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Title: Ice Beard?
Post by: tench on Nov 29, 2012, 11:03 PM
Anyone else sprout a beard for the hardwater season? I started mine Sept. 1st with the opener of bear season and I'm not shaving until the end of March or the last day of ice fishing, whichever comes later. Lets see some pics! I'll post mine tomorrow.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: laclabiche walleye hunter on Nov 29, 2012, 11:11 PM
I started one in sept and by the end of october i had to shave it off was getting way to itchy for me lol ;D
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: tench on Nov 29, 2012, 11:16 PM
Gotta keep it clean and conditioned!  ;D My girlfriend is getting mad at me, she's tired of having me look 40!
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: huntaholic on Nov 29, 2012, 11:23 PM
Me and a bunch of college buddies started ours in august for goose opener. No shaving or haircuts until after xmas break in january. Needless to say we are one ugly arse bunch of guys ;D
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: panfishman13 on Nov 29, 2012, 11:38 PM
i grew a beard for no shave november, but i'm getting tired of the itching and shampooing my face.
plus it makes my windproof balaclava uncomfortable to wear.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: appleye on Nov 29, 2012, 11:44 PM
I started one in Oct. Because of work I have to keep it trimmed. I have a bunch of grey showing up, starting to show my age! Hope to have a pic as soon as I'm on the ice!
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: SeisMec on Nov 30, 2012, 12:17 AM
I've had a mustache since 1981 and a full beard for the last 5 years. The wife is always after me to dye it because it's mostly gray.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: fish-kabob on Nov 30, 2012, 12:22 AM


don't need a ski mask when you got a beard. best part about having a beard is no wind burn   
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: Big Burk on Nov 30, 2012, 01:15 AM
I keep the beard year round and don't plan on getting rid of it anytime soon. Best part is the girlfriend likes it so I may never get rid of it  :P
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: addicted to ice fishing on Nov 30, 2012, 03:28 AM
 Used to start growing one at the beginning of bear season, and cut it off in spring.  Then for about 6 or 7 years, I wore it year round.  Shaved it off about 9 years ago, and have not grown one since.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: bluemountainlaker on Nov 30, 2012, 05:17 AM
goin on 13 months without shaving!! cant icefish without my beard ;) 
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: pirkaus on Nov 30, 2012, 05:24 AM
I have not shaved off my beard since 1996, it scared the kids ;D
I keep it tight in the warm weather and bush it up for the winter
A beard is nature's balaclava ;D
Pirk
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: bart on Nov 30, 2012, 05:35 AM
We started growing beards for the bow season. When you got your deer, you shaved, everyone would know you had scored. I liked the beard and kept it. I years later took a position at work that required to be clean shaven. When I retired I grew it back, it had a lot of white in it? My wife said she didn't marry Santa Claus and it made me ten years older. I trimmed it to a goatee, which she liked. My ice beard from years ago is to the left.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: jimyoumook on Nov 30, 2012, 05:43 AM
my wife gets to see my neked face in june for our anniversary thats it 
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: Ice Beard on Nov 30, 2012, 05:52 AM
My esteemed colleagues,

It would seen to me..the question should be...why would anyone want to shave?

I have not shaved in 13 years...and I never will!

Cheers,

Ice Beard
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: wiredstone on Nov 30, 2012, 05:54 AM
 I wear mine year round. ;D
(http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj204/wiredstone/P7070276.jpg)
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: DR.SPECKLER on Nov 30, 2012, 06:29 AM
i  always have a beard..
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: boinger on Nov 30, 2012, 06:59 AM
i started growing a bear just for hardwater season about 6 years ago, now it's stays all year. 
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: lefty2053 on Nov 30, 2012, 07:02 AM
Had a mustache since I was 20 and had a beard since I was 30. So 29 Years now. I would shave them both if I could look only 40. The biggest thing is my upper lip is so white it would scare people.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: shaftthrower on Nov 30, 2012, 07:06 AM
I've had my flavor saver for 25 years or better.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: Osage on Nov 30, 2012, 07:19 AM
Not a beard grower,but could have a nice one in about a week.My younger brother could grow a full beard in the 6th grade,hairiest devil I've ever seen,he even has hair on his knee caps :woot:
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: smitty on Nov 30, 2012, 07:19 AM
Yup started mine Nov 1'st every year and shave it off in March.

smitty :tipup:
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: Guinea on Nov 30, 2012, 07:40 AM
My esteemed colleagues,

It would seen to me..the question should be...why would anyone want to shave?

I have not shaved in 13 years...and I never will!

Cheers,

Ice Beard

 :clap: :clap:

Well said, Mr. Beard!

I for one am a fan. I'm still trying to convince the beau to go full facial for ice season.  ;)
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: beeverfishingscatch on Nov 30, 2012, 08:05 AM
:clap: :clap:

Well said, Mr. Beard!

I for one am a fan. I'm still trying to convince the beau to go full facial for ice season.  ;)

have to agree...i have never dated a man without atleast a goatee....something about a man with a beard  ;)
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: squ1rr31_ on Nov 30, 2012, 08:16 AM
Last year I grew mine from Sept till late Feb. I only got to start in November this year, can't wait for it to grow back full.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: bpiatt on Nov 30, 2012, 08:39 AM
I can't grow facial hair if my life depended on it. I did however start growing my hair out august 1st for the hardwater season. I always get a buzz cut come spring and rock long hair in the winter. I might let it go this spring until it gets long enough to donate to locks of love.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: ice dawg on Nov 30, 2012, 08:41 AM
have to agree...i have never dated a man without atleast a goatee....something about a man with a beard  ;)
You can quit now. We got it. WINK WINK WINK

(http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i406/robertk4/WINKINGPUPPY.jpg)
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: petrgill on Nov 30, 2012, 08:47 AM
Gotta keep it clean and conditioned!  ;D My girlfriend is getting mad at me, she's tired of having me look 40!

Hey now, some of us look damn good at 40  ;D

Haven't started mine yet, probably in the next couple of weeks.  Only takes about 2 weeks for us with Bigfoot blood to go full Jeremiah Johnson.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: graybeard on Nov 30, 2012, 08:55 AM
Gotta keep it clean and conditioned!  ;D My girlfriend is getting mad at me, she's tired of having me look 40!
Shoot, I'd be excited to look 40 again.  ;D  I haven't went thru a winter without a beard for nearly 40 years. Went 25 plus with a beard year around. I thought about trying bare-faced this year, but the first few cooler days changed my mind in a hurry. My user name pretty much describes it.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: beeverfishingscatch on Nov 30, 2012, 09:29 AM
You can quit now. We got it. WINK WINK WINK

(http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i406/robertk4/WINKINGPUPPY.jpg)

lmao....hmmmm didnt mean it that way at the time but well that too.... :).....and btw  Tench....nothing wrong with lookin 40......or 50 for that matter just sayin....dont like "fluffy men"..lol...
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: CharlieBrn on Nov 30, 2012, 09:38 AM
Started mine in 1980 and my cheeks haven't seen the sun since. :o  Well my chin certainly hasn't anyway.  I'd be afraid to see what I'd look like without it.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: muskyon46 on Nov 30, 2012, 10:22 AM
Every ice season  ;D
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: harpenter on Nov 30, 2012, 10:56 AM
Started growing my for Movember, but I think I'm going to keep it for the ice season...much to my wife's dismay.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: kasilofchrisn on Nov 30, 2012, 10:59 AM
beards always get to itchy for me after a couple of weeks.
Besides I am not allowed to have one at work because I may have to wear a respirator sometime. Although it has been a few years since I have had to.
We had a guy working here at one time who had never shaved his Moustache in his life and he was in his forties.
It hung below his belt. He always kept it rolled up and secured with hairspray. He worked in our central toolroom the running joke was that while testing a drill someday he would get it all wrapped up. Probably a scary thought for him.
I am debating buying one of these beardo hats though. Just so I fit in with you guys.
(http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x368/kasilofchrisn/beardo.jpg)
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: Guinea on Nov 30, 2012, 11:37 AM
Baahahahaha!
How do you think that would look on me? Probably freak some people out!  ;D
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: beeverfishingscatch on Nov 30, 2012, 11:47 AM
Baahahahaha!
How do you think that would look on me? Probably freak some people out!  ;D


lol i was wonderin if it came in red...oh well black would work too seein how my hairs is 2 diff colors ...but id prefer red more of a mahogany really lol
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: delta9 on Nov 30, 2012, 11:50 AM
I can't grow facial hair if my life depended on it. I did however start growing my hair out august 1st for the hardwater season. I always get a buzz cut come spring and rock long hair in the winter. I might let it go this spring until it gets long enough to donate to locks of love.
I think for locks of love it has to be 14 inches long, have done that a couple of times myself.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: kasilofchrisn on Nov 30, 2012, 12:02 PM

lol i was wonderin if it came in red...oh well black would work too seein how my hairs is 2 diff colors ...but id prefer red more of a mahogany really lol
Red ? looks like it.
(http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x368/kasilofchrisn/berardo2.jpg)
Or brown? 
(http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x368/kasilofchrisn/beardo3.jpg)

What guy can resist a lady in red. :woot:
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: beeverfishingscatch on Nov 30, 2012, 12:06 PM
Red ? looks like it.
(http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x368/kasilofchrisn/berardo2.jpg)
Or brown? 
(http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x368/kasilofchrisn/beardo3.jpg)

What guy can resist a lady in red. :woot:
lol nope red or black...have red with it dyed black underneath kinda like the bleach blonde bobble heads ...lol....so deff not brown....ha ha ...wonder if i would ever get taken back out on the ice after the first trip with something like that on lol
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: OneBucketMike on Nov 30, 2012, 12:38 PM
My esteemed colleagues,

It would seen to me..the question should be...why would anyone want to shave?

I have not shaved in 13 years...and I never will!

Cheers,

Ice Beard

Hi Chris, I wondered if "THE" IceBeard would Post on this thread!!  Check out his Avatar boys, I can attest, that picture is not a caricature, that is truly IceBeard!!!   Now come on ice....
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: BLUJBURD on Nov 30, 2012, 12:38 PM
Have kept fur on my face every winter since I could, sometimes unkempt and grizzly other times closer and neat.  It is much better under a mask though with it closer to the face IMO
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: ice dawg on Nov 30, 2012, 12:51 PM
lmao....hmmmm didnt mean it that way at the time but well that too.... :).....and btw  Tench....nothing wrong with lookin 40......or 50 for that matter just sayin....dont like "fluffy men"..lol...
Whew, I guess I feel safe now.  ;D
(http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i406/robertk4/peepwall-1.gif)
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: beeverfishingscatch on Nov 30, 2012, 01:15 PM
Whew, I guess I feel safe now.  ;D
(http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i406/robertk4/peepwall-1.gif)
.....lol ha ha...shoosh....dont make me .........  ;)
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: CharlieBrn on Nov 30, 2012, 02:04 PM
Now if that don't look like Franko Harris, I don't know what does!
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: laclabiche walleye hunter on Nov 30, 2012, 02:20 PM
beards always get to itchy for me after a couple of weeks.
Besides I am not allowed to have one at work because I may have to wear a respirator sometime. Although it has been a few years since I have had to.
We had a guy working here at one time who had never shaved his Moustache in his life and he was in his forties.
It hung below his belt. He always kept it rolled up and secured with hairspray. He worked in our central toolroom the running joke was that while testing a drill someday he would get it all wrapped up. Probably a scary thought for him.
I am debating buying one of these beardo hats though. Just so I fit in with you guys.
(http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x368/kasilofchrisn/beardo.jpg)


lol thats a funny looking hat would like to buy 2 of them for my 6 and 7 year old sons lol
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: Ice Beard on Nov 30, 2012, 02:48 PM
I bought two of them for my sons...they are now the sons of Ice Beard!
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: Tylercurt on Nov 30, 2012, 03:58 PM
Sported a nice one as of yesterday, had a Job interview so figured I shave it, now; back to being retired and ice beard...lol (Need a job she said if you want a new boat)lol...
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: Ice Beard on Nov 30, 2012, 05:16 PM
Understood...I would not go into an interview with a beard either.  However, I would stop sharing as soon as I got the job.

Cheers,
Ice Beard
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: eyesonice on Nov 30, 2012, 06:17 PM
Start 1 month before archery opener every year and shave it off the first day it reaches 50 degrees. Been doing it for years it just seems that every year I get a little more tree bark camo look to it.  :tipup:
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: beeverfishingscatch on Nov 30, 2012, 06:23 PM
hmmmmm idk my hair is long enough mayb make it into a beard??? lol  is that an ice fishing requirement....lol.... jk
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: laclabiche walleye hunter on Nov 30, 2012, 09:01 PM
I bought two of them for my sons...they are now the sons of Ice Beard!

lmao wife just ordered me and both of my boys 1 lol
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: Ice Beard on Dec 01, 2012, 04:12 AM
Awesome!

You know...this could make an interesting television show.  Kinda along the lines as Duck Dynasty....we could have show called American Ice Beards!

Finally a reality show about ice fishing, beards, and Americans.

Cheers,
Ice Beard
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: wiredstone on Dec 01, 2012, 06:07 AM
(http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj204/wiredstone/P1120242.jpg)
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Post by: appleye on Dec 01, 2012, 06:39 AM
Let me get a video camera!
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Post by: BlueDuck on Dec 01, 2012, 09:03 AM
I grow one every year in the winter since the late 60's or early 70's.  I start around my birthday in late August and shave sometime in the spring.  Some years I trim it, some years I don't.  This year I think Ill let it go.  Might keep it and let it go for a few years like those guys on the Duck Dynisty...
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: lure loon on Dec 01, 2012, 10:38 AM
Grew one last year soley for ice fishing warmth . well i jinxed myself as it was a very warm winter . This year no beard ( so far ) will see how cold the next few months are ? Not that i am supersticious .( keeping my fingers crossed ) Plus I AM begining to look like my grandfather as i remember . lots of gray .
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: bart on Dec 01, 2012, 10:47 AM
Awesome!

You know...this could make an interesting television show.  Kinda along the lines as Duck Dynasty....we could have show called American Ice Beards!

Finally a reality show about ice fishing, beards, and Americans.

Cheers,
Ice Beard



(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg22/bart607/35.jpg)
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: mud_n_fun on Dec 01, 2012, 10:53 AM
I think the wife is getting tired of the seasonal changes to my face. Sucks to be her. Safty first!!
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: Icemole on Dec 01, 2012, 11:36 AM
 I have not shaved since getting out of the service back in 82. While it does get bushy it never has grown long (maybe because the stuff on top is falling out faster than it grows :%$#!:)  So for the most part anymore I keep it trimmed up + fairly short
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: Gillgrabber on Dec 01, 2012, 03:59 PM
Gotta keep it clean and conditioned!  ;D My girlfriend is getting mad at me, she's tired of having me look 40!
I wish I could look 40 again.....
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: MT Hank on Dec 01, 2012, 05:18 PM
Started my beard in August... "1978"     24/7/365 ever since.
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: tench on Dec 06, 2012, 11:43 PM
Here's my ~3 month beard at a party. The water theme meant a fly-fishing vest and hip boots were necessary.

(http://i.imgur.com/b5Tjd.jpg)
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: pikeking on Dec 07, 2012, 03:58 PM
Yes the winter beard is growing, it's longer than in the picture. That was started in No Shave November...
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m170/bobbydaddy8/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA0MS5qcGc.jpg)
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: bmxrider11976 on Dec 07, 2012, 07:09 PM
got my ice beard going in full effect right now! makes a great wind break
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: pirkaus on Dec 07, 2012, 07:16 PM
I wish I could look 40 again.....

x2
I remember 40......I think ???
Pirk
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: UP jigstick on Dec 07, 2012, 07:19 PM
Started my beard in August... "1978"     24/7/365 ever since.

Some time in "74" for me. Sure saved a lot on razors, eh. Durn thing sure has gotten gray over the years though.  ;D
Title: Re: Ice Beard?
Post by: hesseltine32 on Dec 07, 2012, 08:52 PM
i had a deer beard that i got rid of a few days ago.  its gets itchy