The problem with trail-cameras

[DeerMan66]

Opening morning of muzzleloader season I was in one stand and I got trail camera pictures of two different shooter bucks at two of my other stands 10 minutes apart around 9:00. When I saw those pictures I figured that just wasn't my day.

 

[Ladys man]

I check them if I happen to be in close enough proximity but I don't make a special trek to do so until I've tagged out or season ends.

My camera work all ends when prerut heats up. That's when I start hunting hard. If I don't have a solid plan with contingencies already in mind by that point then there's nothing cams are going to do but drive me crazy chasing where the bucks have been, not where they're going to be. October into December is my hunt time. The other 9 months are camera time.

This is how i use cams, I'll check if close but that's it. I try not to get involved in the cameras I know there in good areas so I stay out unless hunting.
Cameras kind of take the fun out of the hunt for me,