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I had gone out New Years Day and promised a friend Dave that I would go out today, Jan 3rd to the Peace River. We talked last night about the weather, air temps in the 50s, rain in the morning, winds 10-15 mph.  We decided we could handle it.  There are 3 of us who tend to hunt together.  Each of the 3 spouses think all 3 of us are insane, with her particular spouse being the craziest of the 3.

At 8:20 am Dave and I launched from Heard Bridge with a temp of 51 degrees and constant rain. We each had 7mm wetsuits, scuba gloves/boots plus Dave had a scuba skullcap. It stopped raining at 10:30 am, and was mostly sunny with intermittent clouds, and the breezes were sporadic. The primary issue for both of us was how our hands and fingers reacted to the cold. I wore a scuba glove on one hand, switching when fingers on that hand started having difficulty picking up small shark teeth. Dave just tried to tough it out, but at times had to use the index fingers to pick up each tooth. Dave found a couple of horse teeth, a pristine large puffer fish mouth plate,  and many small teeth. Here are my finds:

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and a mass of smaller teeth which is pretty common on a Peace River hunt. Some closer shots:

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The broken Meg is 2.5 inches. 3rd photo is a cream enamel fragment of a Mastodon tooth... wish I had the rest of it. For those who find these crystalized sea urchen spines, here is an ID for the last photo.

Dave and I talked while I was eating lunch and he was trying to pick teeth out of his last sieve, we agreed it had been another great day at the Peace, mostly because the weather is turning COLD! and only a crazy person would hunt the Peace before Sunday.

 

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The White Queen  ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast"

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Liking that denticle.

 

There are crazier things you guys could have done....lol At -25 wind chill here in Wisconsin, a 50° day would be absolutely amazing! 

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2 minutes ago, fossilized6s said:

Liking that denticle.

 

There are crazier things you guys could have done....lol At -25 wind chill here in Wisconsin, a 50° day would be absolutely amazing! 

I agree,I’m tired of the below zero temps already. 

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29 minutes ago, Sacha said:

I'm with the spouses Jack!

 

2 minutes ago, fossilized6s said:

Liking that denticle.

 

There are crazier things you guys could have done....lol At -25 wind chill here in Wisconsin, a 50° day would be absolutely amazing! 

:hearty-laugh: I know John,, I know.... and you can be sure I am NOT, NOT going hunting at -25 wind chill...

The White Queen  ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast"

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Phew, good thing I’m not the only crazy person ‘round here! Nice finds!

“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

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You all are pretty hard core Jack, you don’t have to worry about seeing me out there in weather like that lol

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50 degrees, I hunt in all winter even colder. But waist deep, your a brave man Jack!

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That is a killer Hemi you got there! Nice finds!

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Thanks to all for the encouragement!!!!

On 1/4/2018 at 1:22 PM, sixgill pete said:

50 degrees, I hunt in all winter even colder. But waist deep, your a brave man Jack!

The issues when you are standing waist deep in water is not the body below, but facing any minor breeze above the water line.

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