I went back into Lows Lake this year for my annual opening week on NY's northern zone deer season solo deer camp. The temps where 20 degrees above average, highs in the 70's a few days. Not very good for hunting or meat preservation in the event I actually harvested a deer. On top of that I had a head wind during the 12 mile paddle in which really knocked me for a loop. That and hauling all my gear uphill around the upper dam into Lows Lake sapped my strength for a day or two. Then I had a 24 hour high wind event that kept me in camp, I actually had to move my tent back into some shelter as the winds where gusting over 50 mph per the weather radio.
So for 6 days I managed to get out some to hunt but nothing like in years past. These days I'm happy to just be able to plan a hunt and get back into the edge of the 5 Ponds Wilderness and enjoy camp life with my wall tent and wood stove I guess.
I told my wife when I got home that this was my last year. She told me I have said that the last two years and that next year she knows I'll go again.
A lot of gear but I have whittled it down as best I can and I use everything.
There's a canoe in there somewhere
I eat well.
relaxing waiting for the coffee to brew.
all set up. over 60 nights in that tent, not one burn hole. Thanks to my Canadian friends who taught me the correct way to place a stove pipe!
My new hat selfie. I was listening to a moose grunting off in the distance. Beautiful!
moose scrape, the top of this scrape was 6' high
I used to hunt that hill, (Tomar Mt), now I just take pictures of it
drying out my canoe.
So for 6 days I managed to get out some to hunt but nothing like in years past. These days I'm happy to just be able to plan a hunt and get back into the edge of the 5 Ponds Wilderness and enjoy camp life with my wall tent and wood stove I guess.
I told my wife when I got home that this was my last year. She told me I have said that the last two years and that next year she knows I'll go again.
A lot of gear but I have whittled it down as best I can and I use everything.
There's a canoe in there somewhere
I eat well.
relaxing waiting for the coffee to brew.
all set up. over 60 nights in that tent, not one burn hole. Thanks to my Canadian friends who taught me the correct way to place a stove pipe!
My new hat selfie. I was listening to a moose grunting off in the distance. Beautiful!
moose scrape, the top of this scrape was 6' high
I used to hunt that hill, (Tomar Mt), now I just take pictures of it
drying out my canoe.