Brought along a rake at the request of our 6 yr old - no end of leaves for him to rake for the first few days!
Took some time out for some hard core Uno challenges near the wood stove:
Also worked on some shooting skills with the pellet gun:
Lunch always tastes better next to the wood stove:
Midweek we were joined by a friend with an ATV and some snow (if our friend looks frustrated its because he was just taunted by some grouse at his last stand and only had his rifle with him - he'd come back for his shotgun and was headed back to see if they were still there defying him to take them home for supper.
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Snow means its time to break out the "Fudd Hat"
Thursday morning we were joined by Kevin/DoeMaster and his Dad/OldBuck. They encountered blizzard conditions on the early morning drive up and the snow continued:
Between the snow squalls we enjoyed moments of brilliant sunshine - this was the view from one the base of a tree I'd snuggled up against waiting for deer (which apparently had more sense than we did and stayed in bed!
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This reminded me of my father - he loved x-c skiing in freshly fallen snow and especially enjoyed when snow piled up on even the smallest branches and twigs:
Tim/TPM and Lorne/OldBuck took an ATV tour of our lot and also the neighbour's more extensive trails and property which we were graciously given permission to hunt.
The beaver pond which we share with our neighbour:
Our little shack is smallish, but there's always room for good friends! Here we're enjoying the "last supper" - pasta with venison sauce courtesy of Kevin/DoeMaster:
One of our friends had found this nice shed earlier that day - he thought Ben looked like the dog from the Grinch:
When our friend showed up with the shed Lorne asked where he left the rest of the buck.
Deer Head or Beer Head - we're not sure. Maybe another "Elliot?" More fun with the shed.
All we had to show at the end of a week in the woods:
I thoroughly enjoyed every moment spend sitting against some tree holding my breath waiting for deer to run by. Living a bit more primitively for a week is good for the soul and I'm grateful that I'm able to go back up north and wander the woods with the rifle again this year!
Of course it was more like I was watching Ben so Tim would have more time in the woods to get his deer. 
