Well its over

Well the 2014 whitetail deer season came to an end. None of us shot a deer this year, not from lack of opportunity but from lack of quality. We are not sure how many of the deer will make it through the winter but we can feel good that we left some quality young deer and never seen any of the mature deer we had on camera during daylight hours.

There is a strong rumour going out here that the only reason they never cancelled the season this year was because outfitters already had bookings confirmed when they understood the devastation from the severe winter, they also claim outfitters have been told not to book anything for the 2015 season..we will have to wait to see how that plays out. Worse case scenario we will put a lot more effort in duck and goose hunting next year.

Winter is well underway already this year again, last year we had temperatures in the -25 -30 range plus windchill. We had lots of deer and deer sign, there was a couple of inches of snow on the ground and lots of deer movement. This year it was cold right up to the weekend but never as cold as last year, Saturday it hit +3 and was damp. Sunday morning we woke up to -5 and ice fog, followed shortly by snow flurries and high winds. Needless to say, we never seen a deer all weekend, not even a bit of fresh sign.

It was easy to pack it in midday given the weather and lack of sign.

Monday will bring a new adventure, Andrea has been looking to replace the VW golf for a while, she finally decided on a Subaru Impreza WRX, we looked at few over the last few months and - we seen one Saturday at the Honda dealer where we bought our bikes this summer and although I almost got away with driving by, well not really I had to go back. There is now a hold for Andrea sign in the window...a 2011 with 33,000 Kmh.

all wheel drive and fun,should be good if she decides to go that route. I guess we will know soon.