Not a good start to the year.
I've been watching a red stag grow out in the velvet this year hoping to take him with my muzzleloader once he was hard.
Not sure if you've heard over that way but we've had massive fires in australia, particularly in the Grampians which is where I'm from.
I spent friday on a fire tanker battling the blaze trying to help save the area that I grew up in. At this stage only one person has died and between 10-25 homes lost as well as at least 8,000 sheep and cattle dead.
It's a very sad time, luckily my family didnt lose their house or livestock. Not sure how many deer could survive it either. Might be a rough season. The smoke was so bad it created its own storm clouds which produced lightning and more fire.
Here are just a couple of snaps I took when I had a chance off the truck.
Good to see communities getting together at these hard times though.
JP