if hunting public and you scouted topo maps and find a promising spot. Walk in with your climber ready to hunt and the crossing you scouted has a camera hung. Do you hunt the spot or concede that it's taken
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It's not taken unless you hear a whistle or see a light. Cameras are everywhere and if you let that limit you, you might as well stay home.
uncle_loue
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on public land no spots are taken until someone physically occupies them. that being said, unless i am confident deer are still trafficking that particular spot i move on when i find a camera because the spots likely already getting pressured and i figure my odds are better elsewhere and i figure if i play the wind right and that hunter comes along they may bump deer right to me.
I agree; same goes for tree stands already in place.
I'd scout other areas but if that area ends up looking the best to me, I'd make it or nearby my #1 option. I always have other spots picked out in case my preferred spot is taken when I arrive.
30-06 type of guy
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I'm hunting. Now can they respect you enough to not walk in on you? Or turn around if they do see you as they come in. I scouted an area last Sunday and came back Wednesday to hunt and there was a camera 30 yards from my pinned tree. I climbed anyways
swampbadger
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X2!
"Don't see your name on it". Kindergarten rules brother!
If your there first then hunt if you like . What if you hadn't seen the camera ? Putting a stand up or camera don't make that your spot .
ImThere
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I usually try to look for an escape rout from said location. Sit all day and hopefully he comes in after you or for an evening hunt and send the deer straight to you.
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There is a very high chance that the camera is illegal in the first place, so I wouldn't worry about it.
If it is a WMA, any item left unattended by the person putting it there longer than 24 hrs without the permission of the Area Manager is illegal. There aren't many folks that obtain that permission.
If it is a WMA, any item left unattended by the person putting it there longer than 24 hrs without the permission of the Area Manager is illegal. There aren't many folks that obtain that permission.
Carlos
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Years ago at Catoosa, I went to a spot the day before my quota hunt. There was an older guy from Morgan county parked in a white Jeep. We spoke, and he asked me which way I was going. I told him straight out the road, and to the right, looking for a spot to hang my stand. He said, 'I already have 2 stands down there.'
So, I told him I'd go out that way and take a left instead- he said he already had 2 stands down there.
So then I told him I'd just go straight across from the parking area, and check down there- he said I already have a stand down there also.
I told him I'd find somewheres where we'd be far enough apart. I didn't believe him about having all those stands out, but after he left I went and checked. Sure enough, ole boy had 6 stands setup all around that whole area. I hunted it one morning, didn't see anything and just figures he'd boogered it up with all that mess.
But to answer your question, as posted- the camera in no way reserves that spot as 'theirs'.
Matter of fact, most WMA's have regs in place that prohibit property to be left unattended for more than 24 hours without permission from the area manager.
Like someone else said, you may want to try and hunt the deer that could be bypassing the other guy's setup. Cut-throat, maybe- but that's how it works in public land most of the time.
So, I told him I'd go out that way and take a left instead- he said he already had 2 stands down there.
So then I told him I'd just go straight across from the parking area, and check down there- he said I already have a stand down there also.
I told him I'd find somewheres where we'd be far enough apart. I didn't believe him about having all those stands out, but after he left I went and checked. Sure enough, ole boy had 6 stands setup all around that whole area. I hunted it one morning, didn't see anything and just figures he'd boogered it up with all that mess.But to answer your question, as posted- the camera in no way reserves that spot as 'theirs'.
Matter of fact, most WMA's have regs in place that prohibit property to be left unattended for more than 24 hours without permission from the area manager.
Like someone else said, you may want to try and hunt the deer that could be bypassing the other guy's setup. Cut-throat, maybe- but that's how it works in public land most of the time.
If you're the first one in the designated parking area….. put a box of 50 BMG on your dash or in the seat. People are nosy if they think you're hunting with that they'll leave. Yes it seems to work. Make it better by opening box with a couple shells missing.
Why stop there? It's Halloween decor season. Grab a fake skull prop, throw a lil fake blood stain on it, knock a hole in it. Hunting spot to yourself for years!
No spot is taken ahead if time on public ground
Thats the reason I think trail cameras should be banned on public land during season.
If I wanted to hunt it, I would. As SCN mentioned, it shouldn't be there in the first place unless there was a slim chance permission was sought from the Area Manager beforehand.
But honestly, I try to avoid spots that have stands or cameras and I move on, even though it's difficult to find places that haven't been hunted.
Rakkin6
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No such thing as someone owning a spot on public land. Like everyone else has said if there is nobody there and I want the spot I am taking it. I have a personal issue with cameras on state or federal public land to begin with. That may have something to do with what I am used to though. But if it's not illegal then I can just not like it, wouldn't mess with someone else's property.
Many people will put cameras out all over the place. No way of knowing when or even if they'll hunt that spot. 1st person in gets the spot. Etiquette is something many people know nothing about. People will walk right by you . Set up a stand with in site of you. Hunt mid week and the middle of the day and you can avoid other hunters.
killingtime 41
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Anymore cameras are everywhere. Seems they are on almost every trail. And every place imaginable. I don't like getting my picture taken but I do a lot. And the way I see it is. They have it on cell cam to pattern the buck so they don't have to put in as many scouting hours. Which I understand but I normally go somewhere else if I find a stand or camera. Not etiquette just for the fact I don't want to be bothered.
