It lived like that for at least two weeks — perhaps longer. Mature bucks always have the advantage on you when you are in their round house. Keeping a log of weather, wind direction and time of year will give you a detailed whitetail map to how that buck works the area you hunt on certain weather patterns and how he may have beat you this past Fall. I run approximately 50 cameras annually, with a mix of cellular and traditional models. Behavioral tendencies that reveal potential high odds hunting tactics. His most successful trail camera locations for daylight photos of big bucks. Others want no part of it at all. From white flash to infrared varieties, every deer reacts differently. It doesn't appear to be survivable, but the fact the buck is up and moving is impressive. Mature bucks very rarely give you the full advantage when moving during daylight.
It's a matter of how many you can afford. He had completely lost the lower half of his leg but still looked healthy. It rotates and tilts to allow ideal trail cam angle, and it fits any cam with a standard 1/4-20 screw-in tripod mount. These aren't just for fall and winter. Once acorns start dropping it's best to transition closer to these tasty morsels. Does it seem a little crazy to base hunting strategies from one single trail cam picture?
Where legal, it isn't a question of whether hunters should or shouldn't use these scouting tools. Imagine Deer & Deer Hunting publisher Brad Rucks' reaction when he returned from retrieving his trail camera memory cards to find these photos. Every action is a response to a stimulus, positive or negative. Pull up a seat and join us.
In another example of a misplaced or bad shot, this buck showed up on Eli Jolly's camera this season. But each tendency culminates into a personality-like groupings of behaviors. I have yet to see him though. Should you look at weather, moon phase or barometric pressure when targeting mature bucks. We hope a hunter didn't purposely take a bad shot. It even has a bullet hole through the ear. Aim a camera too high and you won't get pics of anything except squirrels and birds. Obviously, it had a bad shoulder wound, but it healed within a month. It had cleanly broken off its left antler and skull plate, completely exposing the brain cavity. But there's no doubt they do everything with a purpose. Showed up on cam a couple of days later. Take time to get trail cam lens angle correct. Where Did He Travel? This tip seems obvious, but I've seen it done incorrectly so many times that I must cover it here.
Just when you think you've seen it all when it comes to crazy deer encounters caught on trail camera, something like the video below comes along. Glandular secretions and body odors serve better in forested cover because they can be memorized and left on objects in the woods. One thing I've noticed is that almost every buck will follow short-, mid-, and long-term patterns. One of my favorites is the Adjustable Mounting Arm from SpyPoint. For example, some deer are timid and shy away from confrontations. This buck showed up on Will Brantley's trail camera late in the 2019 gun season. Since that was a story in the Blog today. He wasn't chasing a doe that I could see, and he was walking, not running. Bedding where people don't want to go? On days with no wind these objects might not trigger the camera, but combine wind, sun and obstructions and you'll have a memory card filled with false triggers. Certain cameras do better with different battery brands, such as Duracell vs. Rayovac. Too far and the camera might not trigger properly to shoot an image. Deer Can (Seem) Calculative. "This property borders public ground.
"Had a scar with missing fur but no limp, and no indication otherwise that the deer had been wounded like that. My hope is that he visited the land, he enjoyed the couple of food plots and low-stress deer herd that were present, and that he takes a longer visit the next time. What the Timing Means. It's no secret that whitetails are incredibly tough animals. Most Issues Are Preventable. Others don't mind at all. His wife shot the deer the next season. Article and photos by Josh Honeycutt/Honeycutt Creative. Others seek out trouble.
As Deer & Deer Hunting reported in early February, this 8-point Illinois buck is believed to be the largest net-score 8-pointer ever killed in North America.
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