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2012 Trail Cam Thread


slimngrizzly

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This is the biggest deer antler wise I have ever got on camera. Unfortunatly where I hunt is public land and most of the people that hunt it shoot any buck they can. So it is rare to have a mature buck live in the area. Occasionly during the rut we will see a mature buck chasing a doe. We also have tons of wolves running around. How old do you guys think this buck is? 3 1/2?

Looks like a wolf country 3 year old to me, right in the same area I see a lot of 3 year olds up north.

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11pt likes my tiny Secret Spot food plot plant 10 days prior to the videoth_PICT0216.jpg

10 days later an 8pt liked it too

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These two guys running around together... hope they stick around until opener. I now have 6 different bucks on camera at my 7 acre urban archery spotfull-23483-23809-prms0002(2).jpg

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It is pretty interesting spot, that's for sure. I can see 6 different houses from my stand (in the big tree behind the bucks) and it is literally on a mowed grass lawn. Lot of deer though. I just have to hope the neighbors are not out mowing their lawn or grilling out, because the deer need to cross about 4 yards to get to my stand

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A couple nice ones

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This last fawn had white stripes on the neck instead of spots, thought this looked unusual

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Those hooks are crazy! Wonder if they'll fall off when the velvet goes? Curious to see that guy polished!

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I would about guarantee they are not hooks at all, but the blood filled ends drying, stretching, and sliding off. The next time I check that camera Id bet hes a clean 8.

it sure is different looking though! Maybe he ran into the side of a car! smile

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Slim you might be surprised. The buck in my avatar had this happen to him in his second year and it stayed with him. We figured he hit on something during the early stages of growth.

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Been reading lots about trail cams and wanted a $100 or less cam to try out and I finally decided on a Primos Truth Cam 35. Got the older model, big ugly thing but it appears to get the job done.

Couldn't wait to get it out, but because I'm hunting state land I was a bit paranoid and put the cam about 13 or 14 ft up on a tree limb that gave me a perfect angle on a crossing/water hole. It looks like the trail cam setup worked out and though I didn't get any monster bucks on the camera, I got some deer as well as other wildlife. With these being my own very first trail cam pics, I was quite excited.

Set it to 3 shot burst and with 10 second delay and left it out for a week. I had pictures throughout the week and ended up with 312 pictures with most being triggered by leaves and stuff (rookie move), but deer showed up nearly every morning and evening.

Below are just some samples of the many pics I got. Again, not bad for 100 bucks. I'm happy with my purchase and I may just get another one or two for a private piece that I usually hunt later into October (thinking of getting the TC 35 Ultra model).

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Mmm backstraps..

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Night pics. Good enough for a sub $100.

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Bambi!!

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Turkeys!

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Tiny 6pt buck..

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I think this guy lives very close by this stand. Hopefully his older cousin or Dad comes around to visit him.

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Another tiny buck. Spike to the left.

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I bet you got a lot of pictures of that vine every time the wind blew. We bring a portable sprayer with roundup and spray all the vegetation in front of the camera but sometimes we still get a rogue weed that grows right in front of it. Frustrating!

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Indeed. That vine was quite an action star. I was hesitant to try and remove it while standing on screw in steps and it was well out of my reach while setting up.

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Pretty excited about these deer! Both dandies but would leave the 8 for another year first is on the hit list. Too bad they only showed up on the camera over the feeder, let them snack for another week and hopefully they will stick around for our plots and acorns.

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Awesome Pics James! Hope I can catch some shedding the velvet, so far all still had them as of Monday on our land.

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The first nice buck that my dad has gotten on camera this year. Looks young to me, wonder what he will look like next year if he makes it!

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