Originally Posted by
CvaHunter
I expect sometime in the future there will be remote mounted guns with cameras that can be setup so that a deer can be shot from a computer or iPhone in the comport of ones home. Or hey even while at work !
I just got back into hunting this year and can't beleave how commercialized hunting has got. Going online to pick out and pay for a individual trophy deer with price to harvest it on a deer farm is scary.
Actually, they already have these. A high-fence area has guns mounted within their property and one can point and shoot using their computer mouse. Not that fun IMO.
To the thread, I don't see using cameras as "less sporting". When I hang a camera, it's location is based on all of the "woodmanship" skills mentioned above, tracks, droppings, etc. I don't just stumble to the woods and put up a camera on the first available tree. Catching a good buck on camera is something that helps motivate me to get out there on a cold, windy day, However, as most good pics happen at night, knowing where he might be during the day, placing a stand to intercept him etc, is still "woodsmanship". Also, what I see on camera is often two weeks or more old. Who knows where a certain buck might be by the time I get my pics?
I do believe there are some people that really have an advantage using cameras, if they use LOTS of them and check them very often, or use them over bait (where legal). I believe that this type of use is limited to a few hunters and not nearly the norm. I would guess most average hunters that used cameras have fewer than 5 cameras and aren't able to check them more than once a week or so. Unfortunately the TV shows make it seem like to keep up you must buy, buy, buy.