I woke this morning to hunting and saw it was snowing! Yes, I'm going to enjoy this. I made the slow drive to my friends house; the roads were not plowed yet. Once I was there the snow stopped, but forecast was for snow until 8am. We hiked up the mountain which was a little tougher than usual from that little bit of slip from the wet snow. Once on top and getting set up, the snow began to come down pretty hard and steady. There were several points in the morning I had to clean the ice off my arrow and shelf of my bow. There was one point that I had about an inch of snow coating my entire body. By the time I got out of my ambush spot, the trail had been wiped clean of my tracks coming in.
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We stump shot our way home along the trails. I didn't see any deer while sitting, but we jumped a few on the hike out. All in all a great morning.
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We stopped at this vantage point for a little refreshment break near a beaver pond.
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A few more scenic photos.
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Beautiful Photos! thanks for taking us along.
Bamboo and I put on roughly 5 miles Thursday hunting and scouting a new area. Seen a few deer at the end of the day but it was a great day to be out. Wish I could have been out there today...but work beckons.
Jerry, Bucky was up on Walpack Ridge this A.M. and at Peters Valley until dark. Mikey Bamboo and South Paw Scott sat Bear Alley this A.M. I had previous planned manipulations to persevere. Otherwise I would have went somewhere..... . Waiting for reports.>>>~~~~>
If you and Deadsimple want to coagulate a trip for say next Saturday let me know. Maybe we can get the Boys together for some slow pushes somewhere. :archer:
Let's do that Tom. It will be the last Saturday. Let's get a crew and work it.
Neat Pictures Jerry!
I miss hunting with you guys.
Nice picks Jerry. What kind of longbow are you carrying there?
pdk25! Patrick all us Trad Gangers from Sopranoland miss you too!
Miss you being around too Pat. Guess I might have to make a trip to Okie land one time.
Absolutely!