Guna post a few favorite pics from season
Sorry they are late had to relearn to post pics...thanks BTDT

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38 on Wed and 42 on Thursday then back to lower thirty's this coming week for my little piece of Penn's Woods. 'least that's what the weather dude is sayin' cept there's gonna be rain coming' too. That could cause for some crusty snow on the ice and that will suck.... big time.

WCW I got my microwave popcorn ready and I am standing by, for some more good pictures.

Got a good buy on my microwave popcorn down at the Amish second hand grocery store. Should be plenty to eat cause there's gotta be a good handful of corn in the bottom of the lunch bag. Comes presalted with home made butter included. Next time I'm gonna buy the cheese popcorn. Real cheese made from real goats milk. Just hope the lunch bag don't leak.

This is a close-up of SHACK can u find the snake...

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Any how I was close to 3 different big forkhorns this year multiple times interesting hunts but no shots as I have already told the story here's their mugshots.
Trailcam pics are low quality sorry but you'll get the idea...

The 2.5 yr old 5pt he strolled by me 3 times I think...

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Anutha wide 6pt saw him during rifle season close standing still...ugh

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Then there are the 2 big boys...nice to see them on cam gud motivation
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This is our rutmas tree in yard it gets rubbed every year...WCW

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CHEERS you all thanks for putting up with me...WCW

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Got a good buy on my microwave popcorn down at the Amish second hand grocery store. Should be plenty to eat cause there's gotta be a good handful of corn in the bottom of the lunch bag. Comes presalted with home made butter included. Next time I'm gonna buy the cheese popcorn. Real cheese made from real goats milk. Just hope the lunch bag don't leak.

 
Color me gullible, but is that a real thing?  First time I read it this morning I about spit coffee on my 'puter LOL-ing.  Then I just read it again and I'm like, "You serious Clark?"  
 
I've had the time Wednesday, Friday and today to take my son out, but even he has no interest in sitting in a tree stand in this.  Can't say I blame him.  Hopefully we'll get out next Saturday and give it one last go.  

Wind at a stand still with the air temp at minus 11.5 degrees at 9:14 PM this date. Sure wouldn't want to be a brass monkey right about now!!!

I planted three 5 ft apple trees this past fall and I placed flexible corrugated drain pipe around the trunks to keep them from getting hammered.

I see small evergreens growing on the edges of several fields I walk and every one of them look like your rutmas tree. Maybe I should forget dressing like an oak tree and start dressing like a Christmas tree???

Weather looking mighty good for the last week of deer hunting. Weather dude says my area can see 1 to 3 inches of new fallen snow by Tuesday morn. That'll be fantastic for some still hunting, before the rains arrive Thursday bringing tree sitting, feet swinging temperatures in the 50s, then back to the thirty's to finish out another great year hunting the Pennsylvania Wilds.

In this cold look at the southeast edges of heavy cover earlier in the PM for feeding  deer.
They are not moving much and generally grouped up a bit now.
S/E sunny edges of evergreens or thick browse are a great sit.
You will know the spot by the heavy sign. They are hitting the same spots over and over close to bedding every day during this weather.
Good luck to any braving this weather.

Be careful of whats night sign out in the open and day browsing on the edges.
That looks to be best of both.
Any real well used food source now is a hit.

       
 
                                              NOW THEY TELL ME
 
 
 
 
                                        How to read deer tracks in the snow 
By Keith McCafferty | Field & Stream
 


                         
Deer tracks can tell you more than just what direction your whitetail ran off to.  (iStock)




Face it. Just about all your deer hunting’s been sit-and-wait. Doesn’t matter if you sit in a tree or in a ground blind, the routine is the same: Pattern the deer, place your stand, set your alarm, harvest your buck. And that’s fine, but haven’t you always wanted to track a buck in the snow like those big-woods hunters in Maine and Montana?
 




Here, you’ll need a new set of skills, and now is a good time to perfect them. You don’t need your rifle, at least not to start — just your persistence.



Here are some clues to help you dissect a deer track.
                                    
The size, age, and distinct markings of a deer track can help lead a hunter in the right direction.  (Illustration courtesy of Mike Sudal/Field & Stream)



#1. Find what look to be fresh deer tracks. Beside them, make a palm print in the snow, then press its edges. Now, press the edges and midline of the hoof print. If the track is hot, the snow will give way just as easily.
 
#2. Debris inside the hoof print, such as springtail snow fleas or windblown snow, is a sign of an older track.
#3. Look for traits in the print, such as a longer toe or a chipped hoof, to help you stay on the tracks of a specific deer
#4. The width of the dewclaw impressions can tell you more about the size of the deer than the length of the toes. If their outer edges measure 3 inches or more, that’s a deer worth following.
 
 
 
 
No wonder I ain't shootin no stupid deer,  I ain't been checking for "spring tail snow fleas".... stupid me!!