The season is Sat to Tue. It's been very cold but warmed up on Saturday. By Sunday, it is supposed to start changing and Mon- Tue is not going to be fit for deer or humans.
Dave and I arrived Friday night. I got my TC Encore out of the safe and it would not break open. I fooled with it until 1:00am but gave up and went to bed. I used my old gun instead. Something weird going on with the latch/trigger interlock on my Encore.
Saturday morning was pretty but cold - I went to the barn stand. Dave went to the driveway.
It was chilly at sunrise but not much wind and it didn't feel too bad.
Nothing was moving so I sat until about 9:00 and then went for a walk. The deer had been digging thru the snow over night.
There were lots of deer tracks and you could clearly tell which were bucks.
I followed this set of buck tracks from the barn stand, past the pond stand and into the woods.
A nice sunny morning.
I checked a few of the cameras - this one wasn't doing much good.
Amy made us banana bread which really hit the spot.
Mid-day I went to the hanging stand. I wasn't comfortable sitting there so I got down for a walk. There were a couple small does out in the fields in the middle of the day. Dave sat in the ladder and didn't see anything.
For the evening, I sat in the hi-rise at the pond and Dave did the main field. Does started coming out at 4:30.
I saw 3 does and a button buck. Dave saw about 10 does, a spike and, after dark, a marginal 8 point.
It was a beautiful evening but the bucks weren't showing themselves.
We had elk burgers for dinner.
I only checked 4 cameras but there was a little action on them.
Hard to see this nice buck near the barn field.
Another one at the pond.
Coyote.
Fox.
Neighbor's Lab.
Me doing chores last week - clearing trails.
Dave and I will hunt tomorrow ahead of the storm - hope that gets the deer moving.
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