Wild Weather Pattern Resumes



Chilly Canadian Air.... Finally! Hunt now because it wont last!

 We're in the Red Zone for Late Season hunting and finally Iowa is getting some decent cold weather!

We've been unusually warm the last 3 weeks in December so it took a massive storm with fierce winds to drag down quality cold from Canada. Here's a look at wind gusts around the state on New Year's Day:



Fierce Winds New Year's Day



Deer and other wildlife seem to have a pretty good internal barometer telling them when a storm is coming, and when it is departing. If you've hunted enough or make your living working outdoors, you actually develop these skills too. Its that type of feeling you get that tells you when the weather forecast is a little off. Animals read the sky and they know the patterns, and with a cold high pressure overhead for a few days -hunting action will be picking up.



Monday, January 2nd Wind Gusts



The strong winds will continue Monday, January 2nd but they'll back down briefly in the evening and for the morning of Tuesday the 3rd. Hunt these breaks in the wind because hunkered down deer will be on the hoof with this high pressure + cold temperature + lighter wind combination. The only thing better would be some snow on the ground. Unfortunately, our next possibility of snow is limited to a hail mary chance Sunday the 8th into Monday the 9th. I'd say less than 2% chance the ground will be white to end the 2011 Hunting Season. Check out the 7 day forecast for central Iowa and after we get past the 50s, we'll cool down to good hunting temps Saturday, Sunday Monday and Tuesday. Canadian high pressure settles in for the end of season which should give us (and me) a fighting chance to fill those tags.

Good luck and Happy New Year! P.S. Ice fishermen, I'm sorry. Quality hard water is weeks away for central Iowa.