It's snowing.

It's snowing to beat the band at the Aerie. We woke up to an inch on the grass and deck (not so much on the stone driveway where it has been melting) and it has been really coming down for the last hour or so. The weather.com site shows a snow line of approximately 2000 feet and the Aerie is at 2100 feet. Terry has to go over to Wellsboro this morning so it will be interesting to see if there is any thing on the roads.

Meanwhile, the Bolt Hole is getting socked. The same weather.com folks show a snow line there of 2000 feet with mixed precip between 1000 and 2000 feet. The Bolt Hole is at 1600 feet and the maps show mostly snow. A little further north into the Tug Hill Plateau across to the High Peaks and they are talking up to 16 inches of snow. There's also mention of wind gust out of the northwest at 50+ miles per hour.

I've mixed feelings about this. I would have liked to have been hunting as this first-of-the-season snow occurred. Immediately after there would be some good opportunities to still hunt as the tracks are visible and fresh and the deer's brown bodies stand out against the white. Also, being the first of the season, the deer act like third graders; they get silly. The older deer forgot that it can snow and what that means. The younger ones are just confused.

On the other hand, I would probably have to get the snowblower out if we had more than six inches. Even if it would all melt in a couple of days.