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Post by sam on Oct 16, 2009 21:18:18 GMT -5
Wondering if everyone here would let me know how thick the fat layers on the deer are this year.
I do this to forecast winter weather just from observations, and is nothing fancy. Some people look at wooly worms to tell what the winters going to be like, I just use the deer information.
Thanks Everyone, and good hunting/fishing !!
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Post by spainy79 on Oct 21, 2009 2:36:56 GMT -5
I seen a pic on another forum of a buck that was killed up by the IN/MI line and it was either one lazy buck or northern IN is in for a bad winter.  Probably a  for those living up that way. |
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Post by sam on Oct 21, 2009 16:42:18 GMT -5
Thank you !!
They say the wooly worms are really black this year. All signs I've seen so far this year indicate a nasty winter coming on !
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Post by anthonydykes on Oct 21, 2009 20:29:44 GMT -5
heck yea!! I say bring it on!!! we need a good winter, aint had 1 in a while. I have also seen some pretty african lookin wooly werms
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Post by Whitetail Driven on Oct 21, 2009 20:38:50 GMT -5
heck yea!! I say bring it on!!! we need a good winter, aint had 1 in a while. I have also seen some pretty african lookin wooly werms You must not live in iowa, we have had 250 inchs of snow in the past 2 winters, we don't need another bad winter  |
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Post by spainy79 on Oct 22, 2009 2:19:52 GMT -5
The only wooly worm I've seen this year was all black.
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Post by Greenedog on Oct 22, 2009 18:15:28 GMT -5
Chase's doe hardly had any fat layer. She was good and healthy, just not much fat. The deer we've killed the last couple years before have had a good 1/2 inch of fat.
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Post by Jordan on Oct 22, 2009 18:16:55 GMT -5
i usually look at the inside of persimon seeds instead of deer fat to see how bad the winter is gonna be. fork shape means mild winter spoon severe winter and knife, means light winter. so far all have been spoon.
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Post by B-rad on Oct 23, 2009 9:17:53 GMT -5
i use willy worms and persimmons, i haven't cut a persimmon yet this year and there lots of blacks but theres started to be lots of orange and blacks now
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Post by B-rad on Oct 23, 2009 9:20:19 GMT -5
i don't want a hard winter, my pops is a farmer and the farmers almanac predicts a hard winter with NO harvests)=
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Post by Chase on Oct 28, 2009 16:22:50 GMT -5
I've been seeing alot more brown than black wooly worms lately.  |
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Post by sam on Oct 30, 2009 19:42:40 GMT -5
You've got to realize that because Indiana is such a long state, that results may vary.
Gotta tell you that all the wooly worms I've seen are very black.
Any results on those persimon seeds ??
Thanks Everyone !!
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Post by oggie on Oct 30, 2009 21:53:29 GMT -5
I'm a check station and every deer that I've checked in that is the first thing the hunter tells is they have never seen so much fat on a deer as this year.
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Post by Brian on Nov 6, 2009 1:00:53 GMT -5
I'm not too convinced that the fat layer has a lot to do with winter. the deer know its gonna get cold so they build up a fat layer. but maybe it also has to do with certain crops of the year. not every year has an abundance of acorns which are pretty high in fat. if anything, all these indicators are telling us about temperature not amount of snow.
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Post by sam on Nov 9, 2009 1:10:19 GMT -5
Intersting though Pyrofanity
Only problem is that is doesn't get all that cold unless a cold front has pushed through.
You maybe right, but from all reports I've seen the fat layer is really thick this year !! I've seen reports of 2 to 2 1/2 inch fat layers. In all the years I've done this I've never had so many reports of that thick.
It should make for a good test this year to see just how accurite it is.
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Probably a 
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Just another night at work for me and Monty will be back here again bright and early. 
