Game Camera Question - Removal During Deer Season

[kparker158]

The feeder is the problem. If its the Crockett lease. Not the camera.

[M16]

People give deer WAAAAAAY too much credit.

Bingo! If they were so smart they'd be hunting us.

[T-Wall88]

There are bigger things to worry about than a camera. Leave them out. And our mature deer won't go near a feeder. Put your camera on a scrape to see what you've been missing. In 24 hrs last year I had 12 bucks at different times tend the same scrape 4 of which I had never seen.

[d_e_smith]

People give deer WAAAAAAY too much credit.

deer are smart and can be trained like a LEO canine, why you think they find feeders so quick and learn to avoid some situations....

I've noticed some tend to shy away from feeders with cameras after a while. Even the blackout cams produce noise that they can hear. Doesn't mean to quit using them though.

[Archery1st]

That or your lease mates know you have a big deer in your area and want to slip in when no one else is around and there is no camera to worry about.

[DFWPI]

Hmmm. Sounds like they are a bunch of TV watchers and take some people's opinion as the gospel.

[DFWPI]

That or your lease mates know you have a big deer in your area and want to slip in when no one else is around and there is no camera to worry about.

X2

[ltljohn]

Game Camera Question

A little bit different opinion than some, but I think it applies.

My Brother-in-Law lives on a small tract of land in East Texas that is well positioned, (location, location, location) where deer travel. Everytime he would mow, he would see a few deer, occasionally nice bucks. Even when he would stop mowing to look at the deer, they would just look at him and then either walk off or go back to eating. When he would ride his 4-wheeler in the same area it would spook the deer and they would run off.

Solution, ride the tractor to the stand, or just ride the tractor and sit on it. Result, deer in the freezer.

We all know deer become accustomed to traffic, otherwize we wouldn't see them along the roadways. What they don't like is change. You can paint your stand Neon Yellow, if you leave it unchanged, it will be "normal" and go without a second glance.

Just my thoughts on game cameras and deer.

[treestand]

There is no way a trailcam will spoke deer unless it is new in their environment. They might need a little time to get used to it just like a new blind. Changing a SD card on the other hand is risky from both the activity and scent perspectives. Take precautions to minimize being spotted or smelled.

[Horitexan]

I don't believe cameras scare off deer. I use them to scout the ranch I work for and I move them around all the time; because we have way too many feeders and too much property to have cameras everywhere. I find new deer all the time and have set up on a spot right after I identified a deer, and had him come walking right in.

Sounds like a pretty shady request. If they become insistent, just agree to shut off the night photo option. That way you still have an eye on your spot and they can't say you're spooking deer. Maybe you need to get some cameras for inside your stands.

[Muygrande]

They are either misguided or as said above don't want a record of their comings and goings during the season.

What does make cameras a problem is when all the lease members start wanting to check them and drive/walk all around your setups every week. When we first started running cameras we found out one guy would get there early every Friday during the season and drive his Ranger right up to every camera, fool around, look at the pictures then reset the camera. The biggest problem with cameras isn't the camera itself but too much activity if people check them too much or leave too much scent in the area.

[hopedale]

Guys,

Had an interesting conversation at the lease this weekend. It seems that some of guys want to require us to pull down all game cameras 30 days before the season. Their thoughts are that the older / wiser bucks are smart enough and tend to shy aware from the feeders with game cameras due to the flash / noise.

What are they basing this position on?

And like someone said, deer get accustomed to how their environment looks, so once the camera is there for a long period, the deer are less afraid of it.

I call BS on this.

[elkbowhunter]

They are either misguided or as said above don't want a record of their comings and goings during the season.

What does make cameras a problem is when all the lease members start wanting to check them and drive/walk all around your setups every week. When we first started running cameras we found out one guy would get there early every Friday during the season and drive his Ranger right up to every camera, fool around, look at the pictures then reset the camera. The biggest problem with cameras isn't the camera itself but too much activity if people check them too much or leave too much scent in the area.

now this makes sense.

[M16]

Big bucks don't like flash cameras. LMAO

[sharkhunter]

Big bucks don't like flash cameras. LMAO

You did name him " Show boat" Right ?