First year of serious cams (6 of em). Never going back.

There are a lot of reasons. Off the top of my head:

(1) great to inventory what deer you have on your property.

(2) cool to track deer movement (got 2 bucks on cams a mile apart).

(3) lets you know generally whether an area is a morning or afternoon area.

(4) You can rule out unproductive areas. We have one secluded food plot behind new CRP we
have been hunting unsuccessfully. Cams confirmed very low deer activity. Finally figured out
that even though the area "looks great," it is probably suffering for lack of great escape routes
(plot that is more open next to big woods getting torn up).

(5) It gets you pumped up to get out there and stay out there. I know I hunted harder
this year knowing we had some nice bucks on cam.

(6) Similar to (5). It gives you something to do when not hunting.