#1884398 - 04/14/10 09:13 AM
Re: Montana Bans Game Cams!
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megalomaniac
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Yea, but if they ban them anywhere, soon it will be everywhere. imo 
If that were de facto, then we'd be using sidehammer ML's with no scopes.
Remember- it's a totally different game out west... game is not as plentiful and more subject to harvest pressure and overhunting than in the east. As a consequence, managament of hunting seasons/techniques/quotas must be completely different
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#1884454 - 04/14/10 09:43 AM
Re: Montana Bans Game Cams!
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44fanatic
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Take note that you can use game cams in MT...just not during hunting season.
Whats been said about patterning the elk...much easier than whitetail. Less forage, fewer water sources and a much larger range.
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#1884621 - 04/14/10 12:01 PM
Re: Montana Bans Game Cams!
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BSK
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BSK- it is real and it is not just MT. Darn straight! Ban 'em out west! You've got to realize that hunting out west is TOTALLY different than whitetail hunting in the east. The biggest problem I'm seeing with game cams is actually in NM/AZ over waterholes for elk. Elk are much more predictable than whitetails, and will frequent a waterhole often at similar times of the day just like cattle. Set up a cam, figure out if the bull using the waterhole is big enough to shoot, if it is post up before he gets there and shoot him right on time. Game cams out west are not being used as management tools like many do in the east. They are used to gain an unfair advantage over the quarry more often than not.
If trail-cameras really are causing problems with elk management out West, then I fully understand.
But elk out West are not whitetails in the East. Cameras won't cause these problems in the East.
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#1884724 - 04/14/10 01:08 PM
Re: Montana Bans Game Cams!
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CopperHead77
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The only thing I use them for is to show me what's in the area,and that helps me to hunt a little harder/stay a little longer.
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#1885201 - 04/14/10 07:27 PM
Re: Montana Bans Game Cams!
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ghosthunter
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The only thing I use them for is to show me what's in the area,and that helps me to hunt a little harder/stay a little longer.
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#1885938 - 04/15/10 11:51 AM
Re: Montana Bans Game Cams!
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Winchester
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The only thing I use them for is to show me what's in the area,and that helps me to hunt a little harder/stay a little longer.
EXACTLY, there is absolutely no argument that trail cams definitely offer an advantage over nothing at all. Now how much of an advantage, and how you use the info obtained from them, is totally up to the individual. But to say that they are useless from a hunting standpoint is way off base imo, as they absolutely can provide much information when used. I agree with BSK that they wont automaticaly put you in the right spot to kill every buck you get a pic of, but the info obtained from them is very very useful in many situations. Its the ones using them for the wrong reasons that has likely started their demise. It will be interesting to follow this one and see where it ends up??
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#1885964 - 04/15/10 12:05 PM
Re: Montana Bans Game Cams!
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Why not. It's just another unfair advantage. Everyone preaches "woodsmanship woodsmanship woodsmanship", but then turns around and has to rely on a CAMERA to find his deer and keep track of them. How is using a camera in the woods any kind of "woodsmanship"? I'm not really trying to bash anybody it's just one of those things that doesn't make sense to me.
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#1885971 - 04/15/10 12:10 PM
Re: Montana Bans Game Cams!
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Carlos Viagra
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Why not. It's just another unfair advantage. Everyone preaches "woodsmanship woodsmanship woodsmanship", but then turns around and has to rely on a CAMERA to find his deer and keep track of them. How is using a camera in the woods any kind of "woodsmanship"? I'm not really trying to bash anybody it's just one of those things that doesn't make sense to me.
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