hoar frost, needle ice

[Jal]

Will deer avoid walking on hoar frost and needle ice?
Its very noisy and could cut their feet.

[Wild one]

Doubt they will concern about it noise wise and their hooves are more then tough enough to handle it

[sawmill]

No. You should though if you are trying to be sneaky on them. Some days I walk 20 feet and say, nope. Could not still hunt a dead deer in that.

[Bugle M In]

No. You should though if you are trying to be sneaky on them. Some days I walk 20 feet and say, nope. Could not still hunt a dead deer in that.

That's very true!
Rarely waste my time as well when it's crunchy like that.
Rather hike to a spot I like, sit and wait, or in that case, take drive, check out a new area.
Maybe something will be standing by the road?

[boxhitch]

One of my best bucks met his demise after a freezing rain squall that left a 1/8" of potato chip ice on 6" of snow
Heard the buck moving before I saw him, He sounded like a kid in bubble wrap getting beat with a bat
I made several crunching steps toward a shooting lane, grunt tubing like Jethro Tull, suddenly two bucks were grunting and walking noisily toward me
Critters move when they feel the urge regardless


neither one was worried about cutting it's feet )

[.264winmag]

I don't mind crunchy, had good luck just have to walk like a deer and sit. I've punched the snow and brought hung up deer into shooting lane. Definitely take rain or soft snow first, but crunchy means cold and deer seem to still move in daylight more than warm and longer days...

[walks with deer]

just move slower