collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: Trail Cams for the High Hunt?  (Read 3995 times)

Offline acnewman55

  • HWY 2 Hermit
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Scout
  • ****
  • Join Date: Oct 2012
  • Posts: 400
  • Location: Seattle and Lake Wenatchee, WA
Trail Cams for the High Hunt?
« on: May 05, 2014, 10:35:03 AM »
Anyone using trail cams for the high hunt?  Are people using them in the wilderness areas?

I have never used trail cameras but I think I'm going to buy one or two this year to start learning the process.  Last year I did very little scouting for the high hunt and felt like I was just wondering around aimlessly in the wilderness.  I want to step up my game this year.

Any strategy tips would be really helpful.  Thanks!

Offline Watimberghost

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Dec 2008
  • Posts: 2097
Re: Trail Cams for the High Hunt?
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2014, 10:50:05 AM »
Trail cams in the wilderness can be a very valuable tool. I like to place mine throughout multiple drainages along a ridge, or throughout multiple elevations in a big drainage. Find heavily traveled game trails and there's a good chance you'll find out what kind of animals are living in that area. Its hard work when you have a few different cameras up, but it reveals a lot. Good luck, as long as I don't see you in my hunting spot ;)

Offline huntnnw

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: May 2010
  • Posts: 9637
  • Location: Spokane
Re: Trail Cams for the High Hunt?
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2014, 11:37:50 PM »
Even taking in small salt blocks will give you a great idea of how many bucks are in the area and help you figure out which areas you should concentrate in.

Offline hogsniper

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Sep 2007
  • Posts: 1410
  • Location: Oregon
Re: Trail Cams for the High Hunt?
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2014, 09:53:52 PM »
Trailcams definitely help in the high country. In my experience you will get a ton of deer on them but right before the season activity really dies off.  Those deer/bucks are still in the area just harder to find. Getting up there right now while they are in summer mode and visible is a great way to know what an area holds.    Good luck!

Offline Bean Counter

  • Site Sponsor
  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Jul 2008
  • Posts: 13624
Re: Trail Cams for the High Hunt?
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2014, 10:39:23 PM »
Even taking in small salt blocks will give you a great idea of how many bucks are in the area and help you figure out which areas you should concentrate in.

Carrying salt in the wilderness will also be a good eye opener for what it will be like getting that deer out. My elk hunt will be at 9,000-10,000 feet this fall and even if I'm 1/2 mile from the road I may be so exhausted I may wind up paying a butcher for the first time in my life.

Offline acnewman55

  • HWY 2 Hermit
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Scout
  • ****
  • Join Date: Oct 2012
  • Posts: 400
  • Location: Seattle and Lake Wenatchee, WA
Re: Trail Cams for the High Hunt?
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2014, 10:21:49 PM »
Even taking in small salt blocks will give you a great idea of how many bucks are in the area and help you figure out which areas you should concentrate in.

Carrying salt in the wilderness will also be a good eye opener for what it will be like getting that deer out. My elk hunt will be at 9,000-10,000 feet this fall and even if I'm 1/2 mile from the road I may be so exhausted I may wind up paying a butcher for the first time in my life.

definitely will consider throwing a salt block out there.  only concern is that I plan to hunt the area for bear as well, and I don't want to do that if it would be considered hunting over bait.

anyone know if that counts or not?

Offline SilkOnTheDrySide

  • Trade Count: (+3)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jun 2011
  • Posts: 1532
  • Location: West Richland
Re: Trail Cams for the High Hunt?
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2014, 10:27:06 PM »
You're fine.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Online dreamingbig

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: May 2007
  • Posts: 2819
  • Location: Mukilteo, WA
Re: Trail Cams for the High Hunt?
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2014, 12:26:24 PM »
The effort is worth it for the picks.  I have cool pics of bulls I hope to be able to hunt again in my lifetime.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
@mukbowhunt
Avid Bowhunter
Maxxis 35 / Trykon XL

Offline Todd_ID

  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Apr 2008
  • Posts: 2926
  • Location: Clarkston
  • Hunt Hard!
Re: Trail Cams for the High Hunt?
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2014, 02:33:16 PM »
In my way of thinking, the best thing trail cameras in the wilderness do is to give us hope.  The bucks will disappear off the map as far as the camera is concerned in the last week of August, but we still have the hope they are still there: that's all we need is hope.
Bring a GPS!  It's awkward to have to eat your buddies!

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

New to bear hunting by ZaneHunts
[Today at 10:04:43 PM]


AUCTION: Custom knife by Alden Cole by teanawayslayer
[Today at 10:04:12 PM]


Seeking packer OnCall for early archery unit 328 Naneum/Colockum by DeerSkin
[Today at 10:01:25 PM]


Spot lock in the salt? by hunthard
[Today at 09:38:57 PM]


Best all around muzzy (updated) by riverrun
[Today at 09:17:25 PM]


Honda BF15A Outboard Problems - FIXED! by 30.06
[Today at 09:04:01 PM]


49 Degrees North Early Bull Moose by 6haase6
[Today at 08:59:22 PM]


GPW Trail Closures by Kascade_Killer
[Today at 08:34:19 PM]


Bonaparte Lake by Birdguy
[Today at 08:26:21 PM]


More Kings! by Stein
[Today at 06:06:46 PM]


2025 Crab! by Stein
[Today at 03:05:47 PM]


Air Dryer Cherries by Stein
[Today at 02:59:12 PM]


Boundary Waters walleye trip by jackelope
[Today at 02:08:52 PM]


Sockeye Numbers by Southpole
[Today at 10:08:15 AM]


Winchester model 97 will not cycle by mudflat mike
[Today at 09:29:17 AM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal