I love the element of surprise when I see them for the first time and I think the trail cams take some of that away,not all but some. It's a tool like scents,food atractants etc. and I understand why they are used by many. I like as has been said geting out in the woods scouting,tracking trying to get a sense and feel for where they are and patterning them with foot work. The whole hunting expierence will either keep me going or not. If I see no bucks I'm still looking forward to the time spent in the woods enjoying the time to vegatate and slow down for the day. Not seeing anything makes it hard to stay fired up but so far I have not had that happen where I hunt.