sfoulkrod

Great job!

Speaking only for myself, food sources have always been my primary focus during late season. There are a ton of other factors that can influence things though, such as pressure, weather, wind, etc., but colder temps have often meant fewer humans and slightly more predictable deer patterns, so if there were an abundance of acorn bearing oaks around you, I'd be looking for entry and exit points to that depending on morning or evening hunt. This usually doesn't seem to happen for me until mid Dec or so. Edit - I forgot to mention that knowing what foods they're eating is a really difficult thing to do because it there's often a wide variety to what they're eating. If you can find areas with clumps of scat, look around for what's been turned up. Look for nibbled tips of branches, berries, etc. Take pics if you are unsure, but look that stuff up cuz that's what they were eating the night before.

I tried using boot covers; they're nice, you can watch reviews of them on YouTube. They're not very fun to carry in, but they work really well and you can load them up with hand warmers. I've also found that having a few layers between me and whatever is hitting the ground helps. What has been most influential with my cold toes over the years is keeping the rest of me warm. So, I generally prepare as if it were 20 degrees colder than it's really going to be, which often means bringing out the super heavy duty stuff way before I should. In your case, you know the full zip snowmobile suit with three under layers. You'd think she'd burn up, but she might just wind up comfy cozy... Pack it in though, don't walk it in... And two big thumbs up to the sleeping bag idea. They can be a bit noisy and if it's blue it might be a bad color for deer. I'm surprised I don't see more wool blankets in the woods.