Help with a dig pattern.

[Jeff]

Walking out tonight. No deer on opening day, but saw this flipper. Is it flipped?


 

[Magicman]

No but it is purdy. 

[thecfarm]

I'm on the no side too on the flipper. ;D
Nice picture!!!

[SwampDonkey]

I've only seen 3 or 4 does all fall. But a neighor did get a buck under the hill below the house here, week ago this past Sunday. Just barely drove down there and bang, all over and done with. :D Deer are pretty sparse in these parts, it's like winning a lotto. :D

Only 3 places around here I would hunt deer as they are where they travel. A couple of those spots nobody hunts. They don't stay in winter near here at all after there is 12+ inches of snow. They will mill around until the snow starts to add up. 

[Jeff]

Good morning woodland pond!

[Magicman]

That is a happy place. 

[Jeff]

Not exactly what I expected as spring approaches. Typically there would be feet of snow, and then a lot of run off at breakup. I was expecting to get an overfull pond. Ive gained only a couple inches over the winter. I do love that camera.  It's what's  on T.V. this morning.

[SwampDonkey]

Looks like the same snow cover as we have here. Fields and under softwoods are about bare. Only 3-4" under hardwood and aspen woods. By the end of this week won't be hardly any. All I see forecast is warm and a day here and there of rain. Not seeing any willow out yet, but by next week I will.

[Peter Drouin]

Nice pix, Your snow is like mine, just patches around.

[Chuck White]

Looking out the window here, then looking at the calendar, wondering why it still says MARCH and not MAY!

No snow anywhere!

[SwampDonkey]

Not much left here. Maybe 3-4" at most in the woods with bare patches under spruce canopy.

[gspren]

I was looking at the Kubota BX with snowblower and thinking I could "probably" take it off   but maybe I'll wait a few more weeks.

[thecfarm]

Jeff, of all years not to get much snow. 
We did not get much here either. which is kinda good. The ground is full of water from rain all summer.
The brook was full all winter. 

[Chuck White]

I can remember my Dad saying; "Snow is a poor mans fertilizer"!

[Jeff]

It is. Im sure we will get more yet.

[caveman]

We've only got an inch or two covering the ground.  Last night we lost power and finally got it back on this afternoon.  The inch or two on the ground is pollen, mostly from live oaks.  Spring has sprung.  We did not have a frost this winter, which is an anomaly.  It has been in the 80's here this week. 

[Jeff]

Tammy has Spring break this week, so we are going up and see the now full pond. I'm pretty sure it is to the overflow, so I want to check that out. I also have a 800 hastas I need untarp. 

These first two picks are a little over a week a part. I'd be very pleased if this is a maintainable water line.  I susspect the rest of the ice will be gone tomorrow.

[thecfarm]

And no snow. 
We was like that last week. Then a snowstorm left behind about 20 inches.
Have fun!!!

[aigheadish]

That's a lot of hostas! 

The pond looks great! 

My water level has come up a bit but it's almost like the tides for as quickly as it'll drain. I have been able to keep the aerator on a for a month or so now. I'm already getting algae growth, I noticed last night.

[21incher]

Looks great. I like the natural color. You going to dye it again , or leave it natural using barley straw ?

[doc henderson]

Nice.  Be sure to wait 30 minutes after eating before you swim.  

[Jeff]

Looks great. I like the natural color. You going to dye it again , or leave it natural using barley straw ?

The dye makes a great barrier to algae growth. I'm going to play it by ear this spring. With the dye, it's kinda impossible to witness what is going on in there as to water clarity and such. Tammy likes the color. We shall see.  I hope to be up there later today to really see what is going on. Those cameras just reveal bigger mysteries!  I have no idea if my built overflow is functioning correctly, or if it even up to it yet. Video to come!!

[Jeff]

Nice.  Be sure to wait 30 minutes after eating before you swim. 

Awe Mom!!!!

[Crusarius]

I use a dark blue sapphire dye. It makes it look much more natural than the light blue stuff you see everywhere. 

[Jeff]

Natural depends on where you are at.  Many of the small ponds in this aera have a blue cast, as does lake huron.