Cold camping saga at 25 below on Matsell Bridge area
Forest and Stream Camp cooking details a brutal weekend when temperatures sank to 25 below and wind chills approached minus 94. Dave Martin 22 and three friends describe gear, snow shovels as improvised sleds, and strategies to stay warm while crossing frozen terrain near Viola. They struggled with dead vehicles and frostbite risk.
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Winter year essential By Ernest W. Stetenfeld
Winter camping thrives for hardy Iowans according to Jeff Jansen of Chalet Ski and Patio and Tom Haynie of Bivouac. They stress warm sleeping bags, bathtub floor tents, ample water, and plain clothes. Nancy Exline notes state parks stay open in winter though with limited water, facilities.
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Drake University
Iowa Daily Press Association
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Iowa Conservation Commission
Iowa Seacoast Hunting Seasons Calendar Details
Iowa hunting seasons list quail through Jan 3 8 am to 4 30 pm gray partridge through Jan 31 8 am to 4 30 pm ruffed grouse through Jan 31 sunrise to sunset cotton tail rabbits through Feb 28 sunrise to sunset crows through Feb 28 half hour before sunrise to sunset trapping red and gray fox through Jan 24 beaver through March 28 coyote continuous open season with geographic notes and bag limits.
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