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Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
#2710417
01/18/19 03:44 PM
01/18/19 03:44 PM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 4,562 Coosa County, AL
Coosa1
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SOA Professional
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SOA Professional
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Posts: 4,562
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
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: Emuckfwa]
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01/18/19 04:02 PM
01/18/19 04:02 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 21,751 USA
Remington270
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Posts: 21,751
USA
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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.
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: Fuzzy_Bunny]
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01/18/19 06:46 PM
01/18/19 06:46 PM
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Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 52,010 Gee's Bend/At The Hog Pen
James
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 52,010
Gee's Bend/At The Hog Pen
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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 😆😆😆😆
How many people am i willing to sacrifice for freedom? Everyone. All of them...
Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many!
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: Coosa1]
#2710651
01/18/19 08:05 PM
01/18/19 08:05 PM
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Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 3,126 KY
AUstan23
10 point
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10 point
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KY
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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.
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: Coosa1]
#2710693
01/18/19 08:59 PM
01/18/19 08:59 PM
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Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 14,049 Chilton County
MarksOutdoors
Booner
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Booner
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Chilton County
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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
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: Coosa1]
#2710733
01/18/19 09:36 PM
01/18/19 09:36 PM
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Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 9,768 North Jackson
ridgestalker
14 point
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14 point
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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
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: UncleHuck]
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01/18/19 09:56 PM
01/18/19 09:56 PM
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,927 Alabama
canvasback
8 point
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8 point
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Alabama
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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!
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: ridgestalker]
#2710766
01/18/19 10:20 PM
01/18/19 10:20 PM
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Joined: May 2012
Posts: 12,481 Pike County, AL
Fuzzy_Bunny
Booner
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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.
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: MC21]
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01/19/19 08:10 AM
01/19/19 08:10 AM
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Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 3,884 Montgomery, Alabama
bama1971
10 point
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10 point
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Montgomery, Alabama
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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 I’ve got 12 on 317 acres. Feel like I have pretty good assessment of what is going on
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: Coosa1]
#2710931
01/19/19 08:15 AM
01/19/19 08:15 AM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,086 alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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alabama
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I haven't used trail cameras in 15 years.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: bama1971]
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01/19/19 10:52 AM
01/19/19 10:52 AM
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Posts: 34,206 Boxes Cove
2Dogs
Freak of Nature
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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 I’ve got 12 on 317 acres. Feel like I have pretty good assessment of what is going on If you are running those 12 cams in season , the deer are what has a good assessment of what's going on.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: bama1971]
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01/19/19 11:30 AM
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Posts: 3,126 KY
AUstan23
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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 I’ve got 12 on 317 acres. Feel like I have pretty good assessment of what is going on Damn. Lol.
It is easier to fool a man than to convince him he has been fooled.
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: 2Dogs]
#2711114
01/19/19 11:35 AM
01/19/19 11:35 AM
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Posts: 16,805 Banana Republic
jb20
Old Mossy Horns
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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 I’ve got 12 on 317 acres. Feel like I have pretty good assessment of what is going on If you are running those 12 cams in season , the deer are what has a good assessment of what's going on. Lol ya
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: Coosa1]
#2711213
01/19/19 01:28 PM
01/19/19 01:28 PM
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Posts: 906 upatree
rulebreaker
My head is in my ass.
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And probably complains to everyone that he 'ain't seein no deers"
Don't go looking for TROUBLE, it'll find you soon enough!
There are old, wise men and then there are just old fools. The sooner you learn this, the wiser you will be.
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: Coosa1]
#2711217
01/19/19 01:35 PM
01/19/19 01:35 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 3,494 Jefferson
Fun4all
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I know folks that put cameras out all season dump a bag of corn in front of it and check it every week! Then they wonder why they never see the big bucks in the daylight when they are hunting those same areas after the corn is gone and all of the pictures are at night. Sometimes the light bulb stays dim!! Not to mention all of those piles of corn, eh supplemental feed, may have a little something to do with deer not getting to the foodplots during legal shooting hours that they sit on every morning and every evening. But they have pictures to oo and ah over!
"After all, it is not the killing that brings satisfaction; it is the contest of skill and cunning. The true hunter counts his achievement in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport." Dr. Saxton Pope
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: Fun4all]
#2711250
01/19/19 02:25 PM
01/19/19 02:25 PM
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Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 3,996 Central AL
March15
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I know folks that put cameras out all season dump a bag of corn in front of it and check it every week! Then they wonder why they never see the big bucks in the daylight when they are hunting those same areas after the corn is gone and all of the pictures are at night. Sometimes the light bulb stays dim!! Not to mention all of those piles of corn, eh supplemental feed, may have a little something to do with deer not getting to the foodplots during legal shooting hours that they sit on every morning and every evening. But they have pictures to oo and ah over! I know people who do this and kill big deer. They don’t hunt hard. They just pick the right days to go.
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: UncleHuck]
#2711258
01/19/19 02:47 PM
01/19/19 02:47 PM
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Posts: 7,945 Alabama
Shaneomac2
14 point
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14 point
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I have at least as much fun seeing deer on my cameras as I do seeing them in person.
Absolutely. I just checked mine this morning to find a goodun has come by while I was work the other day.
Georgia Football..Acts like Bama but has a trophy case like South Carolina.
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: 2Dogs]
#2711265
01/19/19 02:51 PM
01/19/19 02:51 PM
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Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 3,884 Montgomery, Alabama
bama1971
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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 I’ve got 12 on 317 acres. Feel like I have pretty good assessment of what is going on If you are running those 12 cams in season , the deer are what has a good assessment of what's going on. Some on spin feeders, some video on scrapes, some time lapse on plots. I’m pretty good about checking them at good times. Noon mid week, walking. Not too often It’s as low contact as it can be. But I know what you’re saying, and agree
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Re: Taking the hunt out of hunting spinoff
[Re: March15]
#2711331
01/19/19 03:48 PM
01/19/19 03:48 PM
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Posts: 16,805 Banana Republic
jb20
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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I know folks that put cameras out all season dump a bag of corn in front of it and check it every week! Then they wonder why they never see the big bucks in the daylight when they are hunting those same areas after the corn is gone and all of the pictures are at night. Sometimes the light bulb stays dim!! Not to mention all of those piles of corn, eh supplemental feed, may have a little something to do with deer not getting to the foodplots during legal shooting hours that they sit on every morning and every evening. But they have pictures to oo and ah over! I know people who do this and kill big deer. They don’t hunt hard. They just pick the right days to go. I know a guy too he just checks em every once in a while if a giant don't ever show up he won't hunt even if all year but he's got a lot of studs on his wall he didn't even sit last year cuz nothing was big enough for him he's a trophy hunter only
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin
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