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Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff #2710417
01/18/19 03:44 PM
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Coosa County, AL
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The other thread got me thinking about how much the use of trail cameras has affected my hunting experience over the last few years. Sure, I've been able to find, pattern, and kill some good bucks using them, but I feel like they also take a lot away from it. For instance.... Before I ever used cameras; every time I sat in a stand, no matter where it was, I had visions of a giant buck walking out at any second and was pretty much on the edge of my seat for the whole hunt. Now that I am running 14 cams on three different properties, I've gotten to the point to where if I don't have pictures of a good buck on a certain place I won't even want to hunt there. I think this is why I've been enjoying public land so much the last two years, I just feel like its a big mystery as to what might walk out. I might have to think about slacking off on my cameras during deer season.....but they'll definitely all be out for turkey season grin

Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Coosa1] #2710429
01/18/19 03:54 PM
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On the flip side i'd about given up on my land of seeing any really nice bucks until I started putting cameras out. But, there they were @ 2 - 3 AM...out in wide open fields. It gave me renewed confidence to get back out there and hunt em harder!!!

Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Emuckfwa] #2710436
01/18/19 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Emuckfwa
It gave me renewed confidence to get back out there and hunt em harder!!!


This is what it has done for me.

There was a time before trail cameras where I wasn't 100% sure our property in Alabama was home to any deer.

Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Coosa1] #2710465
01/18/19 04:31 PM
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I think trail cameras take a lot of fun out of it myself.

Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Coosa1] #2710498
01/18/19 05:09 PM
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I’ve just about quit using them for deer myself. I saw my oldest son thinking kinda like you said - he would ask - is this place we are going to hunt close enough to see one of the bucks we had on camera somewhere else. I told him to quit worrying and enjoy it either way.

Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Coosa1] #2710552
01/18/19 06:20 PM
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Probably has ruined it. But I enjoy the cameras.

Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Fuzzy_Bunny] #2710573
01/18/19 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Fuzzy_Bunny
I think trail cameras take a lot of fun out of it myself.


Yeah i like surprises lol. Will say this though cams have definitely caused a spike in conflicts, can't count the times I've heard "that's my deer!" Or the sumbitchin neighbors killed "my deer" Or hey i had a pic of that deer, and my clubs 5 miles away, so your azz must've been piddlin in my sanctuary 😆😆😆😆


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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Coosa1] #2710609
01/18/19 07:18 PM
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Yep, cams and corn sux.


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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: rulebreaker] #2710622
01/18/19 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by rulebreaker
Yep, cams and corn sux.


You really need to change your handle Man rofl


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Everyone. All of them...

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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Coosa1] #2710625
01/18/19 07:36 PM
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I enjoy the cameras.


“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”

On the distance I like to walk to my stands:
“The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Coosa1] #2710651
01/18/19 08:05 PM
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I don't use them because I'm lazy and don't want something else to keep track of.


It is easier to fool a man than to convince him he has been fooled.
Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Coosa1] #2710676
01/18/19 08:43 PM
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I run 4 cameras on 5000 acres and don’t check them or move them very much. They just give us an idea of how many mature bucks we have on the property.

I do enjoy looking at the pics when a camera has been out for 3 weeks and I pull the card.

Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Coosa1] #2710693
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I kind of like using cameras, myself. It's like opening up a Christmas present and keeps motivated.


"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."
-G. K. Chesterton
Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Coosa1] #2710733
01/18/19 09:36 PM
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Makes me sit longer knowing what’s in the area. Most of the big deer we kill never even have a picture of.


"The Heavens declare the glory of God;and the firmament sheweth his handiwork" Pslam 19:1
Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Coosa1] #2710748
01/18/19 09:53 PM
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I would have never known there were any decent bucks to step foot on my small property without cameras. Gave me incentive to even try to hunt em.....I love getting pics and seeing what's out there

Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Coosa1] #2710751
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I have at least as much fun seeing deer on my cameras as I do seeing them in person.

Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: UncleHuck] #2710752
01/18/19 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by UncleHuck


I have at least as much fun seeing deer on my cameras as I do seeing them in person.


Same here.....like somebody else said. it's like Christmas morning every time I check my cards. Lot of fun!

Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: ridgestalker] #2710766
01/18/19 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ridgestalker
Most of the big deer we kill never even have a picture of.


This happens a lot but how many people, like Coosa said in the original post, don’t hunt a place because they don’t have any good deer on cam? I hear it all the time.

Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Coosa1] #2710831
01/18/19 11:47 PM
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Last two bucks I killed were on places with lots of cameras but they did not have any pics of either deer, so you never know.

Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff [Re: Coosa1] #2710833
01/18/19 11:54 PM
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If you only use 1 camera per 150-200 acres it gives you the idea that the big one you have on camera could be any where in that 200 acres

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