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Dan B
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Dan B asked in SportsOutdoor RecreationHunting · 8 years ago

Care for a JUST FOR FUN question?

Any hunter worth his salt knows the value of a tracking snow. Right? But do you know the difference between a "tracking snow" and a "stalking snow"?

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  • 8 years ago
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    A tracking snow is any snow that's deep enough for an animal to leave tracks in and covers the ground in an unbroken blanket of snow that will make it easy to find a blood trail.

    A stalking snow is a heavy, deep snow that will muffle footsteps, deaden the crunch of leaves and twigs that you happen to step on, and doesn't have a crust of ice on top that makes every step sound like a .22 long rifle shot.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    Tracking snow is just enough to pick up tracks, even just 1/4 inch. Stalking snow is more, enough to completely quiet your footsteps.

    Here in MN, we have had had tracking snow since mid December. Yesterday we got six inches of snow.

  • I live near August,we don't really get snow and when we do it's less than half an inch and melts in a few hours and it usually falls in February,deer season ends Jan. 1st so you'd only be hunting small game or pigs. It's about 75 degrees out right now,thank God for this weather.

  • august
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Nope, I don't. We get snow maybe once every 2-3 years where I live, and it rarely lasts more than 12 hours from the time it fell.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Snow? We'd be happy just to get some rain once in a while.

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