Mature Bucks - Nocturnal...Camera Shy....
07-16-2008 | 01:49 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Mature Bucks - Nocturnal...Camera Shy....
For four pages we discussed big buck behaviorthat we have witnessed ,then right onque you (master of the big buck) as usual high jack it and start your with your child like name calling ways. So rare that this happens.
07-16-2008 | 01:50 PM
#53
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RE: Mature Bucks - Nocturnal...Camera Shy....
[quote]ORIGINAL: MichaelHunsucker
I posted this in another thread and it kind of took it off topic so i figured i would create another thread here.
Im sure some of you guys one here have seen these pictures already but this is a buck that i have been following for several years now and is certainly the oldes deer i have ever seen/hunted.
Enjoy! Feel free to share your stories/pictures of your mature bucks and your thoughts on some of the things we were talking about...
He looks like a friggen quarter horse!In that last pic it looks like he's taking a serious dump. He's really pushing!
I posted this in another thread and it kind of took it off topic so i figured i would create another thread here.
Im sure some of you guys one here have seen these pictures already but this is a buck that i have been following for several years now and is certainly the oldes deer i have ever seen/hunted.
Enjoy! Feel free to share your stories/pictures of your mature bucks and your thoughts on some of the things we were talking about...
ORIGINAL: MichaelHunsucker
September 2005 (5.5-6.5) Look at his neck!
August 2006 (6.5-7.5)
January 2007
November 2007 (7.5-8.5) TANK!
My cousin even has his shed from one year....this picture above is the only picture i got of him all last year. I never saw him on stand. As a matter of fact, i have never seen him in the daylight since 2005....unbelievable deer. I would love to kill him!
Hell, id just be happy to get pictures of him again this year!
ORIGINAL: bawanajim
How many years have you seen or got pictures of that buck? He looks older than me,[
] in deer years of course.
How many years have you seen or got pictures of that buck? He looks older than me,[
] in deer years of course.
August 2006 (6.5-7.5)
January 2007
November 2007 (7.5-8.5) TANK!
My cousin even has his shed from one year....this picture above is the only picture i got of him all last year. I never saw him on stand. As a matter of fact, i have never seen him in the daylight since 2005....unbelievable deer. I would love to kill him!
Hell, id just be happy to get pictures of him again this year!
07-16-2008 | 01:57 PM
#54
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RE: Mature Bucks - Nocturnal...Camera Shy....
For four pages we discussed big buck behaviorthat we have witnessed ,then right onque you (master of the big buck) as usual high jack it and start your with your child like name calling ways. So rare that this happens.
It's what "some" people do when faced with the absence of a legitimate fact to back up their claims (that's also the definition of the "king" term).
(master of the big buck)
07-16-2008 | 02:21 PM
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RE: Mature Bucks - Nocturnal...Camera Shy....
I also usually hang my cameras over piles of corn, which are also places I don't hunt.
07-16-2008 | 02:22 PM
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RE: Mature Bucks - Nocturnal...Camera Shy....
ORIGINAL: magicman54494
I figured you need all the help you can get[8D]
ORIGINAL: Schultzy
Great DVD Magic!! Thanks man!!!
Great DVD Magic!! Thanks man!!!
07-16-2008 | 02:29 PM
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RE: Mature Bucks - Nocturnal...Camera Shy....
I have 4 Cuddebacks, 3 of them are the IR models. For the last three seasons I have put them out at the end of the season, usually around Dec 1st. They stay out until the end of March or early April. I do not bait the camera sites, I only put them out on trails.
I've prooved it to myself that the larger bucks do get camera shy. I've gotten 2 at the most, pics of 3 1/2s and 1 of any 4 1/2 or older. After that, they skirt the camera. They'll walk a semi-circle around it and sometimes create a new trail in the process. This is especially easy to see because we have snow here and the tracks are the proof.
Another thing that I see is that the older bucks are always looking at the flash and the IR or red light. I know they aren't supposed to see it, but they do. To back this up, I have set my 3 IR cams to video mode and have had big bucks come down the trail, spot the IR beam and stop dead in their tracks. They usually stare at it for a while then back up, turn around and leave. This makes for a very hard to detect pic of the buck.
I was checking my cams every 7-10 days to avoid the scent thing, but I may go to longer intervals or move the cameras more often. I may go so far as to set all of them to day time only but I know I'll cut the number of pics in half or worse.
I have never gotten a pic of a true monster that I know exists here. The biggest being up to about 150". It just prooves to me that I've got to get better at camera hunting! [:-]
I've prooved it to myself that the larger bucks do get camera shy. I've gotten 2 at the most, pics of 3 1/2s and 1 of any 4 1/2 or older. After that, they skirt the camera. They'll walk a semi-circle around it and sometimes create a new trail in the process. This is especially easy to see because we have snow here and the tracks are the proof.
Another thing that I see is that the older bucks are always looking at the flash and the IR or red light. I know they aren't supposed to see it, but they do. To back this up, I have set my 3 IR cams to video mode and have had big bucks come down the trail, spot the IR beam and stop dead in their tracks. They usually stare at it for a while then back up, turn around and leave. This makes for a very hard to detect pic of the buck.
I was checking my cams every 7-10 days to avoid the scent thing, but I may go to longer intervals or move the cameras more often. I may go so far as to set all of them to day time only but I know I'll cut the number of pics in half or worse.
I have never gotten a pic of a true monster that I know exists here. The biggest being up to about 150". It just prooves to me that I've got to get better at camera hunting! [:-]
07-16-2008 | 02:40 PM
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RE: Mature Bucks - Nocturnal...Camera Shy....
ORIGINAL: GregH
I have 4 Cuddebacks, 3 of them are the IR models. For the last three seasons I have put them out at the end of the season, usually around Dec 1st. They stay out until the end of March or early April. I do not bait the camera sites, I only put them out on trails.
I've prooved it to myself that the larger bucks do get camera shy. I've gotten 2 at the most, pics of 3 1/2s and 1 of any 4 1/2 or older. After that, they skirt the camera. They'll walk a semi-circle around it and sometimes create a new trail in the process. This is especially easy to see because we have snow here and the tracks are the proof.
Another thing that I see is that the older bucks are always looking at the flash and the IR or red light. I know they aren't supposed to see it, but they do. To back this up, I have set my 3 IR cams to video mode and have had big bucks come down the trail, spot the IR beam and stop dead in their tracks. They usually stare at it for a while then back up, turn around and leave. This makes for a very hard to detect pic of the buck.
I was checking my cams every 7-10 days to avoid the scent thing, but I may go to longer intervals or move the cameras more often. I may go so far as to set all of them to day time only but I know I'll cut the number of pics in half or worse.
I have never gotten a pic of a true monster that I know exists here. The biggest being up to about 150". It just prooves to me that I've got to get better at camera hunting! [:-]
I have 4 Cuddebacks, 3 of them are the IR models. For the last three seasons I have put them out at the end of the season, usually around Dec 1st. They stay out until the end of March or early April. I do not bait the camera sites, I only put them out on trails.
I've prooved it to myself that the larger bucks do get camera shy. I've gotten 2 at the most, pics of 3 1/2s and 1 of any 4 1/2 or older. After that, they skirt the camera. They'll walk a semi-circle around it and sometimes create a new trail in the process. This is especially easy to see because we have snow here and the tracks are the proof.
Another thing that I see is that the older bucks are always looking at the flash and the IR or red light. I know they aren't supposed to see it, but they do. To back this up, I have set my 3 IR cams to video mode and have had big bucks come down the trail, spot the IR beam and stop dead in their tracks. They usually stare at it for a while then back up, turn around and leave. This makes for a very hard to detect pic of the buck.
I was checking my cams every 7-10 days to avoid the scent thing, but I may go to longer intervals or move the cameras more often. I may go so far as to set all of them to day time only but I know I'll cut the number of pics in half or worse.
I have never gotten a pic of a true monster that I know exists here. The biggest being up to about 150". It just prooves to me that I've got to get better at camera hunting! [:-]