Moving silently in the snow

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Abbe Osram

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Nov 8, 2004
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I guess it depends what kind of snow you have, take a look at my winter pictures from yesterday http://web.telia.com/~u18313429/ when I came back from checking out my traps the snow made hardly any noise walking with snowshoes. Today when the snow got packed because of me going every time the same route it creates the sound you described. Don't know what happens if you would cut some pine brunches with lots of needles under your snowshoes or boots and try to walk on the snow. Try it out and tell me.

cheers
Abbe
 

ChrisKavanaugh

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Who are you trying to sneak up onto? Bears and wolves can hear small rodents moving under the stuff. In broken or forested ground much of your noise is muffled. In open terrain the wind can either carry or mask sound. Snowshoes are the answer. If you look at almost every snow adapted animal they have BIG feet.
 

leon-1

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I remeber watching a guy on a small sled like a luge with a coule of uprights holding a sheet with a hole in it. He was hunting, using his feet / toes to push the sled along and the sheet gave him cover. I think it was one of the survival programs.
 

bothyman

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Nov 19, 2003
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hobbitboy said:
Is it possible? I tried moving silently over a patch of fresh snow, crunched horrifically, is there a particular skill to it?
Cheers,
Matt

Are you talking about fresh snow with an icey crust??

It all depends what sort of snow it is, if its crunchy its crunchy and their is not a lot you can do to stop it you just have to live with it.

The only thing you can do is move more slowly .

MickT :biggthump
 

Carcajou Garou

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Jun 7, 2004
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Depends on the snow surface and consistancy, the noise is from snow compression underfoot and displacement, Human hearing range doesn't do any justice to the abilities of animals. To be realy silent I put ear plugs in my ears and become blissfuly quiet :eek:): :rolmao: :shock:
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Adi

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Dec 29, 2004
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Fur moccasins with the fur on the outside of the sole. Hunters in Siberia do this in the birch forests during the winter months, it dose not stop all the noise but sure helps.
 

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