Our primary buck rifle season opens on Monday. I was just down at a creek in a state forest getting some chub minnows. I must have seen 30-40 deer on the three mile trek back home. There were eight standing behind my barn as I drove by. It was dark enough I couldn't tell what they were, but they all appeared to be antlerless.
It got up into the 60s here today, but the temps are supposed to crash into the teens by tomorrow night, and it is supposed to be windy. The deer will all be in Florida or Arizona with the snowbirds by Monday.
I've already cleaned, oiled, and stored/locked-up my guns for the season. I've got at least 90 lbs., of de-boned venison in the freezer.
I've got my eye on several fat fox squirrels that may become dinner in the next couple of days.
Tomorrow may be the day to clean out the two fish cages at the end of the dock. Lots of nice big bluegill and LMB fillets swimming around in them for the winter eating season.
