I headed up to our camp on the Saugeen between Flesherton and Durham and put about 5 miles on the snowshoes scouting for turkey sign and anything else of interest. Brought the gun with me on the off chance a crow crossed my path. No crows, but I still put 50 rounds down the pipe target shooting. No sign of any turkeys and the only deer sign was down along the river in the cedars.
Lots of Snowshoe Hare sign. I came across track everywhere on the property:
Picture below is a blind platform on one of the food plots. To put the snow depth into context the width of the platform is 8 feet and it is 12 feet in the air . Depth on the flat in the sun was 20-24 inches. In the bush depth was 30-36 inches or even more in a few places.
This is in the cedars down close to the river. Gun is at the bottom of the snow pack for scale regarding depth of snow.
Deer run in the cedars along the river. We had about 2 inches of snow a day ago and nothing had come through since:
This is one our best apple trees (both for fruit and scrapes) split down the middle last year in a December ice storm:
Looking up river - lot of melting needed before the trout opener. Second area of open water at top center consistently holds nice brook trout.
Looking down river. This place is good for my soul.
Trail through one of the meadows. I broke through the crust the odd time due to undermining from the numerous springs on the property. One leg sunk to my crotch the other on top and trying to extricate myself without setting the gun down in the snow.
All in all an excellent way to spend an afternoon before winter hits us again tonight.
I tried once a couple years ago, that was funny! 