I use feeders with cell cams on them and I love it. Why ?
I know what I have on the property in the age structure of bucks and also I can estimate the numbers of doe's and bucks that are on the property.
That doesn't mean I blast every deer that walks up to a feeder. As a matter of fact, FOR ME , it doesn't just help me to be better informed on what I have, but it also gives me a better idea how to manage what I have. My feeders go off one time a day and put a handful of corn on the ground each time they go off. The deer are not dependent on my feeders. They have acres of wheat, oats, rye, and clover to munch on for their main nutrition. The feeders just help get them in front of the cameras long enough to see what I have.
Sure, people abuse it. But those same people were hunting over corn and cameras before it was legal, and they will be hunting over corn and cameras if they are ever illegal again. But for those who are trying to improve their deer hunting by managing what they have they can be a useful tool.
And yeah, for somebody trying to pile em up, it can do the same.
That’s right.
It seems like when I want to them the does out with my bow I can’t get em to come to a corn pile. It’s like they know what I’m trying to do. I got to find a way to trick em. Play mind games with them. Fight fire with fire.
