The deer are certainly frisky lately. The past few mornings I have averaged five deer in the road on my way in and most afternoons I have seen two or more on my way home. As rifle season starts on Friday, I am hopeful that will lower the numbers a bit, especially since even a double fence didn’t keep them out of the garden again this year.
One thing I have been noticing is that the deer seem to be very grey looking this year. Seem to be in good shape and very grey coloured coats.
Well I found out what the older generations used to say about deer with grey coats in October.
“When deer are gray in coat in October, expect a severe winter.”
This is one of the this months indicators if you are trying to predict what this winter might look like.
10 Old-Time October Weather Sayings
Here is what the Weather Network is predicting for our winter. I guess we will be able to know for certain what the winter will be like in the spring and then can decide the best way to predict going forward… fur or forecast.
