The waterfowl season ended for this part of the state last Saturday. The south zone remains open until December 23. The grouse season winds up at the end of the month. Beaver trapping for WMDs in the northern portion of the region began on December 1, the remaining districts will come in on December 15. Land trapping is in full swing.
Some early observations are that mink and coyotes are plenty, and fox numbers are down.
I 'm looking forward to the next phase of my job. I will get out and examine tracks in the snow. I have done this for years, but apart from deer and moose, this has only become a structured part of the job fairly recently, within the last 10 years. It will be when the crowds thin out. When the woods becomes quiet again.