The last couple of days have been miserable for hunting in general; let alone flintlock hunting. Yesterday was just plain brutal. However, we couldn't believe the number of deer that were browsing around on the sun soaked eastern facing hills and in the hollows where the wind was calmed at 8:00 in the morning. We were able to get amazingly close to them when the wind was blowing loud enough to cover up our footsteps in the crunchy snow. It seemed as if you could fool their eyes and ears yesterday but they'd always wind you from the circling breeze. Stealthy hunting in snowy weather as this brings out the absolute best of any flintlock hunter and personally, I'd have it no other way!
