Before and After

by Nov 2, 2011Uncategorized

Before and After

Here are my before and after shots with the snow. I climbed back up in my tree seat to take Sunday’s photos from the same view point. You can see how long my shooting lanes are with the snow on the ground. 48 hours from now, I will have been in that seat for 4.5 hours. Im cold just thinking about it.

2 Comments

  1. Unknown on November 2, 2011 at 3:17 pm

    Nice looking setup!

  2. Erin on November 2, 2011 at 4:14 pm

    We jumped 2 of them on Sunday. On the bottom photo, right where the little saplings are on the right. Friday am (530) this is where I will be sitting. Fingers crossed!!!

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