Waking up to 3°F/-16C. 🥶 At least there is no wind. I'm debating what to do today. I did absolutely nothing yesterday other than take my deer to the processor. I think I'm in hibernation mode. 😂 Wordle 1,630 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I had a package of ground venison thawed out and kept waffling back and forth between tacos and cheeseburgers. Cheeseburgers won even though it's currently 18°F outside. Clear skies and calm wind so not too bad manning the grill. 😁 #HuntToEat

I will tell more of the story later tonight or tomorrow. But there is a rule in our household that if someone shoots a deer in the evening, it is obligatory that we get pizza for dinner. 😁

Deercation day 3. Afternoon report. So very thankful and blessed. I could get up to 3 deer but my husband and I only need one to get us through the year. So I am done deer hunting for the season. #hunting #HuntToEat

This ended up being plan C. An old turkey blind on the edge of the field. They've been known to come out of bedding to the west. If they come out in front of the blind I'll be okay. If they come out behind the blind to work into the field they'll catch my scent. Best I can do.

Now as I ponder where to sit this afternoon I'm going to whine (again) about how tough a south wind is to hunt on my farm. 90% of bedding lies north of the 2 fields. The only way to approach is from the south. Best I can do is go off to one side and hope I don't push them out.

Goal accomplished. I took the beagles out for an hour romp in the overgrown pasture. Lots of rabbit tracks. Could not get one up and running. Jumped a deer. Neither dog followed it. Beagles in sore need of exercise. Hope that helps their restlessness some.

Deercation day 3 morning update: I made it until 11am so I count that as a win. Only 1 shot heard elsewhere all morning. The 1st and only animal I saw was a downy woodpecker at 10am. Just me and the trees all morning. Back home for lunch. Pondering where to go this afternoon.

Deercation day 3. Set up and ready at 7:10am. I'm not 100% sure I'm going to stay here or shift over 50-100 yards or so. But this tree is definitely super comfortable. I'll throw some milkweed and see what the wind is doing once it's light enough to see.

Waking up to 25°F. Heading to right around freezing. We have been running about 10° below normal all week. Quiet weather today before more snow moves in tonight. Wordle 1,628 3/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨🟩 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Deercation day 2 the evening report: Set up where I saw deer yesterday. Perfect wind. 0 deer came out. On the walk out, I checked our other field. Every deer was in that field. This is exactly what happened last year. Tomorrow will be a south wind. The toughest wind to hunt on my farm.

Deercation day 2. 3:30pm along the edge of the field where all those deer came out at 5pm yesterday. So you know they are going to come out at the far side where I was sitting last night. 😂 In any case, I couldn't have sat here last night due to wind direction. Ok tonight.

A flurry of activity. No hunting due to snow. 10am: hubby was driving me to the shop to get my truck that had some routine maintenance. Looked at my phone. Shit! Forgot I had an appt. at the bank. So got my truck. Drove to my appt. Then feed store run. Lunch. Deer hunting next?

I struggled putting the 5th letter in the 5th letter spot. It's the yellow square I was moving all around trying not to make it the 5th letter. 😂😂 Wordle 1,627 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛ 🟨⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Day 2 of deercation. Waking up to 26°. Going to have a couple hours of heavy snow this morning so rather than sit in the woods with zero visibility, I'm going to do some errands and then relax around the house. If weather conditions improve, I'll go out this afternoon.

Opening day afternoon report. 6 does and 3 bucks came out in the field at last light. Instead of choosing the closer-to-me trail to the field, they came out on the far trail. Ended up at 150 yards at their closest which is much too far for my shotgun with open sights.

My afternoon view. I've got a shot into the woods to my right and a shot into the field to my left. 30°F light south wind from my left to my right and heading slightly behind me. There is an open cow pasture behind me. And bedding is all out in front of me. #deer #hunting

Opening day morning report: Fun encounter 7:30am: doe followed by a nice 8 point. She got to 50ish yards. Caught my scent. Flagged and trotted away with her boyfriend. Other than that the only living things I saw was one squirrel and a pileated woodpecker. Lunch then back out.

I made it out 15 minutes before shooting time. Saw a few headlamps in the surrounding woodlots. Wind is dead calm. 29°F Photo is with night view enhancement. It's not that light out yet. Good luck Ohio deer hunters!

A really lucky guess this morning. Wordle 1,626 2/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Opening day of deer season is here. I realized when I got up that I probably didn't leave enough time to walk/feed dogs, take water to the chickens, eat breakfast, have a morning constitutional, finish packing and make it to my spot before legal shooting time. 🤦‍♀️😂😝

Rabbit number one: 50 yds into a hole. Rabbit number two (the video): 250 yds into a hole. Rabbit number three: 70 yards into a hole. And that concludes my attempt to exercise beagles.

Finishing lunch. Going to take the beagles out to run rabbits for a bit. But going to watch some football first. 36°F and winds gusting to 44 mph. Yes I'm procrastinating. 😒

Waking up to 36°. Rain snow mix and winds gusting 30-40 mph today. It would sure be nice to sneak a dog run in sometime today because it's opening day of deer season eve and they will be housebound tomorrow. Wordle 1,625 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Dog zoomies at 6:24 p.m.

One of my extra roosters that I had a local Amish woman butcher recently is in the crockpot for a slow cook to make broth and cook the meat to pull. I'll make chicken noodle soup once the broth is cooked, cooled, fat skimmed and strained. Meanwhile, Thanksgiving leftovers for dinner.😋

As an Ohio State alumnus, I heartily endorse this. #GoBucks 📣🙌😁

Waking up to 30°F. Quiet weather day before snow and rain moves in tomorrow. Last 1/2 day of work for me then I'm on deercation next week. And it's rivalry week football this afternoon! 😁😁😁 Wordle 1,624 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Leftover venison vegetable soup for supper. We'll start on Thanksgiving leftovers tomorrow.

Yesterday on Thanksgiving, my niece surprised me with a diamond art picture she made using one of my favorite photos of beagle puppy Belle. I absolutely love it.♥️♥️ Diamond art on the left. I had to take a picture at an angle due to light glare. Original photo on the right.

Looks like there is plenty of room for me to join them for an afternoon nap and some college football on TV.

Had a flurry of activity this morning. Took hubby to his doctor's appointment and then we made a WalMart run. Picked up the dogs from where I boarded them on Thanksgiving holiday. Just ate lunch. I was starving! Now I feel a nap coming on. Both dogs & hubby are already napping.😂

We only got about 2" of snow thankfully. I was outside shoveling and salting the sidewalk to the house this morning and a flock of tundra swans flew over. It was beautiful. 🥰🥰🥰

Happy Friday all! Looks like we are going to have highs in the low 30s for the next 10 days at least. Normal highs are in the 40s. Going to be a chilly deer gun season next week. Wordle 1,623 5/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Hubby and I made it to and from Thanksgiving festivities. Morning drive was snow free. The evening drive home involved about 20 miles of white knuckle unable to see the road travel but after that was smooth sailing. A co-worker is watching the beagles and sent me this picture.♥️

Starting off Thanksgiving Day turkey trotting. This might be my favorite tradition. ♥️💪👍😁

5am the furnace is now working to warm up the house. My first thanksgiving blessing of the day is a warm house. Wordle 1,622 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Happy Thanksgiving all. It's 4:45am and I'm awake in bed. The wind is howling. I'm still under the covers because it's not quite time for the thermostat to tell the furnace to warm back up after the nighttime cool down. It's chilly in the house!

I have weather stress. Particularly traveling in a snow storm weather stress. 😳🥶😖

Who has not marked their driveway with driveway wands yet? Me 🙋‍♀️ Who lives where there is a winter storm coming tomorrow? Also me 🙋‍♀️ 😂😂😂😂

This is kind of weird. I've picked up about 75 new followers in the last 12 hours. Almost all of them are political type accounts. I mostly try to stay away from posting politics. So welcome aboard folks but I just think it is kind of weird to have this onslaught of new (political) followers.

Waking up to 51°F. Going to fall to the 30s by afternoon. Lake effect snow warning has been issued for tomorrow. Going to be an interesting Thanksgiving day. 😳 Meanwhile I have to get ready for work today. Wordle 1,621 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

“You will be visited by 3 spirits" The three spirits (All 3 beagles have passed over the rainbow bridge.)

Deer season snacks are being bought in preparation for next week's deercation. I almost went with the Christmas tree brownies but there are only 5 in a package instead of 6 cosmic brownies. 😁

First cookie thief apprehension of the season.

Waking up to 44°F. Going to be a rainy day. Big weather changes on the way. Winter storm watch for Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday. 😳😳😳 Wordle 1,620 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A couple days ago, I seared a couple venison steaks on the grill then slow-cooked them in the crockpot then cut up into bite sized pieces. Today, homemade venison vegetable soup for dinner. #HomeCooking #HuntToEat

Here comes the sun. Video version.

A frosty 26°F this morning and heading to 50. Last good weather for quite a while. I'm going to run the dogs for a bit and then there will be a whole lot of adulting going on. Wordle 1,619 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I'm beat. We have an old gooseneck trailer we haven't used in years. Neglect allowed several multiflora bushes to overtake it. 1 hour with the chainsaw yesterday & 2 hours today plus 1 hour hauling away brush. I like to sit on the bed sometimes during deer season and now I can.