Originally Posted by
WestVirginiaBrent
Total for the winter thus far is roughly that, we've had over 24 inches on the ground for almost a week now and this is th emost snow for the mid-Atlantic region since 1884, which is when they started to keep records of it. I'm in the eastern panhandle.
I've been thinking about this though and the northern deer do just fine with this kind of winter, so I imagine only the weak will be culled, but I don't know. I haven't stumbled upon any winter haven areas yet and haven't seen any deer since the big storm hit.
I'm worried about this here in northern va. as well,,,we started out in early dec with well below normal temps. and then the snow started! Im gonna try to get a couple hundred lbs of feed out to one of our hunting spots today and check the pine thicket out to see if this is where the deer are yarding up,,,but like you i have not seen a deer since the big storm hit and the only track i have seen you could tell the deer was jumping and bottoming out to get thru.