UP here in Michigan's Upper Peninsula:
This month the weatherman promised Spring like weather. Our April and May matches were more like "Late Winter". The snow is GONE!
Maybe it's a rimfire thing? Less noise, less recoil, no complicated reloading tools.
And, maybe it's just because YooperWomen are more pretty.
Then again: Maybe it's because we don't shoot centerfire NBRSA matches UP here anymore. We really got upset when NBRSA wiped us off the map on their website.