Post by: AKBowman on April 15, 2012, 10:26:47 AM
Got one BT with growth in first week of Feb and a couple other pics before the branches fell and screwed things up
Post by: saylean on April 15, 2012, 08:55:44 PM
Cool man. Nice odd spike.
Post by: blackveltbowhunter on April 15, 2012, 09:15:02 PM
Post by: AKBowman on April 15, 2012, 09:41:43 PM
Looking good! :tup: Scouting year round is the only way to go for those blackies 8) :tup:
Yeah that's true, last year I started about May. I just spent the last 2 days packing in salt, SD cards and cams. I have gotten probably 75% of my buck pics in a 2 week period beginning of November. I really dont know where the bucks go from now through middle of Oct,to be honest I'm not sure that I really care though I'm pretty damn good at finding the resident does in the areas I hunt then come the rut the bucks just show up.
I learned a TON about their trail networks and habit in Dec/Jan. Haven't been back since middle of Jan and WOW did the ice storm change things. I couldn't hardly recognize any of the trails they were using last year, a couple of awesome black willow trees that were rubbed year over year I couldn't find...I realized they fell over and were snapped off by the ice.
Im pretty sure the bucks can't be too far during the summer months though being that they are low-mid country BT's and dont migrate.
Post by: grundy53 on April 16, 2012, 10:52:24 AM
Looking good! :tup: Scouting year round is the only way to go for those blackies 8) :tup:
:yeah: I never really stop. I'm addicted lol.
Looking good! :tup: Scouting year round is the only way to go for those blackies 8) :tup:
Yeah that's true, last year I started about May. I just spent the last 2 days packing in salt, SD cards and cams. I have gotten probably 75% of my buck pics in a 2 week period beginning of November. I really dont know where the bucks go from now through middle of Oct, to be honest I'm not sure that I really care though I'm pretty damn good at finding the resident does in the areas I hunt then come the rut the bucks just show up.
I learned a TON about their trail networks and habit in Dec/Jan. Haven't been back since middle of Jan and WOW did the ice storm change things. I couldn't hardly recognize any of the trails they were using last year, a couple of awesome black willow trees that were rubbed year over year I couldn't find...I realized they fell over and were snapped off by the ice.
Im pretty sure the bucks can't be too far during the summer months though being that they are low-mid country BT's and dont migrate.
During the summer months when they are growing their antlers your going to find them in more open areas. This is when it is really beneficial to glass clear cuts and other open areas. I also like to keep a log of the time of day and exact location of every buck I see. Because your right, they won't be far come hunting season.
Post by: Co on April 25, 2012, 04:27:49 PM
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Post by: yote on May 02, 2012, 02:17:45 PM
you are lucky to have escaped with your life, those black/white polka dot, pygmy wolves are VERY dangerous predators, it must have had a full belly to let you walk
+1 ....:chuckle:
Post by: AKBowman on May 03, 2012, 02:24:55 PM
This is great, how long will that camera run on one set of batteries
Depends on the battery and weather. Like I said with the weather around 35 degrees Duracells in the Tascos lasted about 4 months. I would think in the summer they would last longer. Also I wasnt using bait so the most pics I had at one site was 40 or so. If your on the East side scouting white tails over bait and are getting thousands of pictures every few weeks then that will effect battery life as well.
I have a Moultrie that runs off of D cells and I checked it after a 2 week soak, around 30 pics and batts were reading 85%.
Post by: KFhunter on May 03, 2012, 08:54:04 PM
Then I checked the cam at another spot and apparently I was being stalked by this huge WOLF!!!
dang, I thought we had some free range pot bellied pigs to go hunt :chuckle:
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Post by: bobcat on June 09, 2012, 10:19:10 PM
Your pictures look fine without clicking on them, at least on my computer.
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Post by: AKBowman on June 11, 2012, 12:20:40 PM
What are your thoughts? Looks like he might be the same deer to me but tought to tell for sure.
Post by: AKBowman on July 04, 2012, 11:29:20 PM
Worst soak ever, I am really having issues this year with my fleet of cams. One Tasco I had set up over one of my salt piles and the 50# salt block was moved to 3 different spots in 3 different pics but zero pics of critters? Another was over a torn up deer trail with a ton of pics of nothing and a few pics of deer tails, the cam was set up straight down the trail so there is no reason it shouldnt be working.
I put out two of my brand new Moultrie LX30IR's so I'm hoping they will treat me better and the bears stay he hell away from them.
Post by: ldjbuff on July 05, 2012, 12:29:30 PM
Post by: AKBowman on July 29, 2012, 12:20:05 AM
Thought some of you would like to see the one decent BT buck pic I got.
Post by: blackveltbowhunter on July 29, 2012, 02:05:57 AM
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Post by: bobcat on September 03, 2012, 08:18:14 PM
How will you be hunting? Tree stand?
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on September 03, 2012, 08:50:41 PM
Post by: AKBowman on September 03, 2012, 09:08:57 PM
I have three different good locations in the 460 area, one I call the X stand is smack dab where timber, 10 yr old reprod and a three yr old clear cut all come together (missed a nice buck there last yr and got lots of good pics during the rut) A spot I really like is pinch point between a clear cut, a creek and some older 10+ yr old reprod. Finally the last stand location I have picked out I hunted a couple days last yr in December but the weather was crap for hunting, it's on the bottom edge of the timber line on an older cut, the cuts full of berry brush and alder with a swampy area 100 yards or so behind my stand. It's a really good area, last yr saw the sign from the rut but by the time late archery rolled around the rut was pretty much over. There were a couple flashes Kim the pan but I've been putting in a lot of time in late Nov and the cameras don't lie, last week of October through third week of November is rut time in my area after that it's really hit or miss.
That last buck is number one on my hit list now, theres one at the X stand last yr that looks like the size of a big cow elk I bet he's 250+ on the hoof.
Once I start hunting I was going to start a thread to track my progress so will keep you posted.
Post by: AKBowman on September 03, 2012, 09:18:39 PM
Nice bucks! But I think your cams are still aimed too high. Looks like in the fawn pic, mamma's rump just got into the lower left corner of the picture. Could you mount the camera higher, and point it downwards? that would get it above any ferns, and cover the actual trail and get the smaller critters. Just be glad you don't have a pesky resident Robin and Jay that keep triggering the camera like where mine is... :chuckle:
Yeah I definitely try to jam a stick in there on the top of the cam to angle it downwards, facing north, clear brush/ferns etc. Blacktails are just tough I've figured. Hard enough to get a decent buck to step in front of your camera let alone get a shot at one. I packed in 150# of salt just to get the very occasional pic of a buck and mostly feed the bears and squirrels. It's funny to hear the guys on the east side saying they put the cams out with some salt and had a full card in a few weeks then see the pics of the nice whities posing in front of the cams. Not Blacktails they are really recluse ba$tards.
Post by: bobcat on September 03, 2012, 09:28:36 PM
Post by: AKBowman on September 03, 2012, 09:52:47 PM
can't wait to put up the ladder stands, hang the hang on, set the climber in place and hose the trail in front of my stand with doe piss!! One thing that's great about the area is that the wind blows out of the south from about 1 in the afternoon 90% of the time so it sets up really nice for stand hunting.
Post by: bobcat on September 03, 2012, 10:22:36 PM
White flash cameras are hard to find anymore, but I just ordered one from Amazon to try out. You might want to take a look, they have the Moultrie D55 for $59.86, free shipping. Should be a great little camera from the research I've done on it. Only drawback is a relatively slow trigger speed. But I'll probably only use it with bait in front of it, so that won't matter.
Post by: AKBowman on September 03, 2012, 10:52:54 PM
You know, I started out with white flash trail cams (Moultrie D40's and Tasco) and lately I've gotten a few of the IR cams and I have to say, I have learned that I really like the white flash cameras a lot better. With a white flash camera you always get good pictures at night. The IR's are often blurry, from the animals movement, and they're grainy. Very often I've had pictures of a buck with one of my IR cameras, but can't see it well enough to count points. My old Moultrie D40's may be battery hogs, but at least when I get a picture of a buck, I can tell what it is.
White flash cameras are hard to find anymore, but I just ordered one from Amazon to try out. You might want to take a look, they have the Moultrie D55 for $59.86, free shipping. Should be a great little camera from the research I've done on it. Only drawback is a relatively slow trigger speed. But I'll probably only use it with bait in front of it, so that won't matter.
Bobcat, I think you and I are pretty similar in our research and choices into which cams we run. The thing about the IR's that I've found is that you have to "coin up" if you're going IR, you need enough IR bulbs to get any distance and you need to spend the money to ge the technology so you don't get a bunch of washed out pics or blurry pics. I swear the best pics camera I've ever had is my old Moultrie D-40 flash cam. Trigger speed sucked but you could compensate for the bad trigger speed by setting it in 3 shot burst mode...also took a bunch of D cells. Thing lasted me 4 years until it finally got mauled by a bear this year and water ended its time in the field.
I did a couple test with the Moultrie LX30irs I bought and the pics suck but the videos seems to be pretty good plus it takes a 10 second video then follows that with a pic so that might make up for the piss poor trigger speed. Won't make up for the fact that you can hear the shutter going off from 30 yards away!