So I had a day off and headed back to the sandilands Provincial forest, about 75 km from Winnipeg
The snow on the forestry roads was much less traveled now and was much harder to drive through. I bet a 4x4 with stock tires would have had a hard time. The further I got the deeper the snow on the road. I wanted to head in further based on some advice from my last thread, but the road was looking sketchy, so I went where I was before a couple of weeks ago.
There was game trails all around and I saw no signs of machine/human tracks, so I was able to surmise that nobody had been out this way for awhile, perhaps since my last visit. Walking up the trail I heard the familiar "Gaw, Gaw, Gaw" and saw a big black bird fly toward and over me(checking me out?). Eventually another similar large bird answered with a "Gak" sound , they were a pair
I made my way to the area where I found that deer carcass half submerged in the frozen marsh.
This is what the area looked like, in the summer it's a marsh, I know because I fell through the ice again, this time both legs up to my knees and over my boot tops. Yikes. My boots flooded with cold water, but a new strange sensation happened inside my boots. The water warmed up and my feet were wet but fine. The 28.00$ marino wool socks had kept their thermal properties just like wool should when wet. Good socks are worth it, probably saved my outing.
My mistake was assuming the marsh had to be frozen by now, I chose to ignore the obvious sounds of creaking ice. I wonder if the same thing happened to the deer?
Here's the buck, now scavenged to bones
When I saw it a couple weeks ago it still had body shape and skin covering. Mostly just hooves and antlers now.
I trailed some small game but could not get a clear enough shot to go for it, so I didn't get to bring back dinner. Maybe next time
Had a great outing, wet feet and all
daryl
The snow on the forestry roads was much less traveled now and was much harder to drive through. I bet a 4x4 with stock tires would have had a hard time. The further I got the deeper the snow on the road. I wanted to head in further based on some advice from my last thread, but the road was looking sketchy, so I went where I was before a couple of weeks ago.
There was game trails all around and I saw no signs of machine/human tracks, so I was able to surmise that nobody had been out this way for awhile, perhaps since my last visit. Walking up the trail I heard the familiar "Gaw, Gaw, Gaw" and saw a big black bird fly toward and over me(checking me out?). Eventually another similar large bird answered with a "Gak" sound , they were a pair
I made my way to the area where I found that deer carcass half submerged in the frozen marsh.
This is what the area looked like, in the summer it's a marsh, I know because I fell through the ice again, this time both legs up to my knees and over my boot tops. Yikes. My boots flooded with cold water, but a new strange sensation happened inside my boots. The water warmed up and my feet were wet but fine. The 28.00$ marino wool socks had kept their thermal properties just like wool should when wet. Good socks are worth it, probably saved my outing.
My mistake was assuming the marsh had to be frozen by now, I chose to ignore the obvious sounds of creaking ice. I wonder if the same thing happened to the deer?
Here's the buck, now scavenged to bones
When I saw it a couple weeks ago it still had body shape and skin covering. Mostly just hooves and antlers now.
I trailed some small game but could not get a clear enough shot to go for it, so I didn't get to bring back dinner. Maybe next time
Had a great outing, wet feet and all
daryl
Last edited:
