Trail cam pics 2020( updated 7-27)

[huntnnw]

Not getting many deer on this cam. Elk, moose, bears and 1 doe

[Gearhead1940]

Got this big guy on 3 of the 4 cams we setup around our camp this past weekend.

[huntnnw]

nice!

[bornhunter]

Got this big guy on 3 of the 4 cams we setup around our camp this past weekend.

I would keep an eye on your cameras for you if you would let me know where your camp is.

[Gearhead1940]

Got this big guy on 3 of the 4 cams we setup around our camp this past weekend.

I would keep an eye on your cameras for you if you would let me know where your camp is.

HAHAHA! That would be great.

[huntnnw]

Well after 14 days I got him on camera again plus the other buck that has shown up

[Katmai Guy]

Does the salt and selenium keep them around all thru hunting season or do they go off it unless feed is put out also.  Have always used feed, just started a site with salt and selenium last week on the east side.

[jrebel]

Does the salt and selenium keep them around all thru hunting season or do they go off it unless feed is put out also.  Have always used feed, just started a site with salt and selenium last week on the east side.

My experience is they like salt in the spring time.  They will visit it later in the year but not as frequently.  Maybe someone else has a different experience??  I also find that when in velvet they have different routines that change dramatically when they become hard horned.  What you see in the spring is typically not exactly what you will see in the fall. 

[huntnnw]

Usually a drastic reduction in pics by 3rd week of July. Then it gets more erratic after that and by fall it’s not real active . The pic reduction usually goes hand in hand with the feed sources drying up , antlers finishing and does drying up. Salt consumption is so high with may and June due to high water content in their diet .

[buckfvr]

Ive had a mineral site going for 12 years.  Primarily whitetail use.  Does are a constant.  Young bucks often but not as much as does.  Mature bucks random, mostly dark.  I'd sit a mineral site in sept but otherwise not.  Now if you use bait, you can do that near a mineral site but given the choice I'd be far enough away to offer the ten gallon limit for the does as its does  the bucks are looking for.

I have good luck with a mix of corn and sweet cob spread over trails and in tall grass and buck brush so it lasts longer.

I also use commercial scent with good results.

[nwwanderer]

Think of deer food content, it is very easy right now with a high water content, gaining like crazy, feeding fawns, it all takes more salt to make it work.  Later, mid July to fall rain things get a little tough, gain and body condition decrease.  Fall, fawns are really getting with the growth program and food quality is on the rise, salt need increases.  The selenium is simply filling a need not present in the PNW environment.  Other trace minerals and vitamins could be added to your mix but salt is the draw and determining consumption.  Moving your cameras to where the action is will keep your cards busy.  Having little bits of your chosen mix will give an advantage, great posts, thanks

[buckfvr]

Also in the fall once the rains arrive, it literally reconstitutes vegetation which through most of the summer has been parched unpalatable browse. 

I liken it to putting milk on your shredded wheat.

[huntnnw]

Big bear and 3 total bears showed up.not many deer. 5 spike elk, 4 branch antlered bulls .

[huntnnw]

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[nwwanderer]

Moose calf is hours on the ground, elk calf has some experience, thanks