#2046347 - 08/26/10 07:42 AM
Re: Any one using a plot watcher
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We only hunt food plots to take does. Where we are, you have to get off the fields a ways to kill mature bucks. Yes, we have gotten several pictures of them in daylight in fields, but not enough to make anyone want to sit over a field hoping for a mature buck
Our situation exactly JCDEERMAN. Ridge-and-hollow hardwoods with a few scattered food plots. No mature buck has ever been killed from a food plot, even though our food plots are hunted (primarily for does).
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#2046365 - 08/26/10 07:57 AM
Re: Any one using a plot watcher
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30 feet = 10 yards. They look like they are 10 feet away... but you may have them zoomed for easier view.
Those are "actual pixel" crops from the original images. The original images are too large to post on this forum, but here they are downsized to fit most computer screens:
I will say this, if these same deer were only 30 feet (10 yds) from my camera, I would have no problem getting the details I need. Now if it was for professional publishing, well it may not get the stamp of approval. By the way how old is your friends computer? It may at fault here for the picture quality... 
It's physically impossible for the PlotWatcher to produce images of this quality. At 1.3 MP, you only have a limited number of pixels to work with.
I've seen several examples of Plotwatcher images, all from professional deer managers. And for what professional deer managers use cameras for--keeping a running inventory of individual bucks--the Plotwatcher won't cut it.
But as a scouting tool, or as a tool to figure out where to put an actual trail-camera, the product has real promise.
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#2046918 - 08/26/10 04:52 PM
Re: Any one using a plot watcher
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30 feet = 10 yards. They look like they are 10 feet away... but you may have them zoomed for easier view. Those are "actual pixel" crops from the original images. The original images are too large to post on this forum, but here they are downsized to fit most computer screens: I will say this, if these same deer were only 30 feet (10 yds) from my camera, I would have no problem getting the details I need. Now if it was for professional publishing, well it may not get the stamp of approval. By the way how old is your friends computer? It may at fault here for the picture quality... It's physically impossible for the PlotWatcher to produce images of this quality. At 1.3 MP, you only have a limited number of pixels to work with. I've seen several examples of Plotwatcher images, all from professional deer managers. And for what professional deer managers use cameras for--keeping a running inventory of individual bucks--the Plotwatcher won't cut it. But as a scouting tool, or as a tool to figure out where to put an actual trail-camera, the product has real promise.
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#2047255 - 08/26/10 09:53 PM
Re: Any one using a plot watcher
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I find it amazing how different deer can be from one area to another. I've been lucky to hunt in several parts of the state and in Kentucky and Missouri. In middle Tn you can forget seeing mature deer in fields during daylight after season starts. The first time I ever sat watching a standing bean field in Dec in West Tn, I had a 4.5 yo hoss come out 45 min before daylight. The deer in Western Ky and Northern Missouri seem to think nothing of crossing fields in the rut or late season. I'm sure the limited gun season in those states has something to do with that. The point is, deer are very adaptable and amazing creatures and that's what makes them so fun to hunt.
Edited by mrw (08/26/10 09:54 PM)
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Those are actually from the new Uway NT50B black-flash camera.
