I hike in the winter. Love it. Usually the regular weekend hikes wouldn't start until the end of December, but this year it seems like we had 2 weeks of fall and winter is here. Hot and dry and a few weeks later it's single digits and our first snowfall. Really hurting private permissions. Last year I was detecting all the way into this January until the ground finally froze for good. I'll still get out a few times yet, but probably not as much as last year. Fortunately I have a big permission brewing for spring.