Hunting in the snow

[Pinusbanksiana]

What do you all do differently when there is snow on the ground? Stalk? Choose stands location differently? I am more interested in comments regarding hunting woods and not agriculture country.

[paceman]

I don't do anything differently. I might hunt in certain spots where I see more tracks. But that is about it. I also guess it depends on the snow depth. We only have about 1-2 inches on the ground so that won't change the deer movements at all. Lots of snow I would follow the tracks/trails and find the food and sit there. I love hunting in the snow!

[Itasca0217]

The only difference snow should make is attitude of the hunter, and possibly increased deer activity. If there is snow, then it is typically cold and the deer will be moving around to stay warm. My attitude would be more positive because you can see farther in the snow, and i usually see more activity.

I would stalk if you have already gotten a deer and want to explore some, but otherwise i would sit tight and wait for the deer. Now if it was wet AND windy, I would probably be stalking. I shot a nice 7 pointer this year on a wet, windy day stalking and calling!

[motley man]

Go with the amount of tracks.

[Boar]

Cant wait for muzzy this year with the snow going in to day to set blind according trilas more heavily with in the interior of the woods, instead if the fringes an clearing openings.

[lungdeflator]

this time of year? a good snow around our area (Bemidji) seems to shut things down for a day or two. other than that we try to hunt our usual spots and keep moving around til we find tracks and were they are feeding. We usually end up finding most of the activity around balsams and other good cover where the snow isnt as deep.

[Wanderer]

If I've been sitting for days without seeing much, I'll definately move around in quiet snow. Put the wind in my favor and hunt areas with contour changes. Move slow, glass, and scout. I mostly check bedding/loafing areas in these conditions.

When that snow firms up and gets loud, I'm definately sitting and preferrably on a food source.

[Pinusbanksiana]

I got on a nice sized track yesterday and followed it for about a mile. It started in a sapling aspen stand and went through a mature aspen/balsam stand and into a small aspen sapling stand. I stopped at private land. I am thinking it was a buck because it was alone, large track, and pretty much made a bee line. There were no other tracks in the mature aspen stand, but some smaller fawn tracks and possibly doe tracks at the beginning. I am moving a stand to a spot along the way.