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I was wondering what everyone does with there cameras during the season. Do you leave them out and hunt by them or do you pull them out.
I was planning on pulling mine out in the middle of September maybe a little later. Both mine have a flash and are in a small timber so I figure it would give them time to get used to going thru the trails and to my plots without the flash.
 
I don't care if it's AFTER SEASON or 3 months BEFORE season, I don't put cameras anywhere NEAR where I hunt. You saw all my pictures I just posted and I put them near the road (still hidden to traffic- say down a hill or something, by random crossing, by a mineral lick I place far away from my stands or something like that).

Basically I just use mine for 2 reasons: entertainment AND to see what's out there. Some use them to pattern deer by their stands, my personal opinion is that does far more harm than good and I'll only place a stand somewhere that I KNOW a big buck will go past eventually.

Just my 2 cents BUT if I had them anywhere near my stands I would be getting them out of there as soon as I could. Undisturbed deer are the best kind to have if it's possible!!! IMO
 
I will use them during season in areas I haven't hunted or that are not "tempting" enough to put tree time in. My natural funnels, saddles and creek crossings are areas that I might see any number of bucks and I have seen many bucks while having it on the video setting do the "head bob" and I never see them again. Others i swear love being on TV :)So usually out there but in areas I am not sure of or that I am curious about. Usually never in areas I am hunting or plan to put alot of time in. Again, just an opinion and I am curious what others do?
 
Last year I started pulling mine. More time to hunt less time looking at pictures bucks I already know are there. Later in the season I put a few back out on primary scrapes. I expect I'll follow this approach agian this season.
 
Alright I am going to twist things up. Last fall I had cameras on the exact same tree my stand was in. I would check the camera when I got into the stand to see how many pictures there were and then would sit there till dark then check the camera again and if I seen a buck that I didn't get a very good look at while I was in the stand maybe my camera got the picture that I need to see. Another part of this is I have had deer show up at my cam 10 minutes before I got there or 10 minutes after I got there. It is really a guessing game. Like stated above it really depends on what you want to do. For me the cameras will stay out till December.
 
ALL THE PICS YOU SEE THAT I POST ARE FROM A CAMERA 20 YARDS FROM MY TREE STAND & YOU SEE TIME & TIME AGAIN I HAVE PICS OF THE SAME BIG DEER,MAYBE IT'S LIKE ON TV SPEND ENOUGH TIME IN THE AREA WITHOUT HARMING THEM THEY MIGHT GET USE TO YOUR PRESENCE & BE FEARLESS 1 TO MANY TIMES.LOOK LOOK AT THE NATURE SHOWS ON TV
HAND FEEDING WILD BEARS AFTER THEY GET USE TO YOUR PRESENCE!!!
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: triplebeam</div><div class="ubbcode-body">ALL THE PICS YOU SEE THAT I POST ARE FROM A CAMERA 20 YARDS FROM MY TREE STAND & YOU SEE TIME & TIME AGAIN I HAVE PICS OF THE SAME BIG DEER,MAYBE IT'S LIKE ON TV SPEND ENOUGH TIME IN THE AREA WITHOUT HARMING THEM THEY MIGHT GET USE TO YOUR PRESENCE & BE FEARLESS 1 TO MANY TIMES.LOOK LOOK AT THE NATURE SHOWS ON TV
HAND FEEDING WILD BEARS AFTER THEY GET USE TO YOUR PRESENCE!!!</div></div>

Just make sure you move the mineral block before season.


It's to much fun to run camera's on scrapes for me to take them out. I'll be running them all season. It's neat to see what cruizes thru at noon on some rut trails...
 
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Time to get out the backhoe!


I love pics on scrapes! I just put the cameras in areas I don't normaly hunt.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: triplebeam</div><div class="ubbcode-body">ALL THE PICS YOU SEE THAT I POST ARE FROM A CAMERA 20 YARDS FROM MY TREE STAND & YOU SEE TIME & TIME AGAIN I HAVE PICS OF THE SAME BIG DEER,MAYBE IT'S LIKE ON TV SPEND ENOUGH TIME IN THE AREA WITHOUT HARMING THEM THEY MIGHT GET USE TO YOUR PRESENCE & BE FEARLESS 1 TO MANY TIMES.LOOK LOOK AT THE NATURE SHOWS ON TV
HAND FEEDING WILD BEARS AFTER THEY GET USE TO YOUR PRESENCE!!! </div></div>

Wow man you just opened yourself up to a lot skepticism with that block featured front and center in all of those pics.
 
I am taking two cameras out today to an area I just got permission to hunt. I have always wanted to hunt the area but the land has finally switched hands and I get along with the new guy. Now, I am going to try to place them in young 2 inch wide trees to see which bucks use which trails. I learned the hard way that using a trail cam to spot an area where you might put a stand can be a huge help and advantage.
 
I ALWAYS REMOVE THEM BEFORE SEASON,ALSO DEER DO NOT NEED MINERALS & SALT DURING SEASON EVEN IF YOU LEFT IT THERE WHICH I DONT THEY WOULD JUST WALK RIGHT ON BY IT.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: triplebeam</div><div class="ubbcode-body">THEY WOULD JUST WALK RIGHT ON BY IT. </div></div>

I beg to differ on that one.....

Hunting that close to a lick site is asking for a hefty fine and liquidation of hunting gear.....
 
Not trying to bust your chops here, take it for what it is worth.

Removing a block does not remove all mineral/salt. I haven't had a block in this spot for over a year now.
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When the last block I placed for our horses was gone, the ground was level. Now, I'm looking at a foot deep crater due to rain washing the minerals/salt into the soil and the deer pawing and eating the soil. It is up to the discretion of the conservation officer as to whether your stand placement in proximity to a mineral source gives you an advantage. It is also up to the discretion of the CO to take soil samples.

Chances are slim that it will ever be called into question, but the way I look at it, why run the risk? Put your mineral licks somewhere other than where you plan to hunt. The deer will find them.
 
I HUNT THIS STAND LESS THAN ANY OTHER I HAVE & I HAVE NEVER SHOT A NICE BUCK OUT OF IT,THAT TELLS ME THAT WHATEVER IS LEFT IN THE GROUND MUST BE MINOR OR DEER DON'T USE IT IN THE FALL BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED IT LIKE SPRING & SUMMER FOR GROWING ANTLERS OR SO FORTH,WHAT DO YOU THINK.BOTH TROPHIES ON MY WALL WERE SHOT WELL OVER 200 YARDS AWAY FROM THIS SITE.
 
I agree that deer don't hit the mineral as hard after shedding velvet. It doesn't really matter what I think, it is what the CO thinks. Do what you want.

You might want to hit your caps lock key.
 
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AMEN BROTHER
 
I am almost certain trying to run them in the summer has been more trouble for me than not. B/W bears and stepping foot into their turf, I'm actually seeing less bucks on the adjacent food source than I used to. I don't think next summer I'll run them anywhere except on food sources. But soon, they'll be going on scrapes, I too love the scrape pics. I'm going to run one aways from where I normally hunt to see if those areas are worth the extra miles.
 
I know of a mature buck that lives in the timber that I have had a camera on for 4 months last year and 2 months this year. I have his left side that scored 91 inches and a friend has both from this year and the left scored 86 inches at the Whitetail Classic and the camera is on a mineral lick and I have never gotten a picture of this deer. He avoids the mineral lick like the plague. But I had 12 different bucks on the camera last year and only saw three of them during the season. So I agree that it is both an advantage and a disadvantage. But the fully mature deer I believe can avoid the cameras, sixth sense I guess.
 
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