If you have a good footed, hardy horse then go for it. Especially if your horses are mostly just being used for 1 day of game retrieval not day after day of riding to hunting spots. With this year’s weather, having horses shod with traction and snow pads has been unnecessary…but hopefully it’ll be necessary when the weather finally gets good for hunting. This fall has been very warm and dry in my neck of the woods. With those temperatures and hunting pressure the elk that I hunt have been in very difficult places to hunt and pretty much nocturnal. Barefoot horses don’t walk on ice safely
