BSK

[richmanbarbeque]

Your not going to believe this but here goes. Just got the new qdma magazine. Scanning through it and stopped at a pic of a buck that I said to myself "that looks like it should be one of Kinkles bucks". No joke. I looked down to read the topic and seen your name.

My question is during the process of land/deer management do we really have that much influence on a deers body structure and how he expresses himself visually?

I have seen a visual style to many of your bucks and have found some of them easy to spot before knowing where they came from. I know this sounds crazy but is it?

 

[BSK]

I have seen a visual style to many of your bucks and have found some of them easy to spot before knowing where they came from. I know this sounds crazy but is it?

I think what you're seeing is localized genetics. I used to use a taxidermist that could take one look at a buck and tell about where it came from. He was looking at coat color and facial structure.

 

[Rick Dillard]

BSK,
Great article in QDMA magazine on deer response to different trail cameras. I definitely noticed a pattern of mature bucks avoiding my white flash cameras. I normally only get one photo of an individual mature buck at a location. Question. Would you agree that white flash cameras are still better to use for getting population estimates? They seem to provide greater clarity/details for identifying individual bucks which is helpful in developing population estimates.

 

[BSK]

Yes, I agree Rick, especially for baited trail-camera censuses. Deer will put up with a lot of visible flash to have access to food or minerals/salt.

And for non-baited surveys, you can still use white-flash cameras as long as you move the cameras frequently (weekly or bi-weekly).

I still use quite a few whit-flash cameras, although little by little I'm replacing them with black-flash.



However, if you're going to use trail-cameras as a scouting tool, I HIGHLY recommend black-flash. You don't want the deer you're trying to pattern to start avoiding the areas your scouting due to camera flash.

 

[Cabbage]

If I were going to buy 3-4 cameras to cover my place and wanted to buy an average or above average camera (in cost and performance) what does the group recommend?

BTW....good article BSK.......

 

[BSK]

I'm a huge black-flash camera fan, so that's the recommendation you would get from me.

Which variety of camera would depend on how much you're willing to spend to get high reliability (long lifespan) of the camera without failures.

 

[8 POINTS OR BETTER]

Bryan if you where buying a new black flash camera for yourself which one would you buy?

 

[BSK]

Now that Uway has most of the problems worked out of their NT50B (make sure you get a camo version which is the latest model), that's the way I'm going. They retail at $350, but I'm finding them around $330 on the internet.

For super-high reliability, I would go with the Reconyx Hyperfire HC600, which sells for around $550.

 

[deerchaser007]

Had to drop my membership,.. hate that i missed that article!!