Dug Out – Now Deer Hunt

…with yesterday’s great dig out happening across much of the state – many of us found ourselves catching up on things at work today…but right now is the time to be out hunting deer!…think about it: the deer had to hunker down through the storm and much of yesterday’s wind – now they are really hungry and they need to stoke their internal furnace for another cold, cold night just hours away…to do that they have to eat lots of food…this means sneaking out to their feeding areas (i.e. corn fields) a little earlier in the afternoon – before the end of shooting hours…with more frigid nights coming they will feed pretty heavily the next few evenings…so if you’re like me and couldn’t get out to your favorite patch of December deer woods today, make sure you do so tomorrow - that’s why you have been saving up all those sick days for isn’t it?…in my experience evening hunts during cold weather are more productive than morning hunts, too…so you could go in, work 4 hours and then leave around lunch – but why mess up a good Friday in the woods just to get a head at work?…

hershy