GMMAT usedan excellentword, "inventory". I've never thought of it that way, but that's exactly what I do. I just wanna see how the herd looks each year after winter season. I like seeing newborn fawns and bucks growing new racks, just to get an idea of what I'm hunting this year. I have no use for my camera during the season. I feel that I can do much better scouting myself while I'm in the woods than that camera can dostrapped on a tree for a week. Plus you have to go in and spread your scent everywhere when you check it, which may run the deer off completely from that area, depending on hunting pressure. I don't think cams take away suspense, maybe the surprise factor because you will know ALMOST every deer you have, but the suspense can never be taken away for me. Like someone else said, you may get pics of bucks on your camera and never see them in the woods, BUT you may NOT get pictures of a buck that you may KILL on your property this year. My big buck from last season was never on my camera. I was watching a 24 inch wide 8 point on my camera for two years, saw him one time at night on the road coming out. He was killed on the club next to us. There's always gonna be suspense and excitement for me, no matter what kinda pics I have.