Late season hunting in the snow

[pitbull]

I spent the day before and after christmas scouting. The snow sure reveals all the feeding and bedding areas and connecting trails. Looks like I am going to have 2 new stands for next season.

[NoCams]

Let me clarify the crunchy snow issue...... was not talking about still hunting. What I meant was I can not even stand all that crunching snow on the way to our stands...... Heck, we do not even still hunt except during a rainy day scouting. With our leaf depth still hunting is a exercise in futility in my humble opinion.

[Ron+dog]

no snow at all in colorado we need it LET IT SNOW INDEED !

[guspup]

Hi Mudd, For your question:
"I am going to assume that if you can see stuff moving a long ways off because of the snow that the same would be true of anything that you might be hunting.
How far off can I be?...lol"
For us 'stalkers' hunting 'in' the snow is the best. A good heavy snowfall quiets the entire woods, and covers you with instant camoflage. Walking slowly is dead quiet, and when you sit, you become just another snow covered thing in the woods. If it is not windy, it is a great experience. I walked right up on a bedded doe this year that was sitting under a fallen tree. We just looked at one another for the longest time asking ourselves what we were doing out in this stuff :-)

[maxplan]

I think the late season is probably one of the best times to  hunt if one hasn't burned himself out (or the wife) by then.