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The sounds, sights, smells of spring #8100592 03/15/24 10:16 PM 03/15/24 10:16 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,404 MT S snowy OP trapper
snowy OP trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,404 MT	The geese are so vocal down on the river it is unbelievable. Turkeys are starting to fan and are getting vocal now also. We still can have a lot of wintah left but we know it won't last long now. Going to do a little beaver trapping in small cricks pretty soon. The river is wide open, and crick been running for a month or better now. Fishing will be starting for me real soon. Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: snowy] #8100593 03/15/24 10:18 PM 03/15/24 10:18 PM
Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 480 Wisconsin M Mediocre Trapper trapper
Mediocre Trapper trapper M Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 480 Wisconsin	Looking good spring definitely came early in Wisconsin this year Don’t waste the day

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: snowy] #8100595 03/15/24 10:20 PM 03/15/24 10:20 PM
Joined: May 2018 Posts: 10,940 SW Georgia W Wanna Be trapper
Wanna Be trapper W Joined: May 2018 Posts: 10,940 SW Georgia	Awesome pics!!

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: snowy] #8100644 03/16/24 12:27 AM 03/16/24 12:27 AM
Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 75 Michigan B Brooktrout906 trapper
Brooktrout906 trapper B Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 75 Michigan	Nice pics. This is the earliest I have ever seen geese and mallards in the U P. I think they are in for a rude awakening next week.

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: snowy] #8100658 03/16/24 01:01 AM 03/16/24 01:01 AM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 1,941 east central WI D Dirty D trapper
Dirty D trapper D Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 1,941 east central WI	spring is about a month early here in southern WI. Robins were back in the end of Feb. Sandhill Cranes are back too. Haven't seen any vultures yet tho. I have Crocus blooming for about 2 weeks already. Daffodils are up and have flower buds ready to pop open, give them and other week or two and they will be going. Usually its Easter time frame. Hepaticas are blooming in the woods, again, about 3-4 weeks earlier than normal. I see lots of prairie plants starting to poke out of the ground in the areas that were burned last fall. There is a green tinge to the ground in these areas when looked at in a flat plane. I did some prescribed burning in the woods earlier this week, usually around Easter is the earliest. Our driveway was clear of all snow and ice in Feb, usually its late March.

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: snowy] #8100698 03/16/24 05:45 AM 03/16/24 05:45 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,136 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,136 Minnesota	Great Photos NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: snowy] #8100704 03/16/24 06:29 AM 03/16/24 06:29 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 2,969 new york M mike mason trapper
mike mason trapper M Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 2,969 new york	Great shots. Geese were flatting the rat huts in a swamp i was checking traps on yesterday. Also heard my first peeper.

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: Dirty D] #8100774 03/16/24 08:34 AM 03/16/24 08:34 AM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,404 MT S snowy OP trapper
snowy OP trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,404 MT	Originally Posted by Dirty D spring is about a month early here in southern WI. Robins were back in the end of Feb. Sandhill Cranes are back too. Haven't seen any vultures yet tho. I have Crocus blooming for about 2 weeks already. Daffodils are up and have flower buds ready to pop open, give them and other week or two and they will be going. Usually its Easter time frame. Hepaticas are blooming in the woods, again, about 3-4 weeks earlier than normal. I see lots of prairie plants starting to poke out of the ground in the areas that were burned last fall. There is a green tinge to the ground in these areas when looked at in a flat plane. I did some prescribed burning in the woods earlier this week, usually around Easter is the earliest. Our driveway was clear of all snow and ice in Feb, usually its late March. Yes, just about everything you mentioned I have noticed as well. The Golden eagles I have noticed haven't been working on their nests as early as some years. The Balds yesterday where doing the mating ritual with air acrobatics. Yep, things are actually getting a green ting and new growth has started when looking closely. Like you said Vultures aren't back yet here either. Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: snowy] #8100782 03/16/24 08:47 AM 03/16/24 08:47 AM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,928 Central, SD Law Dog trapper
Law Dog trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,928 Central, SD	Pulled an early turkey tag for WI that should work out this year the way it’s going. Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: snowy] #8100825 03/16/24 09:23 AM 03/16/24 09:23 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 9,699 ND M MJM trapper
MJM trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 9,699 ND	I show a week of below freezing highs starting in a few days. But at least the end is in sight. The geese started showing up good last week, which is about a week early. "Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: snowy] #8100833 03/16/24 09:31 AM 03/16/24 09:31 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 28,715 Eastern Shore of Maryland HobbieTrapper "Chippendale Trapper"
HobbieTrapper "Chippendale Trapper" Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 28,715 Eastern Shore of Maryland	-Goofy-

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: snowy] #8100836 03/16/24 09:32 AM 03/16/24 09:32 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 28,715 Eastern Shore of Maryland HobbieTrapper "Chippendale Trapper"
HobbieTrapper "Chippendale Trapper" Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 28,715 Eastern Shore of Maryland	-Goofy-

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: snowy] #8100840 03/16/24 09:36 AM 03/16/24 09:36 AM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,404 MT S snowy OP trapper
snowy OP trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,404 MT	HobbieTrapper, great videos!! Everything is wakening up for a new year. Love Spring! Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: snowy] #8100855 03/16/24 09:56 AM 03/16/24 09:56 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,136 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,136 Minnesota	NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: snowy] #8100887 03/16/24 11:03 AM 03/16/24 11:03 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,429 NWWA/AZ Vinke trapper
Vinke trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,429 NWWA/AZ	Happiness is munure shooting out of a reel and flinging off a wagon……. Slightly used Shoes 4 sale……………

Re: The sounds, sights, smells of spring [Re: Vinke] #8100901 03/16/24 11:16 AM 03/16/24 11:16 AM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,404 MT S snowy OP trapper
snowy OP trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,404 MT	Originally Posted by Vinke Happiness is manure shooting out of a reel and flinging off a wagon……. Yep! Thawing manure from the long wintah you know what season it is. Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

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