In general I am hunting fairy thick hardwood bottoms or thinned 20-30 year old pines. I will set my tree stand within 25 yards of the trail for bow hunting. For gun hunting, I set back as far as I can and still cover the trail ... which seldom is farther than 75 yards.

On the average I check my trail cameras about every 4-6 weeks during the off season and about every week starting early September. Our season starts Oct. 15. Once the season gets rolling, I'll cut back to 2-3 cameras, moving one or more periodically into to areas that I "plan to hunt" later. I check them all as soon as I can after arriving at camp, and then about every 2 days when I am at the camp.