I still have a perfect record – no sheds found this weekend.  Turns out deer camp seems to be in a sort of “snow pocket”.  There is still eighteen plus inches of snow on the ground in many places.  That makes it pretty difficult to find any sheds.  Never-the-less I persevered and hit the woods.

We awoke Saturday morning to minus three temperatures, but it was still and sunny outside.  The fishermen took off for the lake and I took off for the woods.  The depth and duration of the snow and its effect on the deer concern me.  We’re going on two-plus months of this.  It has got to be hard on them.  The fresh snow was two days prior to my visit, but in a day-and-a-half of woods’ wandering I found only one new deer track.    They can’t wait that long to eat in these temperatures.  Read the rest of this entry »