RE: GMMAT's 2008 Game Cam Thread
Jeff - you hunt not far from where I do. If you hunt near your favorite bow shop. One year had 13 bucks on 20 acres, next year had maybe 6 on trail cam, then 2. Couldn't for the life of me figure it out. It wasn't hunting pressure, lack of food, etc. One day walking out, I just happened to glimpse a yote. Started really looking around and found 2 dead bucks, already eaten and chewed up. That year I trapped and caught 6 yotes in 1 week off this property. But I also saw way fewer does. Even if they only took one down every other month, in 2 yrs that is 12 plus all fawns associated with. It doesn't take long and things change quick. But if you are seeing does, who knows. I know I went from seeing 12- 20 a day to seeing 1 or 2 every 3 hunts, in 3 years. Things changed.