They stopped at a vantage point to glass that morning and spotted a decent whitetail buck with an abnormal rack a couple thousand yards away. Unless you've got so many cameras in the woods that you're monitoring every corner of the land you hunt, it's relatively easy to place a camera in a void between these smaller summer ranges that isn't going to be visited right now. Here's a sampling of other trail-game entries. I love snapping epic trail camera pictures as much as anyone, but hunting and the harvest are the ultimate goals in our sport. Because of expanding range use, shifting food sources, shifts of focal areas within home ranges, and even excursions outside of home ranges, you are likely to start seeing more or different bucks as the rut approaches. Digital cameras are what David Helmly uses exclusively. In the Midwest, deer eat green soybeans and other crops all summer and early fall. Labeled only Archer. In the video below, Todd Graf shares the top 3 summer camera spots for big bucks. With just a few days left until Monday's start of the Pennsylvania firearms season, we're dispensing with suspense here. "I knew one of us was going to get him, " said Travis Brantley when he saw the trail-camera photos of the 10-point buck. Mark Kenyon of Wired to Hunt shared some great Iowa bucks and said, "Can't beat this time of year and all the blissfully high hopes.
With a location, frequency, date, and time, a hunter can start piecing together the puzzle of buck movement and get closer to a deer-season meeting with that buck. This is a very common reason why your shooter buck might not be showing up on your trail camera anymore, and it's a reason that few hunters are willing to admit. When David checks his cameras, he takes his second set of batteries and a clean memory card to switch out at each location. David and Rocky had one photo of a big 10-pointer taken in July last year.
That buck was also not a regular but was taken chasing does in one of their food plots in November. Bean fields are great trail camera locations until the beans begin to turn from green to yellow/brown. Yes, those folks getting lots of great bucks on camera now might be wearing your shoes – wondering where that buck went – in a few months. For example, Brian Grossman posted new photos of a really nice public-land buck he caught using a mock scrape recently in Georgia. We just don't live in an ideal world, so it's important to keep your cool and avoid panicking too early.
When I asked Buckventures Host Jeff Danker what his No. "However, if they haven't seen him for weeks and can't even get a nighttime pic of him, then I wouldn't pass up another buck that makes me happy. Deer can be very sensitive to new objects in their environment and are biologically curious. The most difficult part of the process is determining whether a buck is smart or not. He also has a ton of native browse and adequate water sources. Whether you're monitoring general movement to determine the rut phase or trying to keep up with a specific buck, trail cameras can pay off if positioned in key places when the rut breaks loose.
Whether the deer are crossing, or drinking, water sources can make for the perfect trail camera location. Some are recognizable from past seasons, and I can't tell you where they spent their summer. "What's a bully buck? " In the fall, big deer are looking for grain sources like soybeans and corn. There are likely more bucks in the area than your cameras are capturing right now, and more will appear this fall. Set up a Feedbank Gravity Deer Feeder anywhere on your property to provide the deer with consistent nutrition and observe their behavior. "This is a transition spot, " says Graf. And if you hunt a very small property, all of your woods might lie in one of these voids.
Several scientific studies using GPS tracking collars have examined seasonal range use of bucks age 2½ or older. Deer that are walking along trails will typically browse at their head level, cameras are typically set at 3-4 ft. staying 5-10 feet off the trails is optimal to keep deer unaware of your presence. Book your hunt now by calling (727) 543-4332. Either way, because of his trail-camera information, Travis was in the right place at the right time and scored on a handsome buck. Others are complete strangers. The information included with the pics is scant, certainly not GPS coordinates, sometimes not even a name. Most of the cameras were placed on heavily traveled trails. They quickly check these areas by cruising around downwind of these food locations.
Action shot from James Martinsky. I have spooked bucks away in the summer only to have them reappear in the early fall. All is definitely not lost. Have you started taking inventory of the bucks on the property you hunt? They are packing on weight, beginning to look for does, and seeking thick cover as the cool winds begin to prevail. David feels that their property was not the core home range of that buck, but rather on the fringe. It's wide-open and windswept, with nary a tree in sight. For now, if you're not getting any bucks on camera, or you're not seeing a particular buck you expected or hoped to see, you can try shifting your trail-camera setups to new areas regularly until you get dialed in on a summer vacation zone.
Meaning, they spend the rut in a different location than where they spend the summer. Their hunting property has some large fields, but very few photos were taken of bucks there. But, certainly, happy trails. I like setting up cameras on primary scrapes with a broader view to try and catch this scent-checking movement from bucks.
Have you ever taken or seen anyone take a video of a buck with a cell phone? "The neighbor was giggling about it. What are these spots?