Originally Posted by trmichels

You both soudn like a man with a plan.

I've got just a couple of quesions of you 4,

1. How many camers do you have out? Did you initially or do you know, spend time to find the right location to put out your cameras, such as lookng for rubs, scrapes tarils? And how many years, or scouting sessions, did it take you to understand the best places to hunt on each property?

I use 5 or 6 cams during the year. It usually takes me a full season to get a complete understanding of how the deer move in an area I haven't hunted. You can't tell where they are bedding and where the does hold tight with the cams, that is learned by spending time in the stand and changing location with my climber.
2. What do you use to stop he deer in front of camears, and what do you use to stop the deer when hunting, if anything?

In Pa baiting is illegal during the season and 30 days prior. So, before the season (in areas I am scouting) such as now I use 60lb bags of solar salt for a water softener tank. Not as easy to steal as a trophy rock and cheaper then trace minerals. It costs about $o.10 a pound. I also use corn, apples, etc. whatever I have at my disposal depending on the time of year.

In Ohio where baiting is legal we use trophy rocks, trace mineral salt, dicalcium phosphate during the spring and summer and have corn and a few other goodies in the feeders all year round.

God bless,

T.R.