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by AustinC. 05/21/24 05:01 PM
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Re: Giving up trail cameras
[Re: Joe4majors]
#2757753
03/09/19 10:35 PM
03/09/19 10:35 PM
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 8,572 Grays Creek, NC
bigcountry692001
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 8,572
Grays Creek, NC
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Has anyone completely given up cams and seen a meaningful improvement in hunting quality as a result? I don’t have much land to work with so obviously less pressure the better. I’m already dealing with dogs running around. By improved hunting quality I mean more daylight sightings, mature buck kills, etc. I’ve honestly never owned trail cam
"You cant manage a deer herd with acorns."
-Dr. Craig Harper
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Re: Giving up trail cameras
[Re: Joe4majors]
#2757989
03/10/19 11:16 AM
03/10/19 11:16 AM
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Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 3,854 Jasper
buckhunter2
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 3,854
Jasper
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My hunting success would drop tremendously if not for trail cameras. I’m fortunate to have several different properties to hunt. I rely on cameras to find a “shooter” before season starts. Once season begins I’ll keep them out but don’t really check them that often. I just need to know which property I should be hunting.
Now if I could only hunt one property, trail cameras wouldn’t really matter.
I haven’t killed a buck in years that I didn’t have a pic of.
You're only as good as your worst shot-
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Re: Giving up trail cameras
[Re: Hogwild]
#2758125
03/10/19 04:21 PM
03/10/19 04:21 PM
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Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,006 Covington County
Squeaky
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,006
Covington County
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They are a tool.....plain and simple.
Whether you know how to use that tool to your advantage or not is totally up to you!
Human activity, Intrusion into a buck’s area and hunting pressure are problems. No need in blaming those things on the cameras. They can be easily utilized while avoiding those type issueas.
Some folks get it, some don’t. Now, Danny why did you have to go tell the entire innerwebs how useful a camera can be on killing mature bucks consistently You and I would not anything about that, now would we Some of you fellers need to do some reading up on the use of trail cameras. Their is a lot of good information out their to help educate yourself on the correct use of trail cameras. The deer on my wall sure wish I would not have learned what I know now. They can be a very effective tool to help put yourself in the right area at the right time!! The key here is, how to utilize them without spooking the deer you are trying to locate then kill him.
Last edited by Squeaky; 03/10/19 04:24 PM.
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."
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Re: Giving up trail cameras
[Re: jwalker77]
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03/11/19 12:12 AM
03/11/19 12:12 AM
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Joined: Jun 2017
Posts: 264 God's Country
Swampdrummin
4 point
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4 point
Joined: Jun 2017
Posts: 264
God's Country
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I ran a spypoint last year that helped me kill a good buck. Any of my other cameras are only checked if I am hunt the area. Some cameras were only checked once or twice last year. Please explain how the camera helped you kill a buck, not doubting, just curious, might want to use your tactics. I was hunting this giant 160 class eight point in Illinois a few years back with an absolutely tiny home range. I moved 9 cameras to alternating 40 acre blocks for several weeks until I started getting him on camerA. I finally got him hitting the same scrape every 3 or 4th day early in the morning for like 4 straight cycles. I sat that scrape for 3 straight mornings and he showed up....I blacked out and missed. He disappeared afterwards, Have never gotten that intense with cams since. You can definitely pattern them to kill them though.
Quack quack.
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Re: Giving up trail cameras
[Re: Joe4majors]
#2758441
03/11/19 12:22 AM
03/11/19 12:22 AM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 800 Pensacola, FL
JUSTIN37HUNT
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6 point
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 800
Pensacola, FL
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So I've said this a lot, but more than anything, trail cams make it much easier to wake up after 3-4 hours of sleep...drive an hour to the lease and sit in 30-40 degree weather for hours at a time. Most importantly, they make it easier to turn around and do it all over again the next day. I probably wouldn't hunt near as much if I didn't have hard evidence of exactly what I'm hunting.
I'm sure running cameras can also negatively effect your hunts. Of course, there is some added pressure to the herd...but that is probably offset by doing less scouting by foot. If I weren't running cameras, I would probably be doing even more walking and scouting which would also add some pressure to the deer. Additionally, I've ran too many or had them spread out too far, so that checking them almost became a hassle. At the same time, not checking them had me convinced my chance for success was being impacted negatively too. Overall, I try to be smart. Don't visit the same spots too often, check the wind and pay attention to entry and exit routes, etc.
I've killed 11 bucks in 7 season. Of those 11, I'd say at least 6 were tied to trail cam use in some way. I either knew that deer was in the area or I was hunting the area for another buck(s) when I killed the one I killed. Plus there's countless bucks that have been killed that I knew where they were, just didn't get on them soon enough. Trail cams have also helped me develop a few consistencies on our place. Key times bucks seem to hit plots, the 3-4 days they seem to be most active at scrape sites, how often they keep the same home range from year to year, etc.
Plus they are a lot of fun.
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Re: Giving up trail cameras
[Re: Joe4majors]
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03/11/19 08:21 AM
03/11/19 08:21 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,174 Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,174
Sylacauga, AL
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Has anyone completely given up cams and seen a meaningful improvement in hunting quality as a result? I don’t have much land to work with so obviously less pressure the better. I’m already dealing with dogs running around. By improved hunting quality I mean more daylight sightings, mature buck kills, etc. Good for you! Trail cameras are of the devil.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Giving up trail cameras
[Re: Hogwild]
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03/12/19 01:44 PM
03/12/19 01:44 PM
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 8,363 Montgomery
WmHunter
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 8,363
Montgomery
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They are a tool.....plain and simple.
Whether you know how to use that tool to your advantage or not is totally up to you!
Human activity, Intrusion into a buck’s area and hunting pressure are problems. No need in blaming those things on the cameras. They can be easily utilized while avoiding those type issueas.
Some folks get it, some don’t. ^^ I agree with the above post. *************** I have found game cameras to be an invaluable tool. It shows me what I really have in terms of bucks especially mature bucks that are completely or almost completely nocturnal. It reveals a lot of valuable information about what is really happening during the rut too. I try to only check a camera when I am hunting the area where the camera is, approach it only with the wind in my favor, as quiet as can be, and never touch it with my bare hands, and wipe it down with scent kill on a piece of scent washed cloth after I change out the camera card.
"The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson
" Chuck Sykes is a dictator control freak like Vladimir Putin " WmHunter
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Re: Giving up trail cameras
[Re: Joe4majors]
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03/12/19 01:48 PM
03/12/19 01:48 PM
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Posts: 7,900 Huntsville AL
Rocket62
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 7,900
Huntsville AL
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I don't use cameras. I decided to quit using them after watching the guys in my club use them all over the place and not kill deer
I don't want to pass quietly into the night. I want to slide in sideways kickin and screamin Life really is awesome ... Soak it up while you can ...
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Re: Giving up trail cameras
[Re: Rocket62]
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03/13/19 08:35 AM
03/13/19 08:35 AM
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Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 4,638 Alabama
Rmart30
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 4,638
Alabama
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I don't use cameras. I decided to quit using them after watching the guys in my club use them all over the place and not kill deer Due to over checking , bumping the deer, and the deer patterning hunters. A lot of guys are guilty of this especially at clubs. Cams are good tools that I think Ive learned a lot from over the years. Ive learned that some of what i thought were really good looking spots almost never have deer in them. That has saved me a lot of wasted hours of sitting in a bad spot. Ive learned that if you have multiple field or feeder locations that each buck acts differently with them. Some bucks you will see at every feeder or field. Some bucks you will only see at a certain 2 or 4 fields, some bucks at one , or some at none. I run about half of my cams on roads and intersections year round. Mainly to watch for poachers and trespassers but what I found by doing that is some of the best bucks Ive seen on properties have been on those road cams and never once shown up on a single field or feeder cam. They seem to avoid the fields and feeders. And its not due to me over checking them or pressuring them. Most of my field or feeder cams go a minimum of 3 weeks up to maybe not even being checked at all during season. When I do check cams I try to do it right before a rain is coming so it washes scent away very quickly. I would not want to give up running cams myself.
Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching - even when doing the wrong thing is legal. Aldo Leopold .. (except when it comes to trailer tags)
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Re: Giving up trail cameras
[Re: Joe4majors]
#2760658
03/13/19 11:29 AM
03/13/19 11:29 AM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 34,817 Boxes Cove
2Dogs
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 34,817
Boxes Cove
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The absolute only way I'll use cameras in season is to hang a few about 2-3 weeks prior to when breeding first kicks off. I never "check" them. I'll slip in midday pull them all and see what's up, then if there's one that's showing up with regularity that catches my eye, he don't seem to live long. That running all over the property every few days checking cameras during season is a good way not to kill a old buck , IMO.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Giving up trail cameras
[Re: Joe4majors]
#2763518
03/16/19 03:53 PM
03/16/19 03:53 PM
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Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 160 Alabama
Halfrack
3 point
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3 point
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 160
Alabama
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Just like anything else,used correctly they can be a big benefit but used incorrectly and they can mess up a good spot.
Formerly known here as Reefd!
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