Iowa Cell Camera rules

[Muddyrem]

I have not hunted public for years (except for pheasants) so I didn’t realize that . That’s annoying! Cell cams ?

I don’t typically deer hunt public but I do turkey hunt and look for sheds every now and then. This spring I seen 3 trail cameras (cell cams) on 1 small field not far off a public pull in, assuming they were scouting for turkeys? Ran into a guy mushroom hunting and he was also complaining about it this spring. On top of that, a guy can get on social media and see posts. I seen a guy last fall was complaining about another guy throwing a cell camera up on the same fence post he had one on; that’s insane……..

Just like everything else In the world; leave it to us humans to mess up a good thing. Deer make people do really stupid things and throw social media in the mix where everyone is out for the likes and atta boys its just change the dynamic of it all. Really sad what it has come to honestly……….

 

[deerhunter93]

I did a lot of hunting on public land when I got started. Even though I have a few private spots now I still go back to one public piece that I spent a ton of time at over the years. I think in the first 20 years of hunting it I saw one or two cameras. The last few years I have seen multiple cell cameras consistently on the one trail I walk in on. I don't want to know how many are scattered around that place.

I hope the DNR doesn't back down on this.