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<blockquote data-quote="CAW" data-source="post: 3004726" data-attributes="member: 8864"><p>I use them. A lot.</p><p></p><p>I have 3 farms and I have a total of 24 cameras. I have them on food plots, mineral licks, hardwood bottoms, etc. I can tell you almost every buck that uses my property until they break out of their bachelor groups and then new bucks start showing up almost every day.</p><p></p><p>I have patterned bucks using specific areas and killed them as if they were on a schedule. I have gained a lot of knowledge about each farm that I own. When they use certain areas, what direction they enter and leave from, what they are feeding on, when they start chasing, etc. Pictures simply do not lie.</p><p></p><p>Now, all that being said. I do think they are a double edge sword sometimes. You have got to have discipline. You can't go running into a camera site and pull a card every other day. The quickest way to mess up an area is to have a camera in there that you just "have to check". You wouldn't go into your favorite hunting area, walk within 5 yards of your tree, look at your stand and then just walk out would you? That's exactly what you are doing when you check your camera. You have to be smart about it and leave them alone as much as possible.</p><p></p><p>Running trail cameras is fun, but you have to have a strategy. Do it right and they most certainly can be a very effective scouting tool. Do it wrong, and your hunting will probably suffer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CAW, post: 3004726, member: 8864"] I use them. A lot. I have 3 farms and I have a total of 24 cameras. I have them on food plots, mineral licks, hardwood bottoms, etc. I can tell you almost every buck that uses my property until they break out of their bachelor groups and then new bucks start showing up almost every day. I have patterned bucks using specific areas and killed them as if they were on a schedule. I have gained a lot of knowledge about each farm that I own. When they use certain areas, what direction they enter and leave from, what they are feeding on, when they start chasing, etc. Pictures simply do not lie. Now, all that being said. I do think they are a double edge sword sometimes. You have got to have discipline. You can't go running into a camera site and pull a card every other day. The quickest way to mess up an area is to have a camera in there that you just "have to check". You wouldn't go into your favorite hunting area, walk within 5 yards of your tree, look at your stand and then just walk out would you? That's exactly what you are doing when you check your camera. You have to be smart about it and leave them alone as much as possible. Running trail cameras is fun, but you have to have a strategy. Do it right and they most certainly can be a very effective scouting tool. Do it wrong, and your hunting will probably suffer. [/QUOTE]
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