Of course, it's possible the deer jumped the string or reacted to the shot, causing this bad arrow placement. As a result of robust trail camera use, throughout the past 12 years, I've captured around 1 million trail camera photos. The number of things you can glean from a trail camera photo are many. However, as winter approaches, and the sun moves toward the southern sky, it's good to adjust cameras as necessary. But studying the time of day and comparing that to the direction of travel is a great way to home in on bedding areas, feeding destinations, and more. A trail cam pic of an individual mature buck, offers you an intimate look into the wanderings of one of the most rarest, and most reclusive whitetails in the woods. The deer acted mostly healthy and normal when on trail cameras. They're not all dead yet. Property lines can either save a deer from a neighbor that you eventually get, or vice versa. Obviously, a hunter pulled the shot, or the deer reacted to it and moved. I especially like the Hooyman Ratchet Pruner, which makes quick work of brush and small branches.
This tip seems obvious, but I've seen it done incorrectly so many times that I must cover it here. It's been on camera every day since. Merely seeing a big buck on camera is a good thing. "I helped the guy look for it for hours that next morning with no success. A buck that is 4 years of age or older, enjoys extremely defined travel patterns that he has whittled away throughout several hunting seasons, to keep him alive much longer than the average buck. 440) 669-7859 (cell). Often when I see a mature buck when I am hunting, I am preparing for the shot, at a time when any form of scouting intel was already used to set the stand in the first place. If you're relatively new to using trail cams, then you'll find the following four tips helpful. Property Lines Can Suck.
The rut at this point is long over, and this date in particular is right in the middle of the Primary and Secondary rut, so there is little chance that he was simply out for a rutting cruise. I thought y'all might like to see this one. This is very important because with the end of shooting hours taking place right around 4:55 on the 26th, that means that this buck was most likely traveling on our hunting land, during shooting hours. The best day for daylight buck movement according to 150 trail cameras in the big woods of PA. Trail cameras are a valuable tool when it comes to trying to connect the dots on a mature buck. I guess it works both ways, though. The final and third stage of the process is tagging the animal. Imagine Deer & Deer Hunting publisher Brad Rucks' reaction when he returned from retrieving his trail camera memory cards to find these photos. Data Plays a Major Role. Just when you think you've seen it all when it comes to crazy deer encounters caught on trail camera, something like the video below comes along. The best clue that I can come up with for this buck, on this day, is that he was pushed by a drive 2-3 parcels away, he slowly filtered into a daytime honeyhole of safety either on the land that we hunt or directly adjacent to our hunting grounds, and then filtered through our land as daylight was fading.
Too far and the camera might not trigger properly to shoot an image. Video Mode Is Incredible. A month ago I gave a buddy one of my trail cams to place on property we hunt together. He had completely lost the lower half of his leg but still looked healthy. From watching the velvet grow to seeing which bucks outsmarted everyone at the end of the season, our trail cameras have become an addiction as well as a great scouting and patterning tool! EAGLE LAKES OUTFITTERS. Use these to scout whitetails all year long. His goal was most likely to complete a giant loop of travel back to an alternate daytime bedding location, within a few hundred yards of the one he was spooked from. We had already toyed with the idea of a large food plot to help support a major portion of the acreage that we hunt, that is not currently supported by food. However, when scouting by trail cam, you need to pay attention! Trail cameras have capacities for 12-month returns. Short term vs. long term trail camera sets. Backdating Unique buck trail camera photos is a lot of hard but fun work and will unlock many of the elements of why that buck moved that particular day.
Deer & Deer Hunting readers share their photos. Learn more about who sent them in, and where they're from, on Facebook. Bedding where people don't want to go? Avoiding ant infestations, cleaning battery contact points, and taking other necessary steps can stop a future camera issue in its tracks. According to the Boone and Crockett Club, the buck's net […]. "I know because I killed him. That placement seems to be close to the spine but obviously missed it. I rarely take the time or intrusion, to adjust my trail cameras during the hunting season. This pic is from this past Aug. Record buck??????
What the Timing Means. You learn so many details from their body language you likely won't get from intermittent photos alone. That said, I've had the opportunity to follow some truly old bucks on camera, a few of which nearly reached double digits. All rights reserved.
That particular bedding area is ripe for a new treestand on the downwind side, due to the feature of a steep-access hunter route through deerless, open cover. He would most likely stay in that new particular bedding location, through the end of the hunting season. Others don't mind at all. Bucks Follow Short-Term, Mid-Term, and Long-Term Patterns. However, there are other camera features that are equally important, perhaps even more so. The buck is traveling on a trail, that at least 2 other mature bucks used throughout the season. That translates to a lot of lessons learned. Generally, this isn't true, though.
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