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BSK said:
...is seeing the big buck working the scrape right in front of your stand, in daylight, the day BEFORE you hunted it. Happens every time.
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or one walking into the tree your cam is on, when you aren't there...lol...
 

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I've been trying to get my daughter on "Satan," our giant spike buck. We hunt one food plot where he keeps a scrape on the edge of the plot open, and cameras have him working a different plot at that time. We switch to the other plot and he's back at the plot we hunted the day before. He has us pegged.

And by the way, Satan is looking rough. His right eye is now swelled shut. A little too much fighting I guess.
 

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BSK said:
I've been trying to get my daughter on "Satan," our giant spike buck. We hunt one food plot where he keeps a scrape on the edge of the plot open, and cameras have him working a different plot at that time. We switch to the other plot and he's back at the plot we hunted the day before. He has us pegged.

And by the way, Satan is looking rough. His right eye is now swelled shut. A little too much fighting I guess.
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how old do you think Satan is?
 
BSK said:
...is seeing the big buck working the scrape right in front of your stand, in daylight, the day BEFORE you hunted it. Happens every time.
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Do like a guy around my area just did. He got up to go to work and received cell cam Pic of huge 10pt so he called in and went and killed him lol. Of course there's not much hunting involved that way
 
UCStandSitter said:
Got a similar story:

Sat most of the day last Wednesday. Saw nothing. Had a new cam with me so popped it on a scrape so I could see when they were working it. I get home and look at my phone. I have one image where my Ranger rolls by with me leaving, 13 mins later the buck shows up…
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Few years back we had a beautiful, tall 8 point buck in the area. I hunted one morning on a ridge facing down into the bottoms. Hunted for a bit, did a loud grunting sequence and waited for a couple minutes but got a work call and had to leave.

Next week when I pulled the cards, he had shown up 11 minutes after I left (you can see me walking past and then him walking up), staring at the spot where I had been grunting from.

We saw the buck one more time in December at midnight, and then never again.
 
UCStandSitter said:
Got a similar story:

Sat most of the day last Wednesday. Saw nothing. Had a new cam with me so popped it on a scrape so I could see when they were working it. I get home and look at my phone. I have one image where my Ranger rolls by with me leaving, 13 mins later the buck shows up…
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Oh, that truly hurts!
 
I love having cameras out but this is one thing that can be disheartening or when you have been getting pictures of deer at a place all week just to go on Saturday and not see a one. Makes you wonder if the deer scented you while going in or if you did something to give them a heads up your in the area.
 
JN said:
Makes you wonder if the deer scented you while going in or if you did something to give them a heads up your in the area.
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No wondering to it.
Older deer are much more sensitive to human intrusion than most hunters seem to think.

While we seem to focus much on their sense of smell, I believe many "spots" may be messed up more by the sounds we make, coming & going, as well as deer simply seeing us come & go. In turn, they simply "move over" a bit with their activities near your "spot", often by only 100 yds or so, but just far enough they seem to disappear from your spot.
 
TheLBLman said:
No wondering to it.
Older deer are much more sensitive to human intrusion than most hunters seem to think.

While we seem to focus much on their sense of smell, I believe many "spots" may be messed up more by the sounds we make, coming & going, as well as deer simply seeing us come & go. In turn, they simply "move over" a bit with their activities near your "spot", often by only 100 yds or so, but just far enough they seem to disappear from your spot.
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That is 110% fact. I've learned to change up my access to & from stands because once they become aware of my movement pattern, they'll absolutely begin bedding up to see me coming from a mile away. Having random access trails and being quiet & stealthy as possible cannot be overstated.
 
TheLBLman said:
While we seem to focus much on their sense of smell, I believe many "spots" may be messed up more by the sounds we make, coming & going, as well as deer simply seeing us come & go. In turn, they simply "move over" a bit with their activities near your "spot", often by only 100 yds or so, but just far enough they seem to disappear from your spot.
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Totally agree. Access getting in undetected is a ballgame in itself. When speaking of sounds, in recent years, I have made it a point to rid everything I possibly can that make noise. Velcro is no longer part of me or my pack. The little jingling nuts and bolts of ladders are tightened, the squeaking of stands sprayed in advance, the pins on ladders are duct-taped….any sound I can eliminate has been addressed to the best of my abilities. Some of my best spots are sneaking into their bedrooms way before light and I can't afford any metallic sounds or anything unnatural taking place. Of course, this much detail is not for most areas, but some definitely need this attention.
 

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