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Krazyvol

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Looks like a good sized buck to the right


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This is why there is a 3 doe per day limit in Unit L
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I have never seen a coyote in the woods before
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Deer on left looks to be a good sized buck that already dropped his antlers

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I'm hooked too.I'm already dying to get the cams out on my lease overlooking corn and Trophy Rock.I love seeing the antlers grow and knowing where the larger bucks will be come September!
 
Bottom two appear to be does. Trail cams are addicting and disappointing all at the same time! You will understand that very soon.
 
A lot of people find/hunt areas where they assume deer visit frequently, put a trail cam up hoping to see/get tons of pics only to come back weeks later to be highly disappointed. Getting 100 pics and one pic of a mid 140"s on cam gets your heart going, 4 pics in same spot few weeks later can be VERY disappointing. Maybe just me though. Have fun with them!
 
I like to take pictures of them ,I am not so sure they have any advantage in the hunting world,All it means is they traveled through your property at some point in time.I think they are somewhat of a problem sometimes,I know for a fact the older bucks will travel where they know there is no cam.
I like to read some of the trailcam kills ,but I bet if you took a poll you would be surprised at how many Bucks that were killed with cam history.Just one thing I have learned while fooling with these things.
 
I disagree. Zoom in on the one on the left. You can see the spots on his head where the antlers were. Also, he is too big to be a doe. He is standing beside a mature doe.
 
deerhunter2011 said:
monsterbuck07 said:
Bottom two appear to be does. Trail cams are addicting and disappointing all at the same time! You will understand that very soon.
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What are you meaning ?
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Not my comment but ill take a stab. I started running trail cams in 06, and got ate up with patterning deer. Well, it doesnt happen that way. All trail cams do is show you the deer that are in the area. With that said, I havent quit running them. Good luck and welcom to the addiction.
 
Good time Charlie said:
I like to take pictures of them ,I am not so sure they have any advantage in the hunting world...
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On that I agree. In fact, running trail-cams will teach you the disappointing lesson that deer, and especially older bucks, don't move in predictable patterns.


I think they are somewhat of a problem sometimes,I know for a fact the older bucks will travel where they know there is no cam.
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Getting a full or nearly full inventory of the deer using your hunting property during hunting season is not easy. And if care isn't taken, you can certainly drive deer away from camera locations.


I like to read some of the trailcam kills ,but I bet if you took a poll you would be surprised at how many Bucks that were killed with cam history.Just one thing I have learned while fooling with these things.
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In fact, monitoring what percent of killed bucks were previously photographed can give you a pretty good idea of what percent of all bucks are being captured by cameras. If half of bucks killed weren't previously photographed, you can feel fairly confident that somewhere around 50% of all bucks using the property were not being photographed.

As of this year, over a 13-year period, I'm running a 97% pre-photographed rate of killed bucks.
 
Krazyvol said:
I disagree. Zoom in on the one on the left. You can see the spots on his head where the antlers were. Also, he is too big to be a doe. He is standing beside a mature doe.
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Are you talking the very bottom picture? Those are two does, with one (the one on the left) standing closer to the camera than the other. Considering their body position (looking directly away from the camera), you wouldn't be able to see the pedicles of dropped antlers. The two white spots you are seeing directly behind and between the left doe's ears are just normal white coloration markings that many does have.
 
BSK said:
Krazyvol said:
I disagree. Zoom in on the one on the left. You can see the spots on his head where the antlers were. Also, he is too big to be a doe. He is standing beside a mature doe.
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Are you talking the very bottom picture? Those are two does, with one (the one on the left) standing closer to the camera than the other. Considering their body position (looking directly away from the camera), you wouldn't be able to see the pedicles of dropped antlers. The two white spots you are seeing directly behind and between the left doe's ears are just normal white coloration markings that many does have.
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Yes. I thought the one on the left was too large to be a doe.
 

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