Cedar Waxwing (Many Robins were with them.)
Friday, December 30 proved the woodlands to be covered with about one and a half inches of snow! Finally! The
Deer sign among oaks
hunt was seeming to hold much promise as I walked uphill to settle at a preferred place to watch. I saw one deer in the thick brush. As I approached my site I could see three deer feeding. I stalked them, but their walking and feeding speed proved to be too much to catch. remember, I was stalking and any mistake would have been discovered thus my movements were very slow.
Almost sunrise!
I reached my destination hoping they would work around to me, however they went down over the hill. Soon, my sneaking around method to hunt deer would be employed. I saw a total of 21 deer during the day. One doe offered a great shot, but that shot was on a horizon line. I hoped to intercept her later, but that didn’t happen.
I was tracking some deer and one circled and crossed over my tracks. These deer would eventually exit across the road into posted property. BY noon I could see that the snow was already beginning to melt. I quit around 1:30 due to leg pains. I am still coughing at times, too. This is very frustrating. 
Saturday, December 31 would be a short hunt since I had plans in the afternoon and evening. Much snow had already melted. I saw ten deer this morning despite quitting at 10:30.
Fog coming from the valley.
January 2, 2017 had hopes for me. I felt today might be the day. However, the snow was completely gone and the day produced light rain and drizzle all day. I took precautions to protect my pan powder. I saw 12 deer this day with a few almost presenting Old Jacob with shots. I have been taking some extra time looking deer over since I have seen five different illegal bucks this past week. A couple of these were very small racks and hard to see in brush. I saw a sixth buck but couldn’t get a point count. I saw many squirrels this day and heard turkeys on the roost. I saw a ringneck rooster.
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