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RE: NAW article on Trail Cams

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ORIGINAL: buckmaster

Are you going to put one out at your "new" place Jeff?

I think he's going to go in blindfolded. That's a pretty cool idea, actually.

I sort of did that last year at my buddies place. This year, we're putting my trail camera out in various places, just to get an "idea" of what's there. I saw a great buck there last year, I'd just like to get some pictures of one. I'll be checking it again, next week. We checked it a few days ago and moved it to an area I'll be hunting.

Here's the best buck we got in our last spot. No where close to the best buck I saw last year.

RE: NAW article on Trail Cams

Well why dont you be a little more straight foward about it?:D

RE: NAW article on Trail Cams

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ORIGINAL: GMMAT

Nope.

Dang....beat me to it ;)

RE: NAW article on Trail Cams

Im exactly opposite, whether it be good or bad, I'm going to put a cam out at my other places that I've never even approached before, just to see "whats there" I get excited I really do.;)

RE: NAW article on Trail Cams

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ORIGINAL: buckmaster

Im exactly opposite, whether it be good or bad, I'm going to put a cam out at my other places that I've never even approached before, just to see "whats there" I get excited I really do.;)

I love setting trail cameras, and I get REALLY excited when I go to check them.....which kind of seems to be the concensus among other members too. Except for Jeff :D:D

It's fun trying to decide where you are going to hang the trail cam to get the most pictures. It's almost like a form of hunting, if you are actually hanging the trail cam over a "trail" and not bait. I do both for picture purposes though.

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1. He said he likes to put his cameras on scrapes for "in-season" scouting. He says he gets fewer picutres this way.....but he mostly gets buck pictures (which is what he's after).

I disagree with this idea. "In season scouting" is a big no-no for me. (Other than looking for big tracks or as a last ditch effort to find where they are moving to and from) Too much disturbance and that is not good if they are already hitting the scrapes. imo

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2. He saysTHEY haven't harvested one mature buck in the last 10 years that he doesn't have on camera. Interesting.

Must be hunting a fish-bowl.

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3."The no-flash or infrared cameras are becoming more popular with hunters these days. However, although some hunters may argue the point, over the years I've found that the flash doesn't seem to bother mature bucks all that much.

Then how much does it bother them? And how much do you want to bother them?

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4. He's gotten pictures of as many as 11 bucks on one scrape in one night.

Old news here.

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5. Older bucks have a tendency to visit scrapes less frequently than younger bucks. They seem to be on a 3-6 day rotation.....but said they WILL be back.

BS meter pegged out on that one. There is no where written in stone that they will be back.

I will say this may have been their experiences, but it will not be everyone's. All deer do not mature equally as far as pressure and dispersal goes. We all know that though.:D

LT

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Well I don't advocate trapsing around the woods like a lunatic but I definitely do light in season scouting. It has lead to discovering hot areas with heavy rut action and is also helpful for when your woods go through changes ie cutovers, controlled burns, new food sources, new pressure. All of those things(and many others) can impact the deers patterns and change where they are travelling, staging, feeding, etc, even if ony by a fe hundred yard. I want to be aware of those kinds of changes but I try not to over do it.