Trail Cam Pic Of Big Buck

"I helped the guy look for it for hours that next morning with no success. But studying the historical weather and wind data for the exact times of trail camera photos is a must. The buck lived two more seasons before being shot by a neighboring hunter. It lived like that for at least two weeks — perhaps longer. Certain cameras do better with different battery brands, such as Duracell vs. Rayovac. False triggers go up tremendously if you fail to trim saplings, brush and weeds. Like most tools in the whitetail hunters arsenal careful planning of camera sites and information from cameras can give you the upper hand on taking a trophy buck. If there's not a suitable tree for a desired trail cam location, then I like to use the Moultrie Camera Multi-Mount and attach the cam to a t-post or pole. Check out the photo as the Reconyx game camera catches an arrow passing through a big buck shot by DDH contributor Don Higgins overlooking his Real World Wildlife Seed food plot. Rub lines, especially those used year after year, are a great place for a trail camera. Just as with any camera, choosing the right trail camera settings is crucial. Do you have crazy trail camera photos showing how resilient and tough whitetails are?

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The buck is traveling on a trail, that at least 2 other mature bucks used throughout the season. I also avoid aiming it south, because between sunrise and sunset the sun occupies the southern sky. This deer showed up on Brady Snyder's hunting property like this, and he doesn't know what transpired. Can one trail cam picture really offer you enough?

Big Buck Trail Cam Pic

The fastest and most effective method for clearing obstructions is with a hedge shears and pruner. The deer in this trail camera photo captured by Jared Kelly has been through the ringer. Not a trail cam photo, but actually taken by a lady in her back yard not far from my hunting grounds. "Had a scar with missing fur but no limp, and no indication otherwise that the deer had been wounded like that. Shaking my head, I removed the camera, walked to the south side of the east/west-running deer trail, and found a suitable tree so the camera could be pointed north, away from the sun. He had completely lost the lower half of his leg but still looked healthy. Property Lines Can Suck.

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"It lived for 34 days before being successfully harvested. Keep an eye on properties. I rarely take the time or intrusion, to adjust my trail cameras during the hunting season. That's certainly a good thing.

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That said, if you spook a deer, don't immediately think it's gone. Keeping a log of weather, wind direction and time of year will give you a detailed whitetail map to how that buck works the area you hunt on certain weather patterns and how he may have beat you this past Fall. That said, I've had the opportunity to follow some truly old bucks on camera, a few of which nearly reached double digits. Aiming a cam east, toward the rising sun, is a recipe for disaster, and the same is true for aiming it west, toward the setting sun. His wife shot the deer the next season.

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217) 426-2404 (office). It's been on camera every day since. Scouting By Trail Cam: Believe in it! If you're relatively new to using trail cams, then you'll find the following four tips helpful. They're not all dead yet. This tip seems obvious, but I've seen it done incorrectly so many times that I must cover it here. Other Details Matter. But each tendency culminates into a personality-like groupings of behaviors.

Pictures Of Big Bucks On Trail Cameras

Others take weeks, months, or never return. There are many great apps and programs for marking down particular buck encounters from the field and trail cameras. Some of these are helpful in terms of mastering equipment, understanding animal behavior, and executing tactics, while others are merely truths to know. Some have said this buck may have gotten sliced by a farmer's combine, while others swear it must have been a predator attack. There are primarily 3 ways to scout, but nothing compares to a trail cam, and it isn't even close. Short-term patterns are almost always driven by food. To find out, make sure to read "Core Mature Buck Hunting Strategies". What he looks for in october that spikes daylight buck activity. My brother had him at 12yds last bow season, and could not get a good shot at him. The bird appears to be a "wild" peacock.

Bucks On Trail Cam

You learn so many details from their body language you likely won't get from intermittent photos alone. During the hunting season your stand placements should allow you to shoot a mature buck the majority of the time that you see him. Phil Lincoln shot this deer with a bow and arrow. Others don't mind at all.

That placement seems to be close to the spine but obviously missed it. Eagle Lakes Outfitters operates on a vast amount of prime Pike County, Illinois hunting ground acreage. Avoiding ant infestations, cleaning battery contact points, and taking other necessary steps can stop a future camera issue in its tracks. As Deer & Deer Hunting reported in early February, this 8-point Illinois buck is believed to be the largest net-score 8-pointer ever killed in North America. Although a dying practice, Thanksgiving Day is one of the few days that area hunters may participate in the act of driving deer to standers.

Use them to scout turkeys. I've been blessed to follow some bucks virtually their entire lives. It can when you include the information revealed in my recently completely trilogy of whitetail strategy books, The series of "Whitetail Success by Design", which details how to make sure that you are getting the highest level of strategy, for all of your whitetail efforts. One aspect of patterning mature bucks is learning their behavior. Comment below and let us know what you think. Obviously, it had a bad shoulder wound, but it healed within a month. It also helps unveil other important clues when trying to pattern a deer. In my area, this means north. Higher megapixel counts can account for bigger, cleaner images.