by the middle of the last week the weather posed quite the challenge, especially for someone wired like me who refuses to write off the season without 100% effort. There is 'snowed out' and 'truly snowed out' of the higher stuff, thoughts of heavy old bucks kept me pushing the limit every single day regardless. Many of the spots I hunt were truly inaccessible, most of my access routes into these spots were truly snowed out, some with 3' of snow that turned to concrete. One consistent theme was every place I had ever camped was truly snowed out beyond 'reasonable'. I resorted to alternate routes, no trails 100% vertical bushwacking 2500'-4500' gain each day every day in the dark. Wet brush and melting snow result in a lot of wet gear so each night gear strewn all over drying out, wake up repack and do it again. The deer were in some areas and pushed out of others. Crampons were worn most of the time and the ice axe was needed to ascend and descent in a few places.
