Trail Cam Pics (2)
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From: sitO
25-Aug-20
I don't have any new pics to share, but looking back through some from this year I thought it was cool to see how much this guy changed. He's no "giant" but look at those bases!
First pic May 16th - second pic July 11th
From: Habitat for Wildlife
25-Aug-20
That is cool! Deer are amazing animals.
From: cherney12
25-Aug-20
Cool that he's doing the same thing in both pics in the same spot 2 months apart
From: cherney12
25-Aug-20
This buck got a pass last year. Might pass on him again but it's cool to see how much difference a year can make.
From: cherney12
25-Aug-20
From: cherney12
25-Aug-20
From: Slate
25-Aug-20
Nice one sito.
From: Slate
25-Aug-20
Nice Patrick. Love having history with a deer.
From: keepemsharp
25-Aug-20
I think sito has "bait" on the camera?
From: sitO
25-Aug-20
You got me Dave, I rubbed it with "Jack"
From: keepemsharp
25-Aug-20
Deer cannot resist hoary nights on the Yukon.
From: The Kid
25-Aug-20
Tweedle dee & tweedle dumb
Tweedle dee & tweedle dumb
Not a trail cam picture, but snuck up on these little guys on the Fort while scouting.
From: The Kid
25-Aug-20
From: sitO
25-Aug-20
CM yer a natural born predator!
From: The Kid
25-Aug-20
HA I'm more on the tweedle dumb side.... The image wont rotate with the edit function...
From: sitO
25-Aug-20
I can't rotate from phone, have to use laptop...not sure if that's your issue?
From: keepemsharp
25-Aug-20
I'm Too stupid to call it up.
From: The Kid
25-Aug-20
That would be why! “Smart” phone Ha
From: The Kid
25-Aug-20
That would be why! “Smart” phone Ha
From: be still
25-Aug-20
Yeah those bases are thick...especially that left one.
From: Catscratch
25-Aug-20
From: Catscratch
25-Aug-20
The bases in that one are outstanding, and cherney12's buck looks great this yr in velvet!
From: Shawn
25-Aug-20
I have a decent NY one, he is at least 5.5. Where I hunt he is a giant as some idiot usually shoots them from the road before season opens. Shawn
From: Bodyman
25-Aug-20
What makes you think that’s the same deer
From: be still
25-Aug-20
Patrick your buck looks heavy horned.
Jason you got a couple good looking ones too.
Shawn I haven’t seen too many deer from New York but even those horns look nice that body looks huge...tank of a deer.
From: be still
25-Aug-20
A couple of up and comers.
From: Shawn
25-Aug-20
If you look close on his left hind leg just below the ham, there is a scare. He was hit by another hunter last year with an expandable. There was snow on the ground and the blood was spraying everywhere. He went into a wildlife sanctuary and they would not let the guy pursue him. Thought he was dead for sure, but two weeks after season closed he was back on trail cam. If I kill him he would be close to my best NY buck. Shawn
From: Kansan
25-Aug-20
He’s a dandy anywhere. I’m a sucker for wide framed bucks.
From: sitO
25-Aug-20
Good luck on that guy Shawn!
Frank, which buck are you talking about?
From: TwoDogs@work
26-Aug-20
Good buck guys.
From: cherney12
26-Aug-20
Bodyman been too busy with wheel of fortune and the RNC to respond this week
From: Slate
27-Aug-20
Yeah where is Frank ?
From: sitO
27-Aug-20
I found him...he's been tryin to "brain'm with a pick axe"...get ahold of yourself Frank!
From: t-roy
27-Aug-20
That was one impressive hasp on that door! Wonder if I could retrofit one of those to somehow to protect my trail cams??!
From: Slate
27-Aug-20
Lol ok Kyle that was funny
From: Bodyman
28-Aug-20
Patrick nailed It I watch Vanna every night. But now I gotta find that movie that was the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time
From: Buckscout
29-Aug-20
This guy showed back up. Was a giant last year, glad he made it through, but sad to see em lose 20 or so inches
From: Buckscout
29-Aug-20
This guy showed back up. Was a giant last year, glad he made it through, but sad to see em lose 20 or so inches
From: Slate
29-Aug-20
Nice Matt do you have a picture from last year?
From: sitO
29-Aug-20
What do you think's going on here?
From: writer
29-Aug-20
yuk, can’t have lived much longer
From: writer
29-Aug-20
yuk, can’t have lived much longer
From: Slate
29-Aug-20
Wow that is crazy. Sad site to see.
From: Catscratch
29-Aug-20
Man, don't look good. Of course EHD, CWD, Brain Abscess, and a host of other scary things come to mind quickly... but it could be as simple as she is old and dying. I would venture to say facts can't come from a single pic other than its a skinny ass deer!
From: Matte
29-Aug-20
Please, please, please get ahold of the biologist for that area and have her 0ut down and tested looks like CWD but will never know. If she dies and is Cwd positive and coyotes get to her all their scat may spread the prions
From: Bodyman
29-Aug-20
That is a cool pic buckscout
From: Endless
30-Aug-20
From: Slate
30-Aug-20
That’s a good one Mike
From: be still
30-Aug-20
Wow I like that one Mike....and what kind of scent is on the end of that little branch that works this time of the year.
From: Endless
30-Aug-20
No scent sir, Just a soft wood, with a mock scrape below. They’ve been hitting it for almost 8 weeks now. So the only scent is their own.
From: t-roy
30-Aug-20
Are you using grape vines, Endless? Also, how are you fastening it to the trees? I was zip tying the vines to branches, but this year, I started using parachord type rope that lets it swing more freely. Not sure if one way is better than the other.
From: be still
30-Aug-20
Interesting....I’m always learning. It’s getting pretty close now.....I’m ready to get out there.
From: writer
03-Sep-20
Not exactly a trail cam, but nice pic of a mule deer buck I took out west, doing an article on the deer research program.
From: cherney12
03-Sep-20
Numbers still dropping?
From: Kansan
03-Sep-20
I love seeing the muleys out there on my upland excursions.
From: sitO
03-Sep-20
Kyler loves asses...that's what I got out of that
I kid
From: writer
03-Sep-20
Don't you have antelope to hunt, Sito?
You know they're inedible, don't you?n :-)
From: Slate
04-Sep-20
Yeah Kyle you hunting speed goats this year?
From: sitO
04-Sep-20
That's a silly question Todd ;?)
Here's a Typical bean eater I picked up recently...
You think the camera spooked him lol?
From: writer
04-Sep-20
The year Kyle’s not out crawling on to the prairie in September is when they’ve just buried him under the prairie.
From: Thornton
04-Sep-20
I just couldn't get motivated this year for cameras. Every year I see big ones in summer, I put out cameras, and very rarely see the deer come season. I've found late season bucks on feed seem to be more predictable. Here in the next week, I hope to get some wheat, oats, and turnips planted around my stands.
From: Slate
04-Sep-20
Nice Kyle. Yeah I wasn’t sure when you start hunting the goats.
From: Habitat for Wildlife
08-Sep-20
Typical bean eaters at our place;-)
On 120 acres I believe we have 3 different does with twins and one with a single.
From: Shawn
09-Sep-20
Not Kansas but a spot I will be hunting this year! Shawn
From: sitO
09-Sep-20
Always good to see the youngn's Frank, and good luck on that guy Shawn!
From: Shawn
10-Sep-20
Thanks Kyle, guys say 190"s I say maybe 170", really who cares he is a big mature deer at least 5.5 yrs old. Shawn
From: be still
10-Sep-20
Man that’s a really good one Shawn....hope you get him.
From: Wapitidung
12-Sep-20
Nice to see the Bean eaters.
From: writer
13-Sep-20
From: writer
13-Sep-20
From: crestedbutte
14-Sep-20
Mike... that was a stud buck pic you had posted. Why pic removed?
From: writer
15-Sep-20
Couldn’t get it to rotate. He is something. Saw his running mate last night. This one. I’m sitting with the ranch owner, a longtime friend and he’s hunting with BP, and getting up there in years. Ive never asked to hunt a buck on his ranch, personally, but he’s never turned me down as per PTSD vets, kids or disabled hunters.
Buck was too far. Also had a dandy 10 pointer come in behind us. Probably 125 yards but even in an elevated blind couldn’t get my friend turned for a shot. Very challenging for a lot of reasons.
Great experience just seeing those bucks and being on the ranch.
Time is limited, so I hope I can take him several more times this season, including with his crossbow. No clue how much this guy has spent on wildlife and good causes.
When a buddy died, this friend way overpaid for some guns to help my late-friend’s daughters get through college.
From: Bentstick54
25-Sep-20
5 young ones at play.
5 young ones at play.
From: Bentstick54
25-Sep-20
Nicest one on camera
Nicest one on camera
From: Catscratch
27-Sep-20
The youngins are starting to act like teenagers.
From: Catscratch
27-Sep-20
From: Thornton
27-Sep-20
I watched a young buck chase does on my place a few years ago in September and I have seen bucks spar on opening day back when season started Oct. 1st.
From: sitO
27-Sep-20
Cool pics JB
From: writer
27-Sep-20
We had a pretty decent fight on Sept. 16. The bucks came to the clover together, fed and started with some normal sparring that “escalated quickly.”
It wasn’t like I photographed a quarter-mile away during 2017 gun season but it had some serious pushing and digging in and made enough noise the landowner could hear it and he’s almost legally deaf.
Mature buck in the field eventually trotted over, pawed around a bit but the fight continued. Both bucks came to the clover the next afternoon, separately but the smaller of the two kept his distance.
From: writer
27-Sep-20
We had a pretty decent fight on Sept. 16. The bucks came to the clover together, fed and started with some normal sparring that “escalated quickly.”
It wasn’t like I photographed a quarter-mile away during 2017 gun season but it had some serious pushing and digging in and made enough noise the landowner could hear it and he’s almost legally deaf.
Mature buck in the field eventually trotted over, pawed around a bit but the fight continued. Both bucks came to the clover the next afternoon, separately but the smaller of the two kept his distance.
From: writer
27-Sep-20
We had a pretty decent fight on Sept. 16. The bucks came to the clover together, fed and started with some normal sparring that “escalated quickly.”
It wasn’t like I photographed a quarter-mile away during 2017 gun season but it had some serious pushing and digging in and made enough noise the landowner could hear it and he’s almost legally deaf.
Mature buck in the field eventually trotted over, pawed around a bit but the fight continued. Both bucks came to the clover the next afternoon, separately but the smaller of the two kept his distance.
From: Catscratch
27-Sep-20
All part of establishing social class. I watch them "clink" antlers some in mid summer while still in velvet. Would have thought they would avoid hitting anything while in velvet but they don't seem to mind much. Velvet must be tougher than I give it credit for.
From: Bentstick54
27-Sep-20
Was this G2 a gene passed down, or caused by an injury very early on in antler development? What do you think it would do next year ?
From: Bentstick54
27-Sep-20
Time and date are not correct on above photo.
From: Thornton
27-Sep-20
Who knows. Looks like a broken tine on a 2 year old buck to me.
From: Catscratch
27-Sep-20
Same question! I suspected injury though...
From: be still
30-Sep-20
I’ve never seen one like this before....it’s in Texas but I think it’s pretty cool.
From: Kansan
01-Oct-20
That is neat.
From: t-roy
01-Oct-20
I think that’s the Grinch’s dog with his reindeer antlers strapped on, be still!
From: Catscratch
01-Oct-20
I'd shoot that thing in a heartbeat!
From: be still
02-Oct-20
Yeah my youngest boy thinks he is finally ready to shoot a deer so he thinks that one would be just the one for his first.
From: Habitat
02-Oct-20
Those ones on the G2 are just tine damage and they will probably fall off and you won't see any difference next year
From: Thornton
02-Oct-20
This one is currently roaming somewhere in Butler County
#notmypic,notmycorn,notOle'CoonfromSito'sthread
From: Kansan
02-Oct-20
Dandy! I’ll be driving through that country tomorrow, I’ll keep my eyes out for him ;)
From: t-roy
02-Oct-20
Finally got another pic of “P Trap” He’s gotten a little bigger since June.
From: Habitat for Wildlife
05-Oct-20
Understand these are not the kind of pictures folks come to look at but I thought it was cool that the camera captured this predator working mice in the clover and their resting point was the pole the camera is on.
Well, the third picture was the tail feathers as the hawk landed on the camera, but when I added it, it just disappeared. I had saved it to my desktop and then deleted it from the card, so I don't know what happened. Sorry, I thought it was pretty cool.
Edit, I found it, thanks.
From: Bentstick54
05-Oct-20
Love seeing them all Frank.
From: sitO
05-Oct-20
Pretty cool Frank! Troy I think the crazy/lazy eye offsets the P-trap...just a theory
From: t-roy
06-Oct-20
Might be from sniffing too much Draino!
Actually, the pic is a snapshot from a trailcam video. Not sure if I got his good side....or if he has one ;-)
From: crestedbutte
16-Nov-20
On Friday morning, I had this 14ptr at 9yds but just couldn’t get a clean shot as he chased a doe around my ladder stand. He is a regular to the area and hope to see him again.
On Friday morning, I had this 14ptr at 9yds but just couldn’t get a clean shot as he chased a doe around my ladder stand. He is a regular to the area and hope to see him again.
Another angle
Another angle
Another angle
Another angle
Rear view
Rear view
Had my first sit this past weekend Fri-Sun AM and pulled cards from cameras that I set-up in early Oct. These prospects had shown up many times as late as early last week before my weekend hunt.
From: crestedbutte
16-Nov-20
Another prospect with horn growing out of his skull and brows that grow backward almost flush to his ears.
From: crestedbutte
16-Nov-20
#1 target buck. 17ptr at a minimum. Cool flyer coming off the right G2 and has the start of a flyer coming off the left G2 as well as some misc. kickers and split brows.
The only one of the 3 bucks that I do not have daytime pics/video of.
From: Habitat for Wildlife
19-Nov-20
From: Endless
19-Nov-20
Hopefully my father or I can get this one down in the coming days
From: Kansan
19-Nov-20
Looks like he was in quite the tussle!
From: sitO
19-Nov-20
That's a pretty cool picture Frank, great buck...and yea that heavy beamed buck just hurt somebody
From: Bodyman
19-Nov-20
That is a good pic he’s had a rough couple weeks They are one heck of a animal what they go through
From: crestedbutte
28-Dec-20
Little bitty lonely fawn from late-Nov. that still had well defined spots (not faded spots). Momma possibly bred in late Feb. or even March? What say you?
From: Thornton
28-Dec-20
Probably so. I've seen rut activity every day I've been out this month including yesterday.
From: keepemsharp
28-Dec-20
That kinda blows up the folks that want to keep referring to the one half years?
From: crestedbutte
28-Dec-20
No doubt rutting is still goin on. Yesterday at first light, I rattled in 2 shooter bucks (150's-160's) that had been fighting in river bottom some distance behind/below me but as they came up/in they skirted me out of range on my right side. They were upwind of me and I believe they skirted me in order to try to get a visual on the deer that were supposedly fighting in the prairie pasture. Their best view to sneak a peek into the prairie was the right corner of the pasture (on my right side). They never committed to coming into range for a shot.
l also had another shooter buck (different from the 2 that I rattled) chasing different members of a doe group (5 total) yesterday from 9am-Noon. They all bedded down together 2 different times. The closest he ever got to me was 40 yds. The problem was he stayed on neighbors side of the fence the whole time. I threw everything at him during that 3 hr. stretch (except a decoy-didn't have one with me).
From: TwoDogs@work
29-Dec-20
I have seen rutting as late as February on more than one occasion.
From: FFZYarcher
29-Dec-20
From: Sand man
29-Dec-20
Bumped this one out checking cameras in late October. If he shows up in late August I’ll be checking that camera on the first cold/cool front after Sept. 15th. Right before climbing in the stand.. Should be a good one if he makes until then. He’s definitely one that has low tolerance for visual human pressure!
From: Sand man
29-Dec-20
Just looking through my recent photos, anyone think this could be the deer from above? Sito, yo seem to be pretty good at comparing pics. Any thoughts?
From: crestedbutte
29-Dec-20
Sandman....I'd say it's likely the same buck. The split G2 on left side looks to be the same. The G4 on left side looks to have grown out a little longer since that August velvet photo. When was the hard horned trail cam pic. taken....before rifle season or after?
From: Sand man
29-Dec-20
22nd of December. The cameras are 1.25 mile to 1.5 mile apart depending on the travel routes used. I had a number of great bucks show up on both cameras throughout the season. I’ve finally managed to keep the majority of daylight pre rut, rut, and post rut activity confined to the ground I hunt. 2 parcels catty-corner to the other. They travel trough the 3rd section (NE) where fortunately it is one land owner who neither hunts nor allows hunting. The 4th section (SE) is a 200+ acre cedar thicket that gets hunted (very poorly by observation).
From: Sand man
29-Dec-20
Same 2 areas / 1.25mile to 1.5mile apart..
From: sitO
29-Dec-20
Pretty cool picking them up at distances like that, hard saying how far they'll travel. I think it's the same buck too Kyle, but I'd sure like to see that brow-tine to seal the deal.
Here's a question on trail cams...I pulled a card on the way out last night and all of my camo shows as a solid color(Sitka Forest) but my right hand glove(Kuiu Verde) is still showing as camo...explain that?
From: Trebarker
29-Dec-20
UV glows on sitka, not so much on glove
From: Sand man
29-Dec-20
That is odd. I’m learning that trail cameras, as great as a tool as they are, can distort and provide a good number of questions rather than answers. They are fun to run. Now if I can keep my cards straight when I go to change multiples on a single walk-in. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve ended up pulling a card from one camera to only put it in another and delete the photos without ever seeing them by reformatting the cards. I’ll get a system in place for that before next season..
From: Chubbs34
29-Dec-20
Sand man, I have a SD card case I carry. When I pull the cards, I put them in upside down to know which ones I've pulled. Just something that works for me.
From: ksq232
29-Dec-20
From: Bentstick54
30-Dec-20
If that solid color is due to UV, and I believe it does, then if it looks solid to a deer also, then might as well be hunter orange? Opinions?
From: Trebarker
30-Dec-20
Walking in during daylight, coat is darker than pants
Walking in during daylight, coat is darker than pants
Walking out after dark, coat is glowing bright in UV camera light
Walking out after dark, coat is glowing bright in UV camera light
Sandman, get yourself one of these, has room for 8 cards inside
Sandman, get yourself one of these, has room for 8 cards inside
New fresh empty cards on the left. As I take the card out of the camera, I put them on the right side, pull a new one out of the left side for my 4 cameras out. Chubbs idea is great for more than 4
New fresh empty cards on the left. As I take the card out of the camera, I put them on the right side, pull a new one out of the left side for my 4 cameras out. Chubbs idea is great for more than 4
The purpose of camo is to break up your outline, your shape, which is what the deer see. I believe our upper torso, chest/shoulders/arms/head are the key features that they watch for. I say this from experience, having been spotted countless times when hunting from the ground, motionless, when only my head and shoulders were exposed, my lower torso well below grade where they could not see it. They do not see the color of the fabric, that is a fact, what they DO see is UV light reflecting off the fabric no matter the camo pattern or color. The UV glow catches us as much or more than our scent does IMO, no matter the color. I have had deer spot me from long distances when there was zero chance that they could have smelled me or seen me walking in to my stand. When you see them look right at you from 100yds or more away, stop and immediately stomp, flag, and blow a warning before turning and running the other direction, one should recognize right off that they are glowing like a fog light. I get spotted far more often when the sun is shining bright than I do when it is cloudy. I'm going to try to find some other clothing options before next season to test my theory. Trail cameras show how bad your clothing UV shine is, test yours at night sometime when you get the chance.
From: Bentstick54
30-Dec-20
That’s always been my belief. I tried different scent control products, clothes, etc. Didn’t have any better success , than I had without them. I think Camo patterns can help break up your outline when your in the shadows, but not much good in the sun. I play the wind as best I can, and use as much natural cover to break up my outline. Never seemed to matter much if I was in blaze orange or full Camo. Broken up outline, and lack of movement is where it’s at. I’ve never tested it but I do use a laundry soap that supposedly has UV inhibitors in it, but again that could just be marketing. To me it’s mostly about the solid “blob” shape and movement they see.
From: Catscratch
30-Dec-20
Infrared is different than UV. What you cam sees in IR doesn't necessarily correlate to what a deer sees in UV.
I've hunted many times in blaze orange coveralls and seemed invisible to close deer. Also hunted from the giant blob of a Heater Body Suit with good success. I suppose deer view them much like the tents some people hunt from?
From: Trebarker
31-Dec-20
Trebarker's Link
UV light is at the lower end of the radiation scale, IR light is higher. UV light radiates blue off of clothing. Humans cannot see the UV radiation but they say the deer do. Would be interesting to see my apparel shown in the TC photographs above using an UV light as is described in this link.
