I enjoy the cameras. I like them for the simple reason that I like seeing pictures of deer. I have never shot a deer that I got on camera. I only use them in the post season until antler drop so I don't spook them by the camera alone or by checking them. I'm superstitious when it comes to not spooking deer, any deer, close to open season. It helps me inventory does and bucks. It is especially helpful for the bucks because the 1 1/2s all look alike . 8 pointers are common at 1 1/2 and when they are 2 1/2, they seem to be just a bigger version of the previous year. So when I compare a 2 1/2 that I saw from my stand to a pic from last year, it helps in identifying them. Older bucks, 3 1/2 and older are easier to recognize from year to year because the shape and number of points are nearly the same, just bigger.

Cameras have not influenced how or whereI hunt. Scouting does that. I'm trying to get a pic of some of the true monsters that I know are out there, the 170 to 200 class. So far, no dice. Biggest ones I've got are 140s to 150s.