Yes Will, Definitely, Its been several seasons since we've had the cold scenario early on in Dec, Its just more dangerous conditions when you get snow over unfrozen ground bogs and smaller bodies of water not knowing ice thickness because of the insulating characteristics of the snow cover, Takes longer to build an ice pack from the bottom up, Over the past 4-5 seasons or so, Its been a late Jan start because of the lack of cold in NW Maine, If it works out, Probably can move that back to early Jan.