I'm sitting in a home made plywood "deer stand" that many would call an elevated shooting house or a box blind. It's resting on a lumber base secured in 2 mature cedars and a large tamarack that died 2 years ago. The "stand" is 12 yrs old, built in 2011. The ground is covered with snow from over a week ago. Recent cold temps have the ground freezing ahead of schedule. It's snowing this morning. I have a stand of cedars behind me and off to my right. White paper birch edges the cedars with a blend of spruce and poplars transitioning to clumps of diamond willow and alder, red willows and canary grass, swamp. I caught a glimpse of a deer moving through the cedars off to my right about an hour ago. Too obscured with cover to see what it was other than just a deer. It doesn't necessarily prove voluntary movement, it was moving fairly swiftly, evasive, not a natural browsing travel. I don't expect to see it circle through and present a shot.
Starting to think about breakfast in our newly renovated cabin kitchen....
