Trail Cams 2020
Contributors to this thread:New York
From: 8point
02-Jul-20
Put my 7 cameras out last week and won't check them until the end of July. Saw a buck hit along the road, he looked like a yearling with 8 or 9 inches of antler. Anyone seeing anything yet?
From: GAFFER1
05-Jul-20
best buck so far, could fill out well
From: 8point
01-Aug-20
Pulled my cards yesterday, and have a few bucks, but hard to tell their potential yet. I did get a pic that shows we lost one of the fawns though. Gotta get more aggressive with yote control.
From: Shawlerbrook
02-Aug-20
I usually put mine out around Labor Day.
From: Hammer
02-Aug-20
We’ve got some nice Bucks on camera the last few weeks . Unit 1C
From: Hammer
02-Aug-20
Another good Buck
From: 8point
03-Aug-20
Holy Mackerel Hammer, here in 8S, I'm seeing what Gaffer has, just starting to branch out. On a side note, when I was checking the cameras, I noticed Gypsy moths laying eggs on some trees. I killed 5 moths in a small area, and though they say it doesn't stop the hatch, I destroyed the egg masses. I've read that they can raise hell with trees, so google them and be on the look out when you're in the woods. Also be sure to clear grass etc from around your camera. I put my cameras out and didn't clear vegetation away for several days. One card had over 15,000 pic, all but 75 were grass waving in the wind.
From: GAFFER1
03-Aug-20
best buck so far
best buck so far
last week in 4H
From: GAFFER1
03-Aug-20
lots of coyote pups
From: 8point
28-Aug-20
Checked my cameras on the 26th, and had only a couple of pics that looked interesting. One was a yearling that had broken his right antler, should look interesting hard horned. The other is what might be my #1 from last year, but hard to tell. Other than that, all rag horned yearlings. I hope the rut brings some good strangers onto the property.
From: Hammer
31-Aug-20
Getting some nice Bucks on camera. Hopefully they stick around
From: Hammer
31-Aug-20
From: GAFFER1
02-Sep-20
Nice bucks Hammer
From: deerslayer37
22-Sep-20
Western New York
From: deerslayer37
22-Sep-20
Western New York
From: deerslayer37
22-Sep-20
Western New York
From: deerslayer37
22-Sep-20
Western New York
From: deerslayer37
22-Sep-20
Western New York
From: deerslayer37
22-Sep-20
Any guess what the Tall Tines August 9 buck would score? I included the front, side and back view pictures.
From: petcontain
22-Sep-20
He should explode in another year or two. Nice buck.
From: Hammer
23-Sep-20
Unit 1C
Unit 1C
Still some good deer still sticking around .
From: Hammer
23-Sep-20
Unit 1C
Unit 1C
Still some good deer still sticking around .
From: Hammer
23-Sep-20
Unit 1C
Unit 1C
Still some good deer still sticking around .
From: GAFFER1
27-Sep-20
First time this guy showed up. I hope to see him during the season
From: deerslayer37
28-Sep-20
Nice buck, did you have any other pics to judge the size? What part of NY?
From: GAFFER1
29-Sep-20
This is in 4H, no other good pictures for comparison, mostly night pics. My experience would put him at 180 - 200 lbs easy.
From: 8point
07-Oct-20
Wow what a let down. The 4X4, and 5X3 are the two best bucks on the property. A far cry from the 10 with split brows and super 8 from last year. There are 6 rag horns the eldest might be 2 1/2, the rest are yearlings. My only hope is that the rut brings in some strangers to visit the 7 or 8 mature does that fill my cameras with thousands of pic's.
From: Hammer
07-Oct-20
Still hanging around .. Unit 1C
Still hanging around .. Unit 1C
From: 8point
07-Oct-20
Hammer, Good Luck
From: 8point
15-Nov-20
After seeing only yearlings on camera all summer and fall, I was hoping more mature bucks would show up during the rut. Friday afternoon I caught a glimpse of a better buck 200 yards across the field. I check the camera he walked past to get a better look. Well, it turns out he's quite a ham. I have 16 pic's of him in one bunch. Not the age class I'm looking for but he has potential.
From: Hammer
15-Nov-20
Great pics 8point ! Love the closeup !! Mike
From: deerslayer37
17-Nov-20
Nice pics , good luck
From: spike78
08-Dec-20
8point in regards to Gypsy moths put it this way here in MA we had them bad around 4-5 years ago and I have spots with dead oak trees and zero acorns since. Bad is an understatement it’s unreal what they did. We had so many caterpillars you could actually hear them eating and pooping off the trees it sounded like rain.
From: SJJ
09-Dec-20
From: deerslayer37
10-Dec-20
Nice pic SJJ , what part of NY?
From: 8point
12-Dec-20
Pulled some cards yesterday, and saw this guy. I think I have pics from the velvet stage and has he changed. It looks like he could be a physical fitness instructor He's nothing but front end to the point that his head looks small. Man has he been working out.
From: SJJ
14-Dec-20
Madison Co. Bobcat tracks are routine now. Turkey pop low
From: 8point
31-Dec-20
Found this on cam the other day, think Alfred Hitchcock
From: 8point
10-Jan-21
Like thieves in the night
From: SaddleReaper
11-Jan-21
From: sjj
19-Jan-21
This cat killed and buried this young deer
From: sjj
19-Jan-21
...and if you don't believe they kill deer. I was first shocked to get this trail pic but also to see the cat stalking a full sized big doe. too bad it wasn't on video mode
From: Pat Lefemine
21-Jan-21
That pic is insane! Wow!!
From: sjj
21-Jan-21
a shocking surprise to me....only about 45 min south of your NY property Pat
From: Squash
21-Jan-21
No surprise to me. In the 1960’s NY had a bounty on bobcats. The cats slaughtered the deer on Tug Hill while in their wintering yards. The deep snow made easy picking for the cats. My uncles and some other houndsman extirpated the cats on Tug Hill. The author Robert Elinkas book, “The Old Days in the Adirondacks and on Tug Hill,” there’s a chapter dedicated to my uncles and there cat hunting partners. They killed 20 - 30 cats each winter for many years until there were few if any cats left. The cats are back on Tug Hill, but in low numbers. Coyotes have taken their place in killing all age classes of deer.
From: sjj
22-Jan-21
Good stuff Wayne...I grew up just East of Tug....know what you mean. I have Roberts books and even got a short bow kill story printed in one...
The cats are solidly present in Madison Co.
