Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Deer Hunting 2017

Last weekend wrapped up deer hunting season. It was the probably one of the coldest seasons I can remember. We've had some cold ones but nothing like this past one where there was snow on the ground the entire time and we have multiple mornings where the temp was near 0.
Ready to head out on a drive with the boys, Jake, Jack and Jens. The expression on the faces tells it all.
Building a wood stand with Jens a few weeks before the season when a storm was rolling through.
The deer/bucks were moving a lot at night this year, before and during season. The full moon the main reason why.

Jens and friends cleaning geese after a waterfowl hunt the afternoon before. Ended up being the last outing with the lakes and ponds freezing up during deer hunting.
I did a lot of walking in the woods this year. Most of my time in the woods outside of deer hunting is spent on trail, unless building new trail. It's fun to explore areas not walked through before. Probably walked over 30 miles this year. There is always some meat for the winter so I'm content just being in the woods and checking out the cool things in nature.
Love the sound of a small creek gurgling in the forest.
The fresh snow not only helped big time with sighting deer but seeing tracks of all kinds.
Pushing through a swamp/marshy area hadn't been through before.
Beaver still active as ever including  working on non typical trees like maple, oak and birch.
No, we are not protesting anything. Taking a break after a drive.
In our group of 6 we only shot one buck. Jake with his first buck. Between all of us, we probably saw 100 deer but didn't shoot any does or smaller bucks.
Neighbor Ted after we pushed some land towards him. Always enjoy talking to Ted about hunting, weather and nature.
Walking through some beautiful bog land after a dusting of snow the night before. Temps in single digits. Jens and Drew stayed home to hunt on this day. Was proud of the 6 plus hours they spent in the woods in that weather.
Tracking a deer across a small lake. Amazing the deer know when it is safe to walk. Although a few years ago discovered a deer under the ice in Little Sugarbush.
Closing day sunset. The time spent leading up to the season, tracking the cams, time with the boys and the winter like weather made for a great year.

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