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This is useful. https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Wildlife/Learn-About-Wildlife/Deer-in-Connecticut What are the negative impacts of winter feeding? Deer are ruminants, meaning they have a four part stomach with microbes (bacteria) that help digest woody vegetation. Deer acquire specifically adapted microbes over a period of time that digest specific food material. For example, during spring as the green-up of vegetation slowly occurs, deer will slowly begin to use the new food source as the season progresses. When deer eat food that has not been part of their diet, such as large quantit

A fed bear is a dead bear.

Because of CWD, most places have outlawed feeding deer. But given the choice of corn or something beneficial, corn is the worse choice. Unless you are raising the deer and know exactly what they are eating 100% of the time, you not helping them. They can eat corn from a field, they don't need people to feed it to them.

Last week near Death Canyon in GTNP

I don't know what corn does to squirrels and raccoons, but it's bad for deer. Feeding deer is not usually a good idea, but if you do, you should feed them food their stomachs can process.

It's a beautiful area to ride or ski. The GYE has a lot of bears, wolves, and lions. Don't mess with the elk, moose, or bison either.

What are you feeding on the little benches?

I keep track of time not miles so I quit posting.

Mtb ride on Sunday.

Second Chester A. Arthur ride of the season. Windy Point to Flagg Ranch. 80 miles. Beautiful day. 50F and sunny.

Sorry to hear this. Wishing you peace.

I probably would have messed with him. Good beer eh? Want another, I've got lots of it.

Still ski season here.

I just opened my first few bottles of winter ale. It was the first time I had enough bottles. So far it's my favorite. I usually give away most of my beer, but I might drink most of these myself.