I recall the winters in the late 70' s or early 80' s when I had snow plied higher than the full over cab camper sleeper on my Dodge crew cab. There was also that October 30th(1990 or so) snow fall at my cabin in Douglas Co. of 40 inches. Deer moved down to the Bois Brule river yarding areas first week of November. By gun season we had over 50 inch on the ground and it snowed the entire opening weekend. Gun season was a shoot not a hunt if you had snow shoes and could walk into the river bottom. Took hours to drag Deer the one mile back to the road.
Mother Nature sure has a way of toying with us. I' d prefer something more consistent, throw in a blizzard once a winter and keep the temps between 15 and 30 degrees. Anyone who has any influence with Mother Nature , please advise her.