Not a single buck on trail cam after hunting season
#1
Not a single buck on trail cam after hunting season
Hey, I got a trail cam for christmas and put it out after hunting season was over. On the hunting property this season I saw more bucks than I've ever seen while hunting before (which is to say I saw 4, not a lot but I've gone many years without seeing a single buck), however Ive gotten over 1100 pictures on my trail cam after the season was over without a single picture of a buck.
I know for a fact that two of the bucks I saw during the season were shot by other hunters, and I shot one myself. I also have no way of knowing the total number of bucks shot this year. The question is, is there a chance we completely decimated the population of bucks? Is there a chance it is only going to be does and yearlings next year? If there are no bucks left or very few, can we count on other bucks moving their home range to include this property?
The property is roughly 700 acres.
Also, the 1100 pictures were between January 5 and 20th in Northern Virginia, so I don't think they dropped their antlers yet and none of the deer in the pictures appeared to be bucks with dropped antlers.
I know for a fact that two of the bucks I saw during the season were shot by other hunters, and I shot one myself. I also have no way of knowing the total number of bucks shot this year. The question is, is there a chance we completely decimated the population of bucks? Is there a chance it is only going to be does and yearlings next year? If there are no bucks left or very few, can we count on other bucks moving their home range to include this property?
The property is roughly 700 acres.
Also, the 1100 pictures were between January 5 and 20th in Northern Virginia, so I don't think they dropped their antlers yet and none of the deer in the pictures appeared to be bucks with dropped antlers.
Last edited by Stonewall308; 02-02-2011 at 07:09 AM.
#3
hey, i got a trail cam for christmas and put it out after hunting season was over. On the hunting property this season i saw more bucks than i've ever seen while hunting before (which is to say i saw 4, not a lot but i've gone many years without seeing a single buck), however ive gotten over 1100 pictures on my trail cam after the season was over without a single picture of a buck.
I know for a fact that two of the bucks i saw during the season were shot by other hunters, and i shot one myself. I also have no way of knowing the total number of bucks shot this year. The question is, is there a chance we completely decimated the population of bucks? Is there a chance it is only going to be does and yearlings next year? If there are no bucks left or very few, can we count on other bucks moving their home range to include this property?
The property is roughly 700 acres.
Also, the 1100 pictures were between january 5 and 20th in northern virginia, so i don't think they dropped their antlers yet and none of the deer in the pictures appeared to be bucks with dropped antlers.
I know for a fact that two of the bucks i saw during the season were shot by other hunters, and i shot one myself. I also have no way of knowing the total number of bucks shot this year. The question is, is there a chance we completely decimated the population of bucks? Is there a chance it is only going to be does and yearlings next year? If there are no bucks left or very few, can we count on other bucks moving their home range to include this property?
The property is roughly 700 acres.
Also, the 1100 pictures were between january 5 and 20th in northern virginia, so i don't think they dropped their antlers yet and none of the deer in the pictures appeared to be bucks with dropped antlers.
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Southeast Missouri
Posts: 2,178
The Bucks are still pretty wary where I have my trail camera's out,I've only had a few of them on camera at night and they don't hang around very long like the Doe's and Young Button Bucks do.I have only gotten a few pictures of the misc Bucks and some times they stay back away from the camera's but I ended up getting a few shots because the Doe's set the camera off while at the salt block and where I put out a little corn!
Last edited by GTOHunter; 02-02-2011 at 04:43 PM.
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 202
For hunting 700 acres, Im sure there are bucks running around. We hunt roughly 400 acres here in Southwestern Wisconsin and we are always getting bucks on cameras, but our buck to doe ratio is 2:1 in favor of bucks.
#9
I'd say the bucks are somewhere else - and other food is avalable.
No way are all the bucks gone - maybe knocked back a bit though.
Bucks will batchelor group again once the winter sets in and sometimes - its a bunch or none on a trail cam.
No way are all the bucks gone - maybe knocked back a bit though.
Bucks will batchelor group again once the winter sets in and sometimes - its a bunch or none on a trail cam.