Going hunting in the snow tomorrow
12-18-2009, 02:57 PM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Nov 2009
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Going hunting in the snow tomorrow
I am going to go hunting in a lot of snow tomorrow and I am not sure if I should hunt in thick woods or on the tree line to look out into the field where I usally hunt when they come to feed. What do you guys think?
12-18-2009, 04:10 PM
#4
Typical Buck
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Lucky you I wish I had a chance to hunt deer in the snow just one time .I think that would be cool seeing deer moving around in the snow cover woods ,that's when a hunter should have a camera with them .
12-18-2009, 04:33 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minnesota
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Around here when the snow gets deep, I don't see them or their tracks much in the wide open any more. They've switched from grazing, ie, ground eating, to browsing, ie, nibbling on branch buds, etc. So knowing this, I hunt the woods more... preferably where I've seen their sign.
iSnipe
iSnipe
12-18-2009, 06:57 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
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During the storm, they will be hunkered down. After the storm passes and the barometer returns to normal, they'll start moving and feeding again. The grazing fields may not produce any more, though. Once they're buried in snow, the deer might switch to alternate food sources. Like iSnipe said, browse. Depends where you live, though. In north central PA, winter is here and they'll be mostly on browse until spring green-up.
