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<blockquote data-quote="fairchaser" data-source="post: 5739240" data-attributes="member: 10373"><p>Our hunting property has only 45 hunters but some hunters will run 25-35 cameras. I would guess an average of 5 cameras per hunter. That's 225 or more than 1 per hundred acres. These cameras are all removed after the season but moved continuously throughout the season. Deer see them regularly and some care and some don't. </p><p></p><p>But, a few seem to avoid them and seem to know they aren't part of their natural environment. I guess they have smelled them enough to associate them with humans and don't like them especially in their core areas. </p><p></p><p>If you think about the spider web of scent trails hunters use to put out, pick up and check cards and batteries on game cameras you begin to get a mental picture of the scent road blocks we create for ourselves. </p><p></p><p>The only thing we can hope for is there it is so pervasive deer must ignore it to survive and move about to feed and bed. Some deer will simply move into cover that is so thick that it is impenetrable by humans or secluded by swamps or rivers. Some will reduce their daylight activity. I have noticed that deer are less afraid of cameras at night than in daylight like the buck in the photo. </p><p></p><p>Regardless of what I think, game cameras have become an essential part of the deer hunting experience and aren't going away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fairchaser, post: 5739240, member: 10373"] Our hunting property has only 45 hunters but some hunters will run 25-35 cameras. I would guess an average of 5 cameras per hunter. That’s 225 or more than 1 per hundred acres. These cameras are all removed after the season but moved continuously throughout the season. Deer see them regularly and some care and some don’t. But, a few seem to avoid them and seem to know they aren’t part of their natural environment. I guess they have smelled them enough to associate them with humans and don’t like them especially in their core areas. If you think about the spider web of scent trails hunters use to put out, pick up and check cards and batteries on game cameras you begin to get a mental picture of the scent road blocks we create for ourselves. The only thing we can hope for is there it is so pervasive deer must ignore it to survive and move about to feed and bed. Some deer will simply move into cover that is so thick that it is impenetrable by humans or secluded by swamps or rivers. Some will reduce their daylight activity. I have noticed that deer are less afraid of cameras at night than in daylight like the buck in the photo. Regardless of what I think, game cameras have become an essential part of the deer hunting experience and aren’t going away. [/QUOTE]
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