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I agree.
This is what I am trying too get at with the common sense thing.
I know people who have had serious accidents when not wearing crampons when perhaps they should have.

silentscope. There seems to be a bit of scaremongering going on here.
Crampons are not hard to use. You walk with them strapped to your feet. There are different techniques used for steeper slopes...

You Tube is full of instructional videos for using crampons/ice axes etc. For what you will be doing (hunting, not climbing) this and a bit of common sense will go a long way.