Beautiful Sunday Afternoon To

[landtracdeerhunter]

take a walk and find shed numbers 5 and 6 right on deer trails.

Tough to get in there until the snow melted. Covering spots I covered in January, blew in waist deep.  It's all gone now, but tough trucking through the mud.

Edited April 6, 2014 by landtracdeerhunter

[Doc]

I got out yesterday and climbed up "Cardiac Hill". What a great day! I cleaned up the branches on the ATV trail along the way. No sheds, and didn't spot any critters. But then I was making way too much noise with the branches. Not all the snow is gone at the top of the hill, but it's down to just patches that can easily be walked around.

[wooly]

Hey now.... you're gettin' pretty good at this!

Nice couple of 3pts there, and a good water rescue!

Should we plan on seeing double digits from you this year?

[Lawdwaz]

Nice score on the horns LTDH.

 

It was a great day to get outside.  I started out inside though, meeting John (WNYBuckHunter) and his two lovely children for breakfast in Lima.  Afterwards I went to a friends in Canadice and did some shooting.  A few shots with the 223ai and 243 then a few cylinders of 44 specials in the new Ruger Flattop.

 

I had one trail cam still in action that needed to be pulled and some more spots to check out, all the time searching for sheds.  Never found a single one but did find a dead buck from I'm guessing two falls ago.

 

Most areas were free of snow but I did run into a few places of annoying unmelted accumulation.  One area towards the end of my hike was covered in ice.  I figured I'd take a short cut and chance it..........bad move.  Broke through and went in up to my knees.   Fortunately and strangely my boots were tied very tight and only my right foot got a little wet.  My pants were soaked and my judgment tainted..................

 

Another couple spots to check out and I was on the road, tired & happy.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Got out yesterday after the rain stopped, rechecked areas that were still covered in snow the first search I went through.  The sun etched it's way out making a really nice afternoon of it. Sun always makes the antlers glow for me. The landscape didn't yield any new sheds, but did find another dead yearling. Coming in, 7 deer were eating in the new growth of the clover fields. They are in really good shape.