Hunting snow?
 

I was just wondering what the best way to hunt when you are getting snow.... Do you hunt through all the snow, do you wait till the snow stops, or whats the best way to go about it? Thanks

RE: Hunting snow?
 

brett you need to hunt during the snow. Go out as soon as you can but make sure you can stay out till dark i went this morning with cody clausen and we saw about 30 deer.

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I have good luck before during and after. Unless it's blizzard like conditions I love to hunt in the snow.

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If its not a blizard hunt before , during ( no deer movment change) and after.
If its a real snow storm I have great luck just before and just after.
The deer move to feed heavely just before and just after a snow storm .
Have fun ,dress warm in snow camo or sky line type camo

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Hey Brett, I took cody out hunting tonight and at about 2:30 durring the heavy snow we had a button buck walk up to us and cody shot it. Ran about 80 yards stopped and did a backflip and died... Let me know if you went tonight and if you saw anything. i will post the pictures later. It was his first deer and he is PUMPED.

RE: Hunting snow?
 

hey brett here are the pictures it is not the biggest thing in the world but for his first deer it will work.

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I didn't have a chance to go out at all today because i had some previous engagements for this morning , and i had to work 2-10 pm. I just got home a lil bit ago, and im going to wax my bow string, and tighten up my quiver because somehow it got loose... I and doing a scent free wash on my camo and then im hittin the sack...Gonna get up in the morning, eat some breakfast, and be in the stand by 6:30. I personally like to be on stand an hour before sun up. I'll let you know how it works out. BTW, were you guys hunting behind Pete's house, or by Valley oaks? Tell him congrats too!!

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We hunted right behind petes house last night but in the morning when we saw like thirty deer we were at one of my spots.

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nice first deer, I bet he was pumped about it!

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before , during, after, just do it! i've had my best hunts in a snowstorm, and stalking is very east when it's coming down. i shot a deer in its bed this year after a hour stalk through a mini-whiteout. it was very cool!

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Great looking first deer. He'll remember that one forever.

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Like everyone else said, if it's not a blizzard before, during, and after.

Sometimes when we get a fresh blanket of powder I like to still hunt and/or spot & stalk b/c you can move around so quietly.

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Hunt whenever you have the time is the real answer! I got my first buck 3 years ago on a day when we received 8-10 inches of snow. I was out at 5:30AM, climbed my tree, installed my tree umbrella, and began my hunt. About 30 minutes after 1st light it began to sleet and then changed to snow...about 30 minutes after that I could hear the light sound of footsteps off and on...and then he appeared broadside and he was down with one shot. I could provide more details because I remember it as if it was yesterday!

Anyways, my real point is to hunt whenever you can and be prepared. I always monitor the weather, the moon, and adjust accordingly. I enjoy hunting more during snow or light rain than on a sunny day. Where I hunt, it's pretty in the woods during foul weather and less hunters. I'd say my luck or productivity is about the same wheather the weather is nice or poor.

So, hunt when you can, be prepared and be safe. With snow or rain, the trees are slick which make climbing trees hazardous and your boots slippery as well.

In fact, today it's cold and rainy/icy here in northern NJ. My wife is out with her Mom so the kids and I are at home playing, but I will head out this afternoon regardless...with my tree umbrella if necessary...just to enjoy the late afternoon hours in the woods to see what happens.