Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: DanaM on November 12, 2008, 12:46:58 pm
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Here's a couple pictures I took with my cell phone the other day. Took these where I park when
I go hunting. Unfortunately most of it melted but more is forcast thru the weekend :) I'm not a big fan of snow except
when its hunting season then I love it.
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Good for you. ;)
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Oh yeah, I remember seeing a lot of that stuff in the lower part when we were trying to work :P. It's purty but you can have it ;D. brrr..
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I'll take it! ;D Pat
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Pat you can have it! Man I hates the stuff. Especially driving in it!
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Where were You raise David??? I have been away from Da UP for 26 years....but every time it snows here....or I go to Colorado.............I get all goose Bumpy.....and it aint the Cold.....I will spend Hours out just driving around....or Hiking in it.....I cant get enough of the Sight and smells of it...brings back so many memoriies....it's great!! People down herethink I'm Nutz....I do the Speed Limit when it has Snowed here....and they all slow down to a Turtles pace....and slip and slide all over....wait to gun it to climb a Hill....and slide off the Road....and cause Traffic Jambs......I think everyone needs to experience Snow for 4 months out of a Year....at least once in theor Life......it's an Awesome Memory that stays with you forever......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_EeszY5Tco
DA Heiki Luunta Snow Dance Song
1. I REMEMBER BACK IN ‘58 WHEN I WAS JUST A LAD
I WENT UP TO THE COPPER COUNTRY HUNTING WITH MY DAD
THE GROUND WAS BARE AND FROZEN SO WE COULDN’T TRACK NO DEER
SO MY OLD MAN GOT HIS KNAPSACK AND HE FILLED IT UP WITH BEER
HE SAID WE GOTTA TAKE A HIKE WAY OUT IN THE WOODS
THERE’S THIS GUY NAMED HEIKKI LUNTA HE’S CRAZY BUT HE’S GOOD
WE’LL LET HIM DRINK A COUPLE BEERS AND WHEN HE STARTS TO GLOW
HE’LL DO THE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE AND THEN JUST WATCH IT SNOW
CHORUS:
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE
MAKE IT SNOW, SNOW, SNOW HEIKKI LUNTA SNOW
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE
2. I REMEMBER IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE 15 YEARS AGO
ALL THE KIDS WERE CRYING CAUSE THEY DIDN’T HAVE NO SNOW
ACCORDING TO THE WEATHERMAN THEY DIDN’T HAVE A CHANCE
BUT THE WEATHERMAN DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE
HEIKKI PUT HIS SNOWSHOES ON AND GRABBED A CAN OF BEER
HE PUT ON HIS GIANT PARTRIDGE WINGS AND ANTLERS FROM A DEER
THEN HE GRABBED A CEDAR BRANCH AND DANCED AROUND THE YARD
EVERYBODY SAID THEY NEVER SEEN IT SNOW SO HARD
3. I RECALL A TOURNAMENT OUT AT SUICIDE
ALL THE SNOW WAS MELTING AND WE COULDN’T GET A RIDE
ONE CRAZY FINN CAME DOWN THE HILL AND LANDED ON THE ROCKS
THEY SENT HIM BACK TO FINLAND IN A HOMEMADE CEDAR BOX
WE LOOKED FOR HEIKKI LUNTA BUT HE WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND
WE COULDN’T DO NO JUMPING WITH NO SNOW ON THE GROUND
IT WAS CARL PELLONPAA WHO FINALLY SAVED THE DAY
WE DID THE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE I THINK IT SNOWED TILL MAY
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I'll tell ya, I have had my share of it over the years and it gets old. Mostly having to work in it and the resulting mud is the worst part. I am thinking of becoming like a migratory bird and folowing the seasons.
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Neve lived in da far nort! But I lived through some big dumps of snow arround DC and dont like it. Its wet cold and turns to slush!!! Give me sun and an ocean and a kayak! ;D
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Snow in the forecast for the next week here.
Tiller when does the sun ever shine out there, don't you mean rain and then more rain ???
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Yeah! Liquid sunshine!!! ;D
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Dana....this is some of what I really miss............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrJ9s36k1uU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47ziut31VJo
We used to do both on Teal Lake in Negaunee every Winter....it was a Blast............
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Pretty cool Mike, and the only time gas engines are allowed on Teal Lake.
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Yeah....you better not get caught with a Motor on your Boat....whether you are using it or not....thats a Big No-No...don't understand why anymore....they don't use Teal for Water any more....they are on Well Water now....... ??? One good thing though....the Lake will always be Pristine
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yup mike,
i like the snow too, love driving in it,just hate the cold that usually follows the snow. we will get several inches of snow,then we get a couple of weeks of sub zero weather that follows it usually.
were i live we have several colleges near by so we alway have people from all over the country in our area,and your right,some people have no clue as to how to drive in
it. they are fun to watch.
however,i have lived here all my life(except one year in fla.) and in never fails to amaze me how many native northeners forget how to drive in it too.me i always drive the speed limit,regardless of weather.just gotta know what your doing ;)
some folks dont get the concept of the eggshell under the pedal. they figure that if my tires are spinning and i give it more gas i will get traction. they dont relaize that all
they are doing is creating more ice under their tires.
i worked outside in the inclimate weather of minnesota for years,never really got used to the sub zero temps but love the snow. after awhile in the sub zero temps
and it finally gets back over zero degrees real minnesotans will be outside with just long sleeve shirts again,driving with the windows open etc. you yoopers and others form the north know what i am talking about.
we have had a couple of small snow falls this year already,nothing really worth talking abot. none of it stuck more than over night,not even worth taking a pic of yet.
send me a cooler, and i will fill it with snow and send it back to you ;D(when we get some that sticks,probably later this week)
peace,
tim
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Here is what I grew up next to....Marquette's Lower Harbor....some of the Nastiest Winter Weather in the U.P.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI8PkvLbVTo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbaxf_oyVgM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIwmU50xDo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB5B84meSh0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Lg6-rIIp4&feature=related
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Sure makes draggin deer alot easier. :)
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Being from Wisconsin, now down in Texas, I miss the snow.
Thanks for the pictures, you lucky duck. ;)
Sean
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Sean I didn't know you were a cheesehead >:D :D
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DA Heiki Luunta Snow Dance Song
1. I REMEMBER BACK IN ‘58 WHEN I WAS JUST A LAD
I WENT UP TO THE COPPER COUNTRY HUNTING WITH MY DAD
THE GROUND WAS BARE AND FROZEN SO WE COULDN’T TRACK NO DEER
SO MY OLD MAN GOT HIS KNAPSACK AND HE FILLED IT UP WITH BEER
HE SAID WE GOTTA TAKE A HIKE WAY OUT IN THE WOODS
THERE’S THIS GUY NAMED HEIKKI LUNTA HE’S CRAZY BUT HE’S GOOD
WE’LL LET HIM DRINK A COUPLE BEERS AND WHEN HE STARTS TO GLOW
HE’LL DO THE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE AND THEN JUST WATCH IT SNOW
CHORUS:
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE
MAKE IT SNOW, SNOW, SNOW HEIKKI LUNTA SNOW
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE
2. I REMEMBER IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE 15 YEARS AGO
ALL THE KIDS WERE CRYING CAUSE THEY DIDN’T HAVE NO SNOW
ACCORDING TO THE WEATHERMAN THEY DIDN’T HAVE A CHANCE
BUT THE WEATHERMAN DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE
HEIKKI PUT HIS SNOWSHOES ON AND GRABBED A CAN OF BEER
HE PUT ON HIS GIANT PARTRIDGE WINGS AND ANTLERS FROM A DEER
THEN HE GRABBED A CEDAR BRANCH AND DANCED AROUND THE YARD
EVERYBODY SAID THEY NEVER SEEN IT SNOW SO HARD
3. I RECALL A TOURNAMENT OUT AT SUICIDE
ALL THE SNOW WAS MELTING AND WE COULDN’T GET A RIDE
ONE CRAZY FINN CAME DOWN THE HILL AND LANDED ON THE ROCKS
THEY SENT HIM BACK TO FINLAND IN A HOMEMADE CEDAR BOX
WE LOOKED FOR HEIKKI LUNTA BUT HE WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND
WE COULDN’T DO NO JUMPING WITH NO SNOW ON THE GROUND
IT WAS CARL PELLONPAA WHO FINALLY SAVED THE DAY
WE DID THE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE I THINK IT SNOWED TILL MAY
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What are the origins of this song? I have never heard about it. Lunta is "some snow" in English.
Here where I live it has been quite cold for some time already. I saw the first snow on the 8th of October this year. Then shortly after that we went hiking to the wilderness for some time and it snowed about 1' (30cm or so?) in just two days. on the slopes of the fells there was snow up to my knee in some spots. For a week the temperature has been between -20C and -5C. Today we got a little rain, but it will freeze up during the night and decrease to around -15C again.
Man I love wintertime.
Here are some pics from UKK national park where we were hiking. Not taken by me, but it shows the place around the end of December. Changed the last pic because the link did not work. The last link is the best I think
http://tunturiin.fi/kuvat/kaamos.jpg
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~rysoopa/arkisto/vaellukset/kaamos2003/loikkarit/files/image024.jpg
http://www.kolumbus.fi/cloudybay/cb_Retkeily/inari/nakyma.jpg
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Heikki Lunta is just a Yooper legend or myth you might say....sorta like Santa!!!
This Song and the others that followed were written back in the early 70's....by Yooper for Yoopers!! They originated in the Upper peninsula of Michigan where it snows 6 moths out of the Year....and they Blame Heikki for the Snow....and then beg Him for it when it doesnt snow!!
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I see :D
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Dana....this is some of what I really miss............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrJ9s36k1uU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47ziut31VJo
We used to do both on Teal Lake in Negaunee every Winter....it was a Blast............
Man i wish i had pictures and videos of my snowmobile i used to have. Ask my dad how loud and fast it was :) it was a 1998 Arctic Cat ZRT 800 Triple, it had psi racing exhaust on it, it was cluthed, racing reeds, long track with over 280 studs, with inch 1/2 paddle track. It would easily hit 120 with the ski's off the ice with me on it.
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Yup it went until I burnt da garage down with da sled in it :o ::) :P
BTW still snowing here :) >:( ??? :-\
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Sunny today in the 50's.
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Sean I didn't know you were a cheesehead >:D :D
Yes, Dana, I was born a cheesehead.;D In Green Bay.
Sean
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Raining today, temp in the 40's. Expect snow on saturday morning. Temp at night expected in the 20's. We do get a blow in from Alaska once in a while. The bummer is the humidity. Cold shoots right to the bones and there is no sun!
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Dana
I sure do miss those UP winters. It is so boring here. As soon as it looks like it is going to snow, the cold air hits the warmer ocean and RAIN :P
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I'll take the snow over the rain thats fer sure eh. Been snowing everyday but only a little at a time, forcast for the next week is snow everyday.
Bad part of winter is never seeing the sun :'( Been a week since the sun popped out and looks like it will be another week or so before we see any sunlight.
The lack of sun is harder to deal with than the snow and short days :(
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Dana-
That gray sky inspired the Michigan Gray color in crayola crayons. ;D
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I'll take that bright, hot, sun and Bikinis all day long 8)
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Better not let Kathy catch ya looken!!! ;D
Dana, the grey skys are tough here too. But it's the humidity mixed with the dark that gets to me! Sun, warm and bikini's sound good to me! ;)
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Appreciate yer sympathy eddie :P Snowing today, tommow snow, then after that its going to snow,
followed by snow, yup more snow the next day >:( Worst part is it snow just a little bit at a time, can't just snow a foot then be done for a week,
get an inch or so everyday which means ya get to shovel/snow blow everyday also :'(
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Looks cool but sounds depressing. I like snow the way we have it,snow play in it for a day or 2 then gone and the sun comes back out. :) I guess you get use to it. ???
Pappy
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Pappy I'm not sure about getting used to it, but you do have to accept it as its a fact of life.
I just keep telling my self only 5 more months till spring :o >:( :)
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Yep Dana...aint no sense whining about a bit of Snow.....Da Up get as many Inchesof Da White Stuff... as there are days in da Year!!!!!
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Haven't seen one of dose in a long time Mike :D
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;D ;D ;D ;D nice map.Ya that is what we say about the south Dana when it is hot and very very very muggy. :) Or rain in May. ;) :)
Pappy
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Yep, feels like home! ;D
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I wear my Shirt all the Time......makes me Homesick!!!!!
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38 and falling! Tomarrow night in the 20's and snow on the way. I hate the white stuff especially at x-mass! Keeps the customers out of the store and this year S&*#s for sales!!! :'( BAH! HUMBUG!!!! :-X :'( :-[
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Just watched the news and they were showing snow in Houston and New Orleans ;D
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My Son Justin lives in Bacliff....just out of Houston....they got 3 inches....them people don't have a Clue what to do in the Snow....the Highway Department doesn't even have Plows for Snow!!!!
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Winter wonderland has turned into a soggy mess :( 40 and rain all day today what a mess, oh supposed to get cold tonight and down around zero by tommow night.
Should separate the real Yoopers from the tourists real quick ;D
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I'm not even going to tell you what it's like here ;D ::) ;D ::) ;D ;D ;D Refer to the Two Fletch post with the pineapples. And tomorrow it's driving that old Airboat again. ::) :-*
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High of 72 today.....12 degrees right now.....and the High for tomorrow is only going to be 22 with a 30 percent chance of Snow.
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Now 26 outside! Brrrrrrrr!
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11 degrees....without the Wind Chill....and it's blowing at 23 mph.............. :'(