we did get 12+ and I spent the height of the storm up a pine tree w/deer moving everywhere- just as I thought; every so often the snow would cascade from the upper branches landing WHUMP! in a big pile on the ground-it was beautiful...
right up until I finally took a shot and one of those "snow-slides" startled the deer resulting in a gut shot-no blood. With the rate of snow @ 3in/hr and dark falling I backed out.
In the a.m. all sign was long buried; though I know the property well, sadly, I could not find the deer-a nice size doe. One complicating factor, other than the weather, is that the adjacent property is a positively posted as in do not ask or think about it , trail cammed ( not for deer) and patrolled daily lease.
It would have been the perfect hunt but instead, I mightily regret loosing that arrow.