March/april are hard on deer and the heavy snow forecasts this week won't help. You best bet is boots on ground and some trail cams at your farm permission locations later early summer to see what made it thru. If you go to your hunt locations as soon as snow melts and before green up you will be able to see all the rutting sign left last fall. That will give you idea that bucks were in area, won't tell you if they made it thru winter or if they winter elsewhere. Observations in mid summer will confirm that. Recommend staying out of bush late May early June when fawning
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