Not to get too far off topic, but something to think about and keep track of Tellico4x4:
I keep records on "what a camera is pointed it" and then compare data between major categories. Doing this can illuminate just how "powerful"
what a camera is point at can be. Here's some data from this year:
Camera pointed into food plot
bucks 1,693
does 2,697
fawns 1,264
adult sex ratio (does/buck) 1.6
fawn recruitment 46.9%
Cameras point at isolated scrape in the woods
bucks 567
does 232
fawns 111
adult sex ratio (does/buck) 0.4
fawn recruitment 47.8%
Cameras point at scrape in old road/trail
bucks 776
does 327
fawns 155
adult sex ratio (does/buck) 0.4
fawn recruitment 47.4%
Cameras point at scrape on edge of food plot
bucks 1,149
does 711
fawns 346
adult sex ratio (does/buck) 0.6
fawn recruitment 45.3%
Notice the huge difference between adult sex ratio for cameras pointed in food plots versus any of the scrape set-ups. I still use all of the data for calculating my adult sex ratio, but I also track each of these categories separately. Sometimes, one changes from year to year dramatically, while others don't. Just interseting to keep track of and can be an eye-opener about sex ratios. However, what really freaks me out is how close all of the fawn recruitment numbers are between categories. THAT never happens. Until this year!