Sit or walk??

[Turkeygirl]

Ok, so I'm planning on hunting this afternoon. Just saw neighbor go up on his atv, must be hunting himself, for once,lol. Anyway it's snowing, we have a north/northwest wind. I'm trying to decide if I should walk again like I have been in hopes of spotting a buck, or should I just sit somewhere. I was thinking if I sat, either go into the pines and briars where I saw a doe yesterday ad think I found a set of buck tracks or go down into the woods a little more and sit. Or keep on walking and try to stay downwind of deer. season ends on Sunday. Any suggestions or what would you do? And what would be some good spots to look for bucks? Pines? Thick stuff?

[gitcha_some]

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i like to still hunt in the snow but if you have a bit of a sanctuary spot that deer head to in bad weather id still hunt or sit in it

[wtnhunt]

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Got a spot in the bottom here the deer used to bed in that is now underwater. With a north wind and cold temps I used to like to sneak in down there mid day aroudn this time of the year, usually would at least see some deer get up.

[Texan_Til_I_Die]

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As a rule of thumb, I see more deer walking, but I get more shots sitting. I'd sit.

[PAstringking]

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i would do a combination of both.

something that i like to do in snow storms is sit until i get real cold. get up and slowly walk...i mean real slow. then sit again. you hsould only really move about 1/2 mile the whole day.

i see a ton of deer and always get my shot

[RangerClay]

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In this snow I would stillhunt the hemlocks.

[Doc]

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It all depends on hunting pressure. Around here, deer have become mostly nocturnal because of earlier pressure, but this time of the season, hunter participation has dropped off to nearly nothing. So, we have a herd that is not going to move a whole lot on their own, and nobody to get them up and moving from hunter pressure.

That leaves only one option, this late in the season. If we want to see any deer at all, still-hunting or driving is about the only realistic options left.

It really depends on your local conditions as to whether you can expect deer to be moving to you or not.

Doc

[jbeck]

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I would never have considered still hunting until I bought a good set of Bino's. I now am much more successful than I ever was. Good luck Ruth, I hope to see a pic of your buck.

[Guest Antony]

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Just in general, snow or no snow, if there is a lot of pressure during gun season, I like sitting. When it dies down (usually just after opening day) I like walking and jumping the deer off their beds, plus you stay warm.

And always go with the thick stuff! The thicker the better.

[sskybnd]

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i would sit in the morning, and than walk the thick suff to see if i could find them beded down,

[Turkeygirl]

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Well this morning it was 0 degrees. I sat in some pines overlook briars with corn fields on both sides, only sat about an hour then started walking. Lots of tracks. I followed 2 different sets of decent sized tracks that were by themselves so I thought htey may be bucks. Never found the deer, jumped some, I think does, in some hemlocks. got home around 11am. All i can se is it is FREEZING outside!