Last year we ended up with more snow than we had seen in years. As fall approached this season, all predictions were for a "MILD" winter.

Last winter the snow was more than most deptarments could deal with. I know some of my readers see alot more than we see here but you expect it and have the equipment to deal with it most of the time.

I've been driving a F250 4WD since 1999. Until last winter, I had not had it stuck. But blasting through a drift filled road stopped me just short of getting through it. As a result, my coyote hunting kind of slowed down to a crawl. There were just a lot of places that I did not attempt to go because of the roads and access.

This season I have been coyote hunting quite a bit. Changing plans only slightly because of the snow and weather. If todays forecast hits target, I will be done again for a while.

As for the actual hunting, so far I've had a great time. Me and a buddy got one probably late December. Then I had one get up and run off after beeing hit with the 204 Ruger. So I switched to a Savage 222 that I had in the rack "ready to go."