Tomorrow's a rare day! updated with story and pictures!

[adeeden]

We have four inches of fresh snow on the ground and I have the day off work! I don't get many oppurtunitys to hunt in the snow and am really looking forward to it. There's just something right about being out in a fresh snow with the bow in hand. There calling for a north/west wind so it will be perfect to still hunt the big ridge behind the house tomorrow! I just love to follow those tracks around in the snow until you can slip up on one!

[BowHuntingFool]

Good luck brother!!!! I love hunting with fresh snow on the ground!

[gregk]

I know what you mean adeeden, we got 3"-4" of snow today,i have really been looking forward to this. I to,like hunting and tracking the deer in snow. Hopefully i can get up the hill to where i park to hunt.  

[DEATHMASTER]

Keep us posted on how the hunt goes. The fresh snow is great to hunt with.
Make sure to use the preditor in you.

Tim
DEATHMASTER

[lpcjon2]

Kill one for me I forgot what its like ...LOL

[Kevin L.]

Nothing like stalking in a fresh snow. Good Luck!!

[ISP 5353]

Good luck Buddy!  Have a great time!

[far rider]

good luck, nothing but rain here. Guess I could track in the mud!

[Hot Hap]

Go get one Dennis! Hap

[oddan]

I'm going also. We only got a heavy dusting downstate but I need to get out and play. Good Luck to all. Out Door Dan "The Stalken Wanna Be Man" LOL

[Billy]

I was out in it most of the middle of the day!!

Be back at it in the a.m. , more flurries to come!!

If I could just stop the crunching of the wet snow...             It's fun even when they know I'm comin'!!

[adeeden]

I hear ya Billy on that crunchy snow!    Thankfully it's pretty cool up this way and the snows all light, soft and drifty!

[smoke1953]

Good luck. I'm heading to the cabin to do the same for a couple of days.

[George D. Stout]

I'm going out this afternoon.  Gonna' look for bunnies mostly.  We are getting some flurries but last nights tracks should be easily visible.

[Broken Arrow 1]

Myself and a couple of good friends went out yesterday in the fresh snow we hiked about six miles total in snow (with snowshoes) that was anywhere from 3inches deep to 5 foot deep. We had a total of about 16-18 inches of fresh snow! We did see some deer but no shots.

[adeeden]

Well my snow day morning didn't end quite the way I expected it to but it was a pretty good morning all in all!

 

[adeeden]

I woke myself up early today around 3:00 A.M. deliberatly with the intentions of wearing myself out as I have to sleep this afternoon and be up and on the road at midnight for a hunt with my Dad in Southern IN tomorrow morning!

So I piddled around until daylightish then took my time feeding all the critters this morning before heading out into the snow.

It had been light for 30 minutes or so before i slipped accross the hollow behind the house and into the little hayfield. I cut tracks right at the edge of the hayfield maybe 100 yards from my bed!

[adeeden]

The tracks were heading parrellel to the woods just inside the hayfield heading west, I figured they were made last night right after the snow had stopped and instead of following them I would cross the hayfield, cut down to the creekk then hit the big ridge.

When I got about 3/4 accross the hayfield I cut the tracks of what I assumed was the same group of deer. They were heading east and I figured they would end up at the bottom of the hill down along the creek. The deer really like to bed down there and there's been a group of does and fawns using that area very reguraly.

[Gaff]

and....looks like an awful lot of blood on that tree!!

gaff

[adeeden]

After seeing the tracks heading back east I hurridly crossed the rest of the field then switched gears as I begin dropping down into the holow. Taking a step, stopping, scanning the area in front of me. I knew if i went slow enough that I should soon spot deer down in the bottom. About halfway down the hill, I spotted a bedded deer about 70 yards from me. I froze and begin scanning for the rest of the group!