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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: Bendejo on March 08, 2022, 07:52:12 AM

Title: Gmu 105/Northport snow levels
Post by: Bendejo on March 08, 2022, 07:52:12 AM: Planning to hit Northport with some young hunters for the youth turkey season. Can anyone chime in on what the snow levels are like? Also flock updates would be cool too, but not needed ;) .

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Title: Re: Gmu 105/Northport snow levels
Post by: KFhunter on March 08, 2022, 08:12:50 AM: Lot can happen between now and April 1, but most all unplowed roads are impassable with a foot of crunchy snow on them now, its snowmobile season still.

You'll want to focus down low where you have access off plowed roads, especially sunny slopes when first green up.

If the snow comes off in the next 3 weeks it'll still be a soggy mess on the roads and a stuck fest. Every year we get turkey hunters than think they can drive in and rut up the roads and tear them up, which means more gates going up.

I'll post more updates towards late March, its just too variable to predict April 1 road conditions yet.
Title: Re: Gmu 105/Northport snow levels
Post by: Ridgeratt on March 08, 2022, 08:18:47 AM: Quote from: KFhunter on March 08, 2022, 08:12:50 AM
Lot can happen between now and April 1, but most all unplowed roads are impassable with a foot of crunchy snow on them now, its snowmobile season still.

You'll want to focus down low where you have access off plowed roads, especially sunny slopes when first green up.

If the snow comes off in the next 3 weeks it'll still be a soggy mess on the roads and a stuck fest. Every year we get turkey hunters than think they can drive in and rut up the roads and tear them up, which means more gates going up.

I'll post more updates towards late March, its just too variable to predict April 1 road conditions yet.

:yeah: Right now even the county roads are soft. The skool bus is making ruts.
Grandma's dawg is sinking in the road on their walk.
Title: Re: Gmu 105/Northport snow levels
Post by: Rob on March 08, 2022, 08:19:45 AM: And bring a chainsaw!
Title: Re: Gmu 105/Northport snow levels
Post by: Ghost Hunter on March 08, 2022, 08:29:08 AM: Quote from: KFhunter on March 08, 2022, 08:12:50 AM
Lot can happen between now and April 1, but most all unplowed roads are impassable with a foot of crunchy snow on them now, its snowmobile season still.

You'll want to focus down low where you have access off plowed roads, especially sunny slopes when first green up.

If the snow comes off in the next 3 weeks it'll still be a soggy mess on the roads and a stuck fest. Every year we get turkey hunters than think they can drive in and rut up the roads and tear them up, which means more gates going up.

I'll post more updates towards late March, its just too variable to predict April 1 road conditions yet.

:tup: I'll keep my eye on this one. Only have to make it in, not out. Four weeks at most, already loaded. 8)
Title: Re: Gmu 105/Northport snow levels
Post by: KFhunter on March 08, 2022, 08:36:37 AM: Lucky for you your road is all rock :chuckle:
Title: Re: Gmu 105/Northport snow levels
Post by: Ghost Hunter on March 08, 2022, 08:41:37 AM: :yeah: :chuckle: :chuckle:

Quote from: Rob on March 08, 2022, 08:19:45 AM
And bring a chainsaw!
Quote from: Rob on March 08, 2022, 08:19:45 AM
And bring a chainsaw!

Good advice. Drove my Kubota to WiFi zone at your camp last fall. Turned around to go back and a big tree was laying across the road 40 yards away. Managed to offroad and crawl over it.
Title: Re: Gmu 105/Northport snow levels
Post by: Ridgeratt on March 08, 2022, 08:48:18 AM: Quote from: KFhunter on March 08, 2022, 08:36:37 AM
Lucky for you your road is all rock :chuckle:

Who's Road? I need about 7-8 more truck loads. For the people who don't heed the advice.

Go For it!! What could possibly go wrong? :dunno:
Title: Re: Gmu 105/Northport snow levels
Post by: buckfvr on March 08, 2022, 08:49:30 AM: Make sure you have recovery gear to pull yourself out or be pulled out by others. Many more than a few of us have gotten very stuck in early may.
Title: Re: Gmu 105/Northport snow levels
Post by: baldopepper on March 08, 2022, 08:59:43 AM: Around here in 121 getting that freeze at night, thaw during the day. Gotta be careful going in on those frozen roads in the early morning because they're a muddy mess when you try to come out later in the day. North slopes and anything in the shade is still snow and the rest is soft mud. Still some time obviously before the hunt starts, but I'd be leary where I took my rig. Even if it dries a little, it won't take much of a storm during the hunt to turn them back into a mess. Birds are still.in their big winter flocks with Tom's mostly still in their bachelor groups.
Title: Re: Gmu 105/Northport snow levels
Post by: Rob on March 08, 2022, 11:37:59 AM: Quote from: Ghost Hunter on March 08, 2022, 08:41:37 AM
:yeah: :chuckle: :chuckle:

Quote from: Rob on March 08, 2022, 08:19:45 AM
And bring a chainsaw!
Quote from: Rob on March 08, 2022, 08:19:45 AM
And bring a chainsaw!

Good advice. Drove my Kubota to WiFi zone at your camp last fall. Turned around to go back and a big tree was laying across the road 40 yards away. Managed to offroad and crawl over it.

Nice! Got lucky! long way around if you have to take the high road
Title: Re: Gmu 105/Northport snow levels
Post by: Ghost Hunter on March 23, 2022, 03:21:26 PM: Maybe a couple more weeks will get the shady draws clear enough to chew my way in. Hoping the cougar quota will still have a spot for me. I want to make up for the month I lost last spring.
Title: Re: Gmu 105/Northport snow levels
Post by: Rob on March 23, 2022, 06:01:00 PM: Good luck! You deserve it after last year's issues.