My observations from 2019. Feel free to add yours.
The number of dead moose in the woods is discouraging. Most appeared to be winter kill from last season.
The complete lack of moose sign (none) in the areas I hunt is discouraging.
Hunter effort, in my neighborhood, was way down. So were deer numbers.
Deer starting moving toward the yards, in central Aroostook anyway, the beginning of the third week.
Seeing a bear on snow is cool. Missing said bear....twice....isn't.
I'm continually amazed at how far and fast deer travel.
Deer seem a lot dumber after you have tagged out. The exception, of course, are the big footed deer that seem to run circles around me all of the time.
Can not, and will not, shoot a deer in road after getting out of a vehicle, no matter how big.
Birds are a lot more plentiful when you leave your shotgun at home.
Taking a whizz on a shoeshoe hare in the dark is a surprise to both.
Boots that don't leak make for a far more enjoyable day.
No matter where I sit, the wind will be wrong within 5 minutes.
Deer are very quiet, especially on crunch leaves/slush/dusting of snow. I'm sticking with that story....
Hills seemed a little steeper and swamps a little thicker this year.
The number of dead moose in the woods is discouraging. Most appeared to be winter kill from last season.
The complete lack of moose sign (none) in the areas I hunt is discouraging.
Hunter effort, in my neighborhood, was way down. So were deer numbers.
Deer starting moving toward the yards, in central Aroostook anyway, the beginning of the third week.
Seeing a bear on snow is cool. Missing said bear....twice....isn't.
I'm continually amazed at how far and fast deer travel.
Deer seem a lot dumber after you have tagged out. The exception, of course, are the big footed deer that seem to run circles around me all of the time.
Can not, and will not, shoot a deer in road after getting out of a vehicle, no matter how big.
Birds are a lot more plentiful when you leave your shotgun at home.
Taking a whizz on a shoeshoe hare in the dark is a surprise to both.
Boots that don't leak make for a far more enjoyable day.
No matter where I sit, the wind will be wrong within 5 minutes.
Deer are very quiet, especially on crunch leaves/slush/dusting of snow. I'm sticking with that story....
Hills seemed a little steeper and swamps a little thicker this year.