Post by: hunter399 on July 02, 2024, 07:20:03 PM
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Post by: Dan-o on July 02, 2024, 11:31:58 PM
You're getting lots of cool pics.
Appreciate you sharing.
Post by: hunter399 on July 03, 2024, 12:10:40 AM
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Post by: hunter399 on July 03, 2024, 12:27:59 AM
I have cams that haven't been checked,cams that are soaking cause I just put them up . Everything in-between.
Bit off a little more than I can chew.
But have learned a lot along the way .
Still haven't found the grey grand daddy ghost, probably never will.
A lot of dinks and young bucks,at least I'm trying,I definitely know where the meat bucks are at.
I've had a lot of Camara failure due to SD cards full sooner than I expected. Kinda letting minerals dry up and see what pops up.
Only one new spot has really got me excited enough to put a camera next year.
Still a lot of work going forward.
Enjoy!
Post by: OutHouse on July 03, 2024, 09:07:15 AM
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Post by: hunter399 on July 03, 2024, 01:18:29 PM
All the pics posted are from 8 different camera locations,they are currently soaking,with sensitivity turned down so my memory cards don't fill up.
I still have 3 cams that haven't been checked since I put them out.
I have three cams that where placed recently.
Each camera spot has a quarter salt block,plus loose salt mix was placed when camera was put up.
I haven't been bringing any salt to check cameras.
Some spots salt will be gone by bear season,some may have a sliver of a salt block.
If I find a decent buck,I'll probably refresh that spot if needed.
Some of those 8 locations my cam stopped working before June,some cams have 32 gigabyte some 16,all the 16 are full.
I suspect I'll have a few more pics later this fall.
That's the run down.
All in attempt to find what I call the sleeper buck.
A dark horn beast that lives in the timber.
Post by: kodiak06 on July 03, 2024, 02:16:32 PM
Post by: hunter399 on July 03, 2024, 07:58:35 PM
Cool pics. The one on 6/19 would be pushing his luck with me this year. I want a mature deer BUT, I've made 3 trips totaling 3,500 miles so far this year. I'll add 1100 more roughly mid-Aug and I haven't killed a whitetail since I left Bama after the 2009 season.
That buck....lol
That is a brand new spot for me, heavily hunted during modern firearm. It was another camera failure spot. Checked it, didn't take my picture at my arrival. I had a spare camera in my pack.
Didn't have any good pic on the first check,went back a week later to make sure camera was working. And got those pics.
Anyway a spot I've hunted a handful of times,never thought to put a cam up. It will come down before modern.
The smaller buck has double eye guards,few more years he'd be looking good.
Post by: hunter399 on July 04, 2024, 07:44:26 AM
This is a spot I pulled the camera,I was getting about a dozen people a year. Figured it was a matter of time before the camera got messed up. It was getting pretty bad.
I'll still hunt there from time to time. May put the cam back after it cools down for a year or two. Had that cam there for four years,I think word of mouth was out of the bag.
Had decent bucks pics at first, slowly degraded.
Last year had more people,then bucks. Left the salt block for the handful of doe using it. I'd guess the salt block is just about gone.
Post by: hunter399 on July 07, 2024, 02:05:02 PM
Good variety of animals,just nothing nice. Will hold out the rest of the year. See if anything good shows, definitely not showing potential for a camera next year.
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Hanging low here...lol
Not sure if these are same or different.
No moose tag ,so no worries.
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Biggest buck on cam. I'll go back to cherry picking better pics.
But also wanted to show it's not all fairytales and big bucks.
Good variety,nothing impressive also.
I think this is a muley,who knows .
Pic from front and back.
Post by: hunter399 on July 09, 2024, 08:09:41 AM
Another check...check...double check.
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Elk situation was a bit better.
Few babys here to wrap it up.
Can't tell if that bobcat has something in its mouth.
Post by: hunter399 on July 11, 2024, 09:31:26 AM
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Couple pics of the other decent buck in the area.
Only got black/white pics on him.
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WT doe.
An ear,one antler,who knows.
Post by: hunter399 on July 17, 2024, 04:07:56 PM
Got more pics from other locations,just got to go through SD cards.
Post by: hunter399 on July 20, 2024, 10:21:26 AM
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He is legal boys.
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He must be hanging around alot , cause I have a delay on the cam.
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With two pics I thought was interesting.
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Post by: hunter399 on July 23, 2024, 07:03:21 AM
muley is rare that caliber. Very cool camera sets you have. I’m enjoying.
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Thanks man ,I appreciate it. Kinda sucks checking cams in 100 degree heat. I don't have any cell cams ,I have to go to the tree.
I have a few other mule deer sets,of course they are new spots.
So I have no clue what's on them,they are still soaking at the moment.
I was supposed to go check another cam this morning.
Didn't wake up early enough, a cam that hasn't been checked at all.
Probably been soaking 2.5 months also a new spot.
Post by: Bearomatic180gr on July 23, 2024, 07:09:46 AM
You bet. That’s tough. I have one cell cam and I tell ya what, it was exciting at first but you are limited as far as where it is placed, like for example, I’d like it stuffed in a dark timber spot but no service, so it’s up high with the short growth and I don’t see as many bears as I’d like. That being said my next camera purchase will probably be a manual sd cam. I’m confident we hunt the same gmu. I was hiking Saturday and it was hot. Berries are kind of hit and miss. If you want to share more specifics, I’d be happy to over a dm. Have a great day.muley is rare that caliber. Very cool camera sets you have. I’m enjoying.
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Thanks man ,I appreciate it. Kinda sucks checking cams in 100 degree heat. I don't have any cell cams ,I have to go to the tree.
I have a few other mule deer sets,of course they are new spots.
So I have no clue what's on them,they are still soaking at the moment.
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Post by: hunter399 on July 23, 2024, 10:01:15 AM
At the last camera check.
But I do believe they are still around.
I had set the camera to a 30 second delay. Had a lot of blank photos. Where animals had walked out of view right at the moment it was taking a picture.
Anyway I reset the cam to 5 second delay.
I'll post up some dinks from the check.
Maybe they will pop up next check.
Post by: hunter399 on July 23, 2024, 10:05:56 AM
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Only predator on this cam all year. I also try to show each check as it is. Good or bad,is what it is.
Ton of fawns on this cam,and dinks to boot.
Post by: 6haase6 on July 23, 2024, 11:09:10 AM
...Making me drool over those moose oct 1st can’t come fast enough.
Post by: hunter399 on July 29, 2024, 09:56:08 PM
Well it stopped working in June, nothing on it looked great.
Just kinda bumping back to it's not all unicorns and rainbows.
Few decent spring bear pics is about it.
I did clear more branches and reset cam to one photo burst.
Currently soaking,I'll give it another month soak and pull cam most likely.
Post by: hunter399 on July 29, 2024, 10:00:19 PM
Post by: hunter399 on July 29, 2024, 10:05:47 PM
Some how a bunch of branches ended up in front of the camera.
20k photos of some branch ,oh ya!
It's reset and soaking,so will give it another chance.
A lot of doe and dinks,will see how it plays out.
Post by: hunter399 on July 29, 2024, 10:13:20 PM
This one is definitely dink week,kinda discovery channel of dinks.
This is your typical heavy hunted public land spot.
A spot like this would just explode with big bucks ,if there was a 4pt min.
Like said above not all unicorns and rainbows when your trying to hammer out new spots .
Dink of the week.
Post by: hunter399 on July 29, 2024, 10:18:43 PM
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A lot of dinks
A lot of doe
A lot of fawns.
Deer look very healthy here at this location.
Just not any big boys.
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Post by: Dan-o on August 04, 2024, 11:02:33 PM
Post by: zwickeyman on August 05, 2024, 06:25:55 AM
That's a great buck!
:yeah:
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Post by: hunter399 on August 06, 2024, 07:31:37 AM
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Eye guards are a dead give away.
Like father like son.
Post by: hunter399 on August 06, 2024, 07:51:03 AM
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Both bucks
Eye guards are different.
Post by: hunter399 on August 06, 2024, 08:07:14 AM
Post by: hunter399 on August 06, 2024, 08:16:26 AM
He is MIA for now. Hoping to catch a picture of him before I pull the camera. Also it's a new spot for me. So I need to scout it out a little better. Get the lay of the land,look for ambush spots to sit.
Think I got 2-3 more WT spots to check.
2 cams that have never been checked.
Then back around to all the spots HW has seen.
Always have some old cam spots to hunt,bucks I've seen on the hoof.
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Post by: OutHouse on August 20, 2024, 07:20:32 AM
Thanks for sharing!
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Bear picture of the year....😂
Bears don't eat salt ,they just crap on it. Or sit on it. Lol
Post by: Dan-o on August 20, 2024, 09:23:35 AM
Thanks for sharing.
Post by: hunter399 on August 20, 2024, 10:20:12 AM
Post by: hunter399 on August 20, 2024, 10:29:42 AM
A lot of bucks have went nocturnal on my cams.
Mostly because of the extreme heat I believe,but who knows.
So as the process of getting ready for fall, I should have more pics to come.
This mule deer is tall,not wide at all.
Sorry a bear nocked my camera sideways a bit.
Post by: hunter399 on August 22, 2024, 11:28:29 AM
Another potential cougar spot.
Post by: hunter399 on August 22, 2024, 11:32:50 AM
Post by: hunter399 on August 22, 2024, 11:36:38 AM
These two spuds nocked my cam sideways a bit.
Not sure if they where just winged off there mother.
No pic of her.
Post by: hunter399 on August 22, 2024, 11:41:56 AM
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Can't forget Elliot buck. :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: hunter399 on August 26, 2024, 02:13:23 PM
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Post by: hunter399 on August 26, 2024, 02:26:00 PM
I understand it may be annoying for some.
I promise pics will slow down,pics from the last two weeks those cameras are down.
I'm pretty sick of trail cams anyway,going forward into fall I want to hunt ,not be checking cams.
With that said....
I still have a handful of cams to get too.
I'll post up any decent pics from those and be done posting.
Also to add these are all public land animals , wishing everyone a successful happy hunting season.
Enjoy the pics!
Post by: kodiak06 on August 26, 2024, 06:49:48 PM
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This spike is the only buck on this cam. Not to say a bigger one doesn't roam through for breeding.
Definitely not a core area for big bucks.
Post by: hunter399 on August 29, 2024, 12:04:48 PM
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Was a bigin last year,he disappeared last year.
Cameras coming down FAST.
Enjoy!
My trail cam season is almost over!
Post by: kodiak06 on August 29, 2024, 08:40:31 PM
Post by: hunter399 on September 05, 2024, 11:37:12 AM
Just wanna say sorry ,they can't all be winning spots.
Thought this spot would be a killer mule deer spot.
Camera was at 4900-5000 elevation,not a single mule deer on it.
Camera was setup late June,let it soak till a few days ago.
Never checked it,set it and forget deal.
Anyway pretty disappointing.
But I'll post a few pics anyway.
Post by: hunter399 on September 05, 2024, 11:42:10 AM