I had to run a colleague some equipment for deer darting yesterday morning at 5:30 a.m., so I took the opportunity to take sort of an observatory post overlooking a small “kill” plot not too distant from the University.
It was a beautiful morning with temperatures not far above freezing, but the deer weren’t moving in my vicinity and all I saw was a bunch of songbirds and a squirrel or two.
Then, yesterday evening I had promised to hit the woods again with one of my PhD buddies in the department. Unfortunately, the wind wasn’t right to get back into the scene of Friday night’s crime, so we tried another hardwood bottom we had scouted back in early September.
The deer sign and acorns were not near as abundant as we had hoped, and our sightings reflected that. We both had turkeys roost within 50 yards of our trees, but no deer were seen. But as always, great to be in the woods.
