Winter on the door step

johngregsite Posted on by

D81_4468__161120In preparation for winter, the water and dam authorities around our region open the dams to let the lakes drain. With a spring and summer of drought, the draining did not take long.

Below the pristine waters of central Maine lies a load of crap (sort of reminds one of our national experience in 2016, both political and environmental): maybe draining the swamp isn’t the solution.

We got a sudden six to eight inch snow storm early in December and then several days of -10 like nights and mornings. Last Saturday, five more inches of snow followed by a 50F degree Sunday equaled -5F on Monday morning. We needed crampons to walk across the driveway on Tuesday, then we had the first day of Winter arrive.

At least it covers the trash in the swamp.

Hunting Recon briefing

johngregsite Posted on by

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Recap: at the close of full metal jacket deer hunting season (2016), we ventured out and located a suspected hunting camp in the back woods; upon locating said camp, we planned and executed a detailed recon last weekend. We circled around the back side of the tent to check on any associated tree stands and found none. After confirming no combatants were nearby, a security perimeter was set up (see second image) as the photo team crept up the hillside to about 50 yards. With our new 150-600mm telephoto zoom lens, we got the image above.
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Our recon indicates the hunters did not have a nearby tree stand and were not necessarily wandering around and setting adhoc temporary shooting zones. They were sitting in the tent and waiting for targets to wander by and shooting at them through holes in the tent’s netting.