How to stop crunching on frozen grass?

[sleek]

Waders would keep skeeters off your legs and be great scent lock...

[KrisDelger]

Waders would keep skeeters off your legs and be great scent lock...

Very true

[JW_Halverson]

Great way to re-purpose those obsolete felt soled fly-fishing waders.  They are being outlawed in many western states, fines are going to be astronomical.  They have been linked with carrying whirling disease from stream to stream. 

[crooketarrow]

  KRIS you don't hunt much in WV do you.
  Right now theres about 8 inchs of snow and it's been snowing all day. The barefoot thing won't work here.

[KrisDelger]

  KRIS you don't hunt much in WV do you.
  Right now theres about 8 inchs of snow and it's been snowing all day. The barefoot thing won't work here.

Nope I generally hunt in North western and north eastern nevada where my barefoot heathenism works out rather well until I find another damn cactus between rocks.... then it's a fun hour with the needle nose pliers watching a deer scramble down the hill 

Great way to re-purpose those obsolete felt soled fly-fishing waders.  They are being outlawed in many western states, fines are going to be astronomical.  They have been linked with carrying whirling disease from stream to stream. 

Yep I was given a pair but never use it since I prefer to just stand in the stream in some board shorts I feel less like I'm going to get waders full of water and drown (I know strange fear to have)

[stickbender]

Great way to re-purpose those obsolete felt soled fly-fishing waders.  They are being outlawed in many western states, fines are going to be astronomical.  They have been linked with carrying whirling disease from stream to stream.

     Dang!  I have pair of those boots, and I love them!  I guess I will just have to learn to use my float tube! 
As for the frozen grass, you can cut a path, or just clear out an area for your stand, and like you said bring a section of carpet, or rug, and get there VERY early.  But then with the carpet or rug, you have the scent problem.  I guess you could wash it well with unscented soap, and let it dry, and then rub it well with fresh deer poop, and or grass, and leaves, boiled acorn juice, etc.

                                                                         Wayne

[tattoo dave]

Well, I'll share a little trick I've been doing for years. Seems to work awesome dealing with any kind of noise you make while walking the woods, if you have turkeys in your next of the woods. Turkeys that are alone, maybe somehow got separated from the group, wonder around making a slow and soft cluck to try and announce where they are. Use the mouth piece turkey calls while walking. Turkeys tend to sound like a heard of tanks coming through the woods, so deer hear the clucking, and tend not be as alarmed. If you have a bunch of snow on the ground, like we do up here, turkeys won't make as much noise while walking. But you can still use the "lost turkey" call to cover your noise. Study up and practice on your turkey calls though, the difference between the lost turkey call, and the turkey alarm call is subtle.

Tattoo Dave