WMU 42 update

[FISH-ON]

With our Thanksgiving pushed back to the Monday this year and the weather decent, I decided to do the drive. On one of the side roads I managed to catch a head pop up on the side of the road, by the time I pulled over and grabbed the 20ga and tried flushing her in the bush she disappeared on me like Houdini...side note lots of road bush/tall grass/foilage still up which was surprising to see
So boots to the ground by 7;30 and managed to find some nice trails to go walking in, some nice cover I thought for sure i'd flush something or at least notice something walking away but alas nada
Managed to bag 1 bird on my last trail of the day which proved worthwhile as I recorded 10k steps, packed it in by 1ish for the haul back to the city...no traffic what so ever on the way home, might be worth switching turkey day to the Mon moving forward

I'd say 50% of the trees still had foilage and were split evenly between green & coloured…this week's rain should help fast forward the process
As a side note, noticed a nice tom just south of the French River in between the Hwy 69 corridor on a rock plateau which was nice to see that far north

[Birdbuff]

I was up in that area this past weekend. Took the family camping in the bush. Leaves on all the poplars have turned a majestic yellow and fill the forest with a wonderful fragrance. Kids had a blast flushing grouse and woodcock. Even had a moose (I think) crash through the bush one night while sitting around the fire. Kids got startled and to the camper they ran. Lol. I imagine the leaves should be completely down in 2 weeks.
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[35wailin]

With our Thanksgiving pushed back to the Monday this year and the weather decent, I decided to do the drive. On one of the side roads I managed to catch a head pop up on the side of the road, by the time I pulled over and grabbed the 20ga and tried flushing her in the bush she disappeared on me like Houdini...side note lots of road bush/tall grass/foilage still up which was surprising to see
So boots to the ground by 7;30 and managed to find some nice trails to go walking in, some nice cover I thought for sure i'd flush something or at least notice something walking away but alas nada
Managed to bag 1 bird on my last trail of the day which proved worthwhile as I recorded 10k steps, packed it in by 1ish for the haul back to the city...no traffic what so ever on the way home, might be worth switching turkey day to the Mon moving forward

I'd say 50% of the trees still had foilage and were split evenly between green & coloured…this week's rain should help fast forward the process
As a side note, noticed a nice tom just south of the French River in between the Hwy 69 corridor on a rock plateau which was nice to see that far north

I was north of Markstay on the weekend with lots of wind blowing the leaves off the poplars. I was able to see quite well into the bush off the trails. Saw two birds and a snowshoe hare, but the birds were very skittish and never got a shot. LOTS of ATVs and trucks tooling around on Saturday, though. Being a shift worker and 6 days off coming up, I am hopeful.