Trail Cameras for Deer Hunting

It is mid-July and scorching and humid with thunderstorms is the forecast for the following 3-4 weeks it appears. For a number of the hunting world the cool temps of fall and watching the dawn from 20 toes up is merely a passing thought on the best way to the seashore. For others “the season by no means ends” and mid-July means trail cameras and velvet footage irrespective of how scorching and sticky it will get.

We’ve got been monitoring trail cameras for the previous few weeks and final evening I had the chance to take a seat on a area and watch the velvet pile into the sector for the night meal. Trail cameras can inform you a large number about deer actions and habits. Couple that with “area recon” and you may rapidly put the items of {the summertime} whitetail puzzle collectively. Whereas this may not do you a lot good later within the fall, you possibly can by no means have sufficient details about the whitetail woods.

After going over the trail camera images from the previous week I observed a tall racked 8 level in a number of the images who we nicknamed “Tight 8”. I imagine the deer is roughly 3 ½ years old and I would not thoughts seeing him make it not less than one other season; nevertheless he did catch my eye. Final evening on the sector he rapidly drew my consideration when he entered the sector from the far nook about 200 yards down from one in every of our cameras. As he labored his means down the sector edge and previous the camera I used to be in a position to visually affirm what this deer does on a traditional foundation. I assumed at that time that he should dwell/bed within the thick clear reduce about 300 yards off that nook of the sector Hunting camera B09SL1VGNT.

I did not assume a lot else about it, till this morning. Whereas trying out the “Trail Camera Gallery” this morning, I observed the “Tight 8” making his means again in the direction of the far nook of the sector at about 4am this morning. Now it appears much more possible that this explicit buck lives and beds again off that nook of the sector and more than likely in that clear reduce.

With the trail camera images of the buck utilizing the sector edge within the evenings strolling from that finish of the sector and really watching the buck emerge from the nook trail with my very own eyes, I’ve some fairly strong clues the place he lives not less than through the summer time. Add to that, the truth that I now have images of him headed again to that nook early within the morning and it appears very possible that is his most well-liked place this time of yr.

This is only one instance of how trail cameras and watching a area from a distance through the summer time months may give you an important place to begin when fall rolls round.

Additionally throughout this journey I watched a powerful 11 level enter the sector from a trail that we’ve got but to observe. I’ve an idea of the place he might have come from, however at this level I solely have his entrance into the sector yesterday for info. I additionally imagine we’ve got his left shed from this previous fall, primarily based on his distinct G3. Guesstimating by final yr’s shed and what I saw yesterday I’d say we had been watching a strong 140 class buck. That is nice info to take to the woods with you because it eliminates a number of the break up second measurement guessing that’s mandatory when managing the farm for mature bucks.

We will probably be attempting to assemble extra info on his patterns, and some different bucks, because the summer time progresses by watching the sector and moving and monitoring the trail cameras. Hopefully inside a pair weeks we can have a superb idea of his patterns and habits. If we use this info to develop our fall technique we are able to tremendously improve our odds for fulfillment.