trail cams
#2
During the offseason at a minimum 14 days... Come deer season, about once a week on my way out of the woods after a hunt. Between what I am seeing and what the trail cams see, we usually can put a pattern together pretty quick.
#5
I agree 100%, 3 or 4 days max for me. Trail cameras can do several things for me, 2 of the more important things I use them for is, inventorying deer on a property which you can accomplish before a season even starts, another is monitoring activity once the season starts. One of the best things about using a trail camera is to see if deer are in a particular area and if its a buck I want, or even if I want to kill a Doe then Im hunting that spot immediately. 2 weeks allot can change, especially with a mature buck with changing early season feeding patterns, to shedding, to monitoring active/fresh rub lines or scrapes.
#7
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 15
it depends on the size of your property. i only own 85 ac so my hunting spots are limited. therefore i leave those cams out for about 6 weeks in summer and 4 weeks at a time during the season. if you're hunting 500 ac then checking your cams more often will help because you'll know which 20 ac section to hunt.
#9
Mine are in well established travel corridors, so i know there will be alot of pictures there. So i leave mine out 1 month at a time. Besides it costs $30 in gas, 5 hours of time, and 3 miles of walking to check them, so i try not to do it too often. And i don't like to leave my scent going in or out every few days or week and educate them too much.
During bow season if i happen to be passing by one of them i will check them as long as it's been sitting at least a week.
During bow season if i happen to be passing by one of them i will check them as long as it's been sitting at least a week.