Tascos...

[seth30]

Nice to see a good set up, did you select your spot on previous expeirence or just see the path by the deer?  Nice pics!

[bobcat]

I cropped the two pictures I was wondering about, and in one of them I can now see the second antler. So I guess there's nothing abnormal about it. I just hope I can get some more pictures of this buck, especially in a couple weeks when he's grown his antlers a little more. Here are the cropped pictures....

[bobcat]

Cool pics Bob, but I wish you'd resize them.......they take forever to load.

I resized all of them for those of you on dial up. Should load up a lot faster now.

[bobcat]

Nice to see a good set up, did you select your spot on previous expeirence or just see the path by the deer?  Nice pics!

This is on 200 acres of private property, and I wandered around quite a lot before settling on this particular spot. There aren't really any distinct feeding areas as far as I can tell, so it's kind of difficult in trying to place trail cameras. I have another camera out there at the far east side of the property, and I posted some pictures from that one previously. On the west side of the property I tried a couple of spots and  I didn't have a lot of confidence in either spot, since I had pretty much just randomly stuck them up in convenient locations without putting a lot of thought into it, and therefore each time I only let the camera soak for 1 week. I got no pictures, except a couple at night in which the animal that set it off was out of the range of the flash. So seeing that this Tasco's flash didn't have a lot of range, I tried to put it in a location where I thought the deer might be more active during the day. So I ended up into a big patch of timber, as far in from the road as I could get, and down in the bottom just above a creek, where a few indistinct trails sort of funneled together.

It worked out pretty well, but I still hope activity picks up, as the camera was there for three weeks and I only got 29 pictures. I'm considering putting out a salt block just to try to keep them there in front of the camera a bit longer. Another thing I need to remember to do, is to put some tape over the little red light on the front of the camera that comes on anytime it picks up movement. I read on chasingame.com that the red light will spook deer pretty bad. Not sure if it actually did, but I don't want to take any chances.

[Curly]

Thanks.  They load good now. 

[iRem]

Yeah, I had to take a second look at the other pics to see that he has 2 growing and not just the 1. Looks like great growth to me!  I also noticed that the growth is going back towards the ears and the back of head not like the norm with them growing straight out It might be just the angle of the pic and the deer. Maybe it's just me...

[seth30]

Nice to see a good set up, did you select your spot on previous expeirence or just see the path by the deer?  Nice pics!

This is on 200 acres of private property, and I wandered around quite a lot before settling on this particular spot. There aren't really any distinct feeding areas as far as I can tell, so it's kind of difficult in trying to place trail cameras. I have another camera out there at the far east side of the property, and I posted some pictures from that one previously. On the west side of the property I tried a couple of spots and  I didn't have a lot of confidence in either spot, since I had pretty much just randomly stuck them up in convenient locations without putting a lot of thought into it, and therefore each time I only let the camera soak for 1 week. I got no pictures, except a couple at night in which the animal that set it off was out of the range of the flash. So seeing that this Tasco's flash didn't have a lot of range, I tried to put it in a location where I thought the deer might be more active during the day. So I ended up into a big patch of timber, as far in from the road as I could get, and down in the bottom just above a creek, where a few indistinct trails sort of funneled together.

It worked out pretty well, but I still hope activity picks up, as the camera was there for three weeks and I only got 29 pictures. I'm considering putting out a salt block just to try to keep them there in front of the camera a bit longer. Another thing I need to remember to do, is to put some tape over the little red light on the front of the camera that comes on anytime it picks up movement. I read on chasingame.com that the red light will spook deer pretty bad. Not sure if it actually did, but I don't want to take any chances.

Thanks for thereply, Im always looking for help on trail camera placement.\

[bobcat]

I'm definitely no expert- I'm still learning myself. I've only been doing trail cameras for about a year and a half now. But one thing I've found, is that just getting out there and analyzing my hunting area when trying to figure out camera placement, is a great learning experience. Without the cameras, I really wouldn't have the motivation to get out in the woods every couple weeks during this time of year. Last year I was hoping to find a good buck and then pattern him with the use of the cameras. Well it didn't work out that way, but I still learned more about my hunting area than I would have if I hadn't been out there all the time setting up cameras, checking them, and moving them around.

[iRem]

I'm definitely no expert- I'm still learning myself. I've only been doing trail cameras for about a year and a half now. But one thing I've found, is that just getting out there and analyzing my hunting area when trying to figure out camera placement, is a great learning experience. Without the cameras, I really wouldn't have the motivation to get out in the woods every couple weeks during this time of year. Last year I was hoping to find a good buck and then pattern him with the use of the cameras. Well it didn't work out that way, but I still learned more about my hunting area than I would have if I hadn't been out there all the time setting up cameras, checking them, and moving them around.

 
Yes, I would have to agree 100% with that. This is my first year with a trail cam and I have been first of all Enjoying extras of being out in the field, and learning more about my hunting area as well. Having an extra set of eye out in the woods while not being there is pretty cool. I also enjoy looking through the pictures and plotting my next move, Very motivating.

[flinger]

That is definately a UNIQUE HORN

[bobcat]

That is definately a UNIQUE HORN

So I guess I'm not the only one who thought it looked kind of funny huh? I'll be really curious to see what this buck looks like in a couple more weeks.

[billythekidrock]

Maybe I am missing something, but to me there seems to be nothing wrong with it's antlers. Maybe a bit layed back a bit, but probably getting ready to fork judging by the size of the buck.

[bobcat]

Could be that I'm just not used to looking at deer and their new antler growth at this time of year.  Heck I'm just happy to be getting a few bucks on my cameras already this year. Now if only I could get my bow sighted in and my shoulder muscles tuned up. 

[iRem]

Well, after looking at the growth from other deer it does look like they are about to curve up. He just might be a nice little 2 or 3 point deer before he's done.