Neat bucks Jim! It's a shame they went the way they did but hopefully their genes still roam your woods

The Il trip was a great time in spite of some really crazy weather. We intended to call yotes each morning but heavy rains simply made the cabin a whole lot more attractive. Walked a good bit of bedding cover after the rains let up and found tons of sign but not one shed. Unusual for that area and a bit baffling because we saw plenty of deer that appeared to be shed bucks.

The deer absolutely mauled our turnips over the winter. The strips of small craters where the turnips used to be are the only sign left there.

Sunday brought winds that got up to 50 mph and never seemed to go below 30 mph. Walked two properties we are considering leasing for 2010 and found ourselves wishing we didnt have to wait another year for them to be available. We saw hundreds of deer over the weekend.

Drove home yesterday and saw hundreds more from the interstate. The sightings got numerous as we came through eastern Ohio on 70 as the day got long and hit the PA line in time for the last 15 minutes of light. Can't speak for all of 2A but the I-70 corridor is just teeming with deer. Our light was gone by quickly as we came into PA but we managed to see a dozen plus groups of deer numbering as few a s 2-3 to a dozen or more. I guess that a few deer survived down there after all