the heaviest snowfall in mid-October.

Prairie - near-normal temperatures, with precipitation below normal in the east and slightly above normal in the west.

Southern Ontario - cooler and drier than normal.

High Plains - warmer and drier than normal

Upper Midwest - below-normal rainfall. Temperatures will be below normal, on average, in September and above normal in October.

Heartland - below-normal rainfall and near-normal temperatures

Deep South – it doesn’t really matter how cold it gets down here if the weather above us isn’t conducive to mass migration.

In a nutshell (based on ‘gut’ feeling) – Nothing significant will happen until mid-October when snow starts to push the migration out of NWT and into the Prairie Canada region (So, that’s when we leave to meet them there, the last of October – first of November). By then, some birds may be moving out of Ontario into Ohio River Valley. The Coteau Region may have enough water left-over from this Spring/Summer, but won’t get much more than normal in Sept-Oct. which means birds won’t leave Canada in significant numbers ‘til mid November or even late November freeze-up. That sets-up another late migration. Upper Midwest is to have below normal temps, but also below normal rainfall. Maybe birds over-shoot Coteau Regions again and hang-up in the Corn Belt along Missouri River. They won’t be here. No accumulation of snow, abundance of available grain, and plenty of open water in the Heartland will keep the mass migration (once again) out of the Deep South until it’s too late to matter. We may get the normal rush of ‘new’ but highly educated birds around Christmas, then another push in late January, but it will mostly be a wood duck, gadwall and shoveler year unless you have a combination of lots of water, sanctuaries, a variety of food and cover sources, and enough restraint to manage pressure. Every Pro-Staffer wanna-be will concentrate hunting pressure on public land, driving ducks to private areas. Thus my forecast that there’s no need to pump until December – wait for rain – save your money and your available food sources. Go natural. Be mobile. At best, we have a decent teal season and as good a regular season as last year.

I hope I’m wrong.

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it's out. farmer's almanac says colder and wetter in deep south.