I had the day off and watching the weather reports around the region confirmed that a ghost town out in the west desert would make a great mid-winter hunting spot to shake off some cabin fever. 
I packed all the gear in the back of the landcruiser and headed out. To make a short story even shorter I arrived to 5 or 6 inches of snow and stone hard ground that my full sized round nosed shovel couldn't penetrate. I looked around, hopeful to find an area that might be more accessible. All frozen hard.
This is the first time I've not been able to hunt this location due to frozen ground in the last 25 yrs. 
It looks like the ghost town is going to stay that way at least for the foreseeable future.
Hope the rest of you that gave it a shot were more successful.
Rich (Utah)
I packed all the gear in the back of the landcruiser and headed out. To make a short story even shorter I arrived to 5 or 6 inches of snow and stone hard ground that my full sized round nosed shovel couldn't penetrate. I looked around, hopeful to find an area that might be more accessible. All frozen hard.
This is the first time I've not been able to hunt this location due to frozen ground in the last 25 yrs. It looks like the ghost town is going to stay that way at least for the foreseeable future.
Hope the rest of you that gave it a shot were more successful.
Rich (Utah)
