We’re not playing in the Starvation snow during winter, which is why much of our wildlife is revealed only by tracks in the snow and game cameras. What a change from the warmer weather when a bear has been right in our camp!
![Bent tree leaning over the logging road.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023TreeBend.jpg)
![Sun rising through the pine trees on icy dirt road.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023StateRoad.jpg)
![Logging road bordered by tall trees under fresh snow.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023StateLand.jpg)
![High bush cranberries 8 feet off the ground.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023HighBushCranberry.jpg)
![Part of our 900 foot long driveway.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023Driveway.jpg)
![Bearberries (indigenous kinnickinnick)](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023BearBerry.jpg)
Our scenery, both on the property and on adjoining public lands, changes from full greenery to deep white snow seemingly overnight. With that, access to the many gravel and dirt roads on the State land and in the National Forest becomes complicated. At first, it means carrying tire chains and a shovel. Eventually it means staying on the hard roads until springtime.
![Wolf track more than 4 inches long.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023WolfTrack.jpg)
![Turkey tracks.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023TurkeyTracks.jpg)
![Snowshoe hare track.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023SnowshoeHareTrack.jpg)
![Deer track.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023DeerTrack.jpg)
![Coyote trackway.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023CoyoteTrackway.jpg)
![Bobcat track (double stepped making it appear to have 5 toes).](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023BobcatTrack.jpg)
A few animals still show themselves in winter. Some we harvest for food. Most don’t even know we are there, but we get to see some of them.
![Herd of 5 deer.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023DeerFeeding.jpg)
![Bobcat walking up our driveway.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023Bobcat.jpg)
![Three legged wolf which may have lost the leg due to a fighting injury.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023ThreeLeggedWolf.jpg)
![Bobcat approaching our driveway.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023Bobcat382023.jpg)
![Wild turkeys in deep snow.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023Turkeys.jpg)
![Wild turkey legs and thighs in the slow cooker.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023TurkeyLegs-1.jpg)
![Fall harvested wild turkeys.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023TurkeyHarvest.jpg)
![Wild Turkey Breast Fettuccine Alfredo.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023TurkeyAlfredo.jpg)
![First whitetail deer of spring at Starvation acres.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March2023Deer.jpg)
Why no bears you might ask. The bears get very food focused with late summer and are rarely seen after the first snow falls. By May, the bears will be passing though Starvation Acres fairly regularly.
![Long legged bear walking down our driveway in June 2022.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/June22Bear.jpg)