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Old 12-04-2013 | 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Grawlix
Well, guys, I haven't limited out yet, and I haven't shot a decent buck yet.

So I am going to hunt the last three days of the season this year, this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

It's going to be very cold, and, for a change (at least for me), it's going to be in the snow.

I've never deer hunted in the snow (rabbits and other small game, yes, deer, no).

Any tips?
So... I can see where your from, and you can see where I'm from... I hope you can understand it if I'm ROFLMAO!!!

I just did a check of the Weather channels web site,(TWC) and they're estimating that my home has received 10.5 inches of snow in the last 24hrs, and may get 3 more inches by morning... I've had to plow the driveway for the last 2 nights, and will do so again tomorrow.

Let me say that not all snow is created equal... We've been getting typical Fall wet and heavy snow... Here's whats going to happen here... The snow that has already fallen is full of moisture... Behind it cold temps are coming... The surface of the snow is going to freeze hard creating a bit of a crust... In no time at all it'll be virtually impossible to move threw the woods quietly around here... It will take a good wind, above freezing temps, or a well packed trail to be able to still hunt around here.

At times we get dry fluffy snow... That is the best still hunting snow, it's hard to beat.

What I'm trying to say is that yer going to have to evaluate yer conditions... If yer getting a wet snow, the temps drop below freezing, and you have no wind, I'm thinking that still hunting is out of the question.

Whatever snow you get, if the temps rise above freezing, still hunting may be on the table because the snow will get soft, tho if it's deep enough it may get crunchy underfoot.

Fluffy snow, and above mild winds... Still hunting all the way.

Yeah... I know... I'm not helping much... The bottom line is that yer going to have to be "Johnny on the spot" according to the conditions that yer under.

Also, if you have active scrape lines going on, or not, scrape lines are a great place to be after a weather system passes threw. It's a phenomena I've observed for many years, at this time of year around here, when a weather system passes threw, bucks will run their rut lines. For us the scrapes are for the most part inactive, but the bucks run them nonetheless.

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