As Winter Storm "Draco" bears down on us (apparently we're naming winter storms too, if you hadn't heard) I find myself so excited. It's mid winter after all, and on the shores of Lake Erie, we should have snow. In fact we should have been getting snow for 3 weeks by now. 2011-12 was a fluke and a I refuse to believe otherwise.
So here's a shot of what the woods should look like.
I love the woods in winter. I see the woods so often in summer with leaves and bushes. Once everything's on the ground the woods become a whole different world. One late season muzzleloader hunt I found myself turned around, and found an amazing scrape. This mud-hole had been worked over by several bucks during the season. Of course wanting to hunt that area in the future I immediately starting looking for landmarks. None were to be found. So I worked a couple loops around the area, making sure to not lose this new honey hole. On the third loop I ran into the main trail for this piece of woods. Shocked at how close I was I continued to loop back to the scrape. Sure enough this entire time I was within 50 yards of the main trail. A trail I had walked 100's of times in my life. How did I not realize how close I was to the trail?
It's the winter woods. The woods really are a different world.
Happy Exploring
Scott M
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