I bought the Verizon plan, $14.00 month for 1000 pictures. Should have bought the Sprint plan for $9.00.
Lithium batteries are still 100% , been on since June.
It helped me kill a turkey this Spring, sent me a picture of 3 Tom's at last light, I wouldn't have hunted there without seeing that picture.
Let me preface by saying I have no problem with others using cameras, guides, aerial surveys, etc but I get this feeling deep inside me that says this is not the heart of hunting (as I enjoy it)
This thread is about game cams, so let me say this. If the camera is finding the game, is it the camera doing the hunting or the hunter?
To me, and this is just the way I approach hunting - the chase is what I'm after, not the kill. Determining where the birds/deer are, where are they feeding, where are they bedding/roosting, when time of day do they travel in my stand areas, etc.
I used a guide once in my life, first time I went out west for elk, and I felt like I cheated on myself. The guide found the elk, called the elk, and I just missed the shot. I would have been happy to get the elk, but not proud because I contributed very little to the success. SO if it's the camera calling you saying - HERE THEY ARE! then is it you finding the game or the camera? See what I mean?
So do you think any of this has merit?
I see this as a matter of perception that each hunter has concerning what they want from the hunting experience, not a matter of right or wrong, or better or worse. I couldn't agree more that if xbows and cameras and apps bring more young people into hunting, it's all good!
But in terms of the cams. I've found they they require me to actually be more accurate and effective in identifying (manually) deer travel routes etc. In other words, getting good with a cam (if you are not just sticking it out with 100# of corn on the ground) in some cases feels harder than hunting.
I can scout, set up, and see 360 degrees. I may not shoot a deer - but I can see it for a large area - even in tight cover. With a cam, I have about 30 feet out and 20-30 to the sides where I can get a shot. Set it 5 feet to far, and it wont trigger.
Again, point being - setting a cam actually feels harder than picking a good stand tree - so it does not feel like it takes away from the hunt to me.
As technology advances so do our Hunting implements. I do see your point as a purists.
DRONES!! I never considered that to be a future option for us.
Pretty soon there will be an app from Google Earth Maps showing live feeds of deer movements, and it will be like that stupid POKEMAN game. We'll see hunters walking in the woods with their cellphone glued to their noses telling them where to turn and how far to walk to be able to poke-a-deer (with an arrow)
2014 Tacoma red, double cab - my retirement gift to myself, now I just need to retire. Still have the Flintstone in the backyard though but it needs a new pair of sandals :)
