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Looks like the same buck to me too. The left antler is almost an exact match and that's all I need to see. Not just looking at the tines here but also the shape of the space between them on both sides. The dark spot on his left ear seems to jive in both shots as well.

View from my stand.

That sounded like a wet one,lol

Nothing wrong with those shots! She probably sounds like a hunter walking through the woods with all that crap hanging off of her! Cool pics!

My Spypoint Force 10 says right in the manual that rechargeables are NOT recommended and the use of them could cause "operational issues" Being a guy..., I skipped reading the manual before the initial set-up and plugged in a batch of 6 Energizer 2300mah rechargeables like I always do with any cam. Long story short, the cam would enter rapid fire mode as soon as I closed the door and it armed itself. I thought I had screwed up the settings and left it in time lapse mode the first time I checked it because I was getting 8,000+ pics in a 24 hour period. After a few nights of THAT I thought the cam was probably defective. I figured I'd put a fresh set of rechargebles in it and give it one more shot before contacting the manufacturer. I never got around to check on it for 3 days and when I did, I discovered I had 22,000+ (that's not a typo, 22 THOUSAND!) pics and a full card. Before I called, I finally got around to reading the directions just to make sure I wasn't missing something and didn't make an azz out of myself with the complaints department! I've since filled it up with standard alkaline and the hyper fire feature has been resolved! That was a close call for me winning Spypoints dumb azz of the year award,lol

I'll bet you could go out and rattle up that buck tomorrow. Very cool shot! That gives me an idea!

Lol- just got lucky they were feeling pushy. In the top corners of the pics you can see a tree that is bent overhead like a rainbow. The scrape is right under one of the twiggy licking branches dead center. I've had some good action here for the last 3 days but no whoppers yet.

Even they can't wait to get things started! Thought this was a cool set from the first scrape I found this season.

You guys are making this more complicated than it needs to be. It doesn't matter if I'm hunting with a gun or bow...., I ALWAYS shoot at the BIGGER deer! Gives you a better chance of hitting the vitals.

Sweet shots Eddie! Let us know when you put the guns up for sale to buy more camera gear!

I hope none of you clowns are those clowns,lol I'm just clowning around with ya's,lol

Now that's one cool buck! Wonder how he'll get the velvet off that criss cross brow.

I have no clue about any conclusive studies, but I do have a few of my own personal observations that may be even more valuable than science! No matter what type of "flash" camera you use, you need to look at your day time images to see if the deer are noticing your cam when it's NOT flashing first of all. If they know it's there during the day, they also know it's there at night. Your IR filter should only flip one time when it transitions from light to dark, and one time from dark to light. Check those first pics at those times to let you know if they are hearing the filter flap. Camera location (height and/or concealment), scent left on the camera or in the area while setting up, and straight lines from straps and camera edges are all dead giveaways that aid deer in picking out cams. Break up those solid lines with brush, sticks, and leaves if you believe that could be an issue. Positioning your cam so deer aren't gazing directly into any flash when it goes off will also help conceal your cams location remain undetected. Don't set them facing straight up a trail where a deer will walk into it, instead hang them off the trails edge angling them in the expected approach direction.

Here's a few that never found their way into a hunters freezer Growie. Too small.... MAN only shoot BIG BUCKS for good herd management,lol

Nothing wrong with killing fawns and yearlings IMO. It's probably more beneficial to the rest of the herd to take out the weakest link that is most vulnerable to disease, predation, and starvation. A good number of those fawns and yearlings may not make it to see their second birthday anyhow, while the next older class bucks have already proven they know how to make it through a season or two. Not really beneficial to take out a proven survivor, only to let the weaklings that will be the first to drop dead over browse a property before they die anyhow. That just takes away from the rest of the remaining healthy herd and makes it harder on them as they head into the most stressing winter months. So even though I personally prefer to kill a nice buck of at least 2 1/2 year old or better at this point of my hunting, there was a time when I would kill the first deer I saw no matter how small it was. They don't make for the most jaw dropping field photos, but I've got an album full of them anyhow and have no issue with guys killing fawns and yearlings. It does more for the overall health of thedeer herd opposed to the guy who eats his tags year after year waiting on a mega-buck.

To let us know who had bacon for breakfast before hanging their cams. I think their just drawn to the scent of our greasy paws.

I can pick 10yds with very little error so that's where I start. That makes it easy for me to double it from that point to get my 20yds. I don't worry much about dissecting it into smaller increments within that range and I haven't shot at a deer beyond that in some time.

Racial inequality my azz! That dudes probably had more white G/F's than everyone in this thread combined,lol

This spot here is almost the opposite of yours then. Years with boomer apple drops at the right time in this orchard usually means deer will be bedding on the property and moving in and out of the orchard at all hours of the day from the creek bottom. They are very predictable in their movements up to the point the apples are gone. This early drop will put a damper on the action come October and it can be devastating if we get hit with another brutal winter. Right now the action is extremely hot as you would expect, but that will change real soon. They really are the biggest draw this piece of land has to offer to hold deer. Shed season on this property could very well be a bust already from this alone.

This comment brought one of my old Stealth Cams back to life today JUST as I was ready to toss it in the trash. No joke... It's been in the non-functioning clunker bin for 2 years now and no matter what I tried I couldn't get it to take more than one pic. For some reason it locks up with PNY cards, but when I popped a new San Disk in it today I got a pulse again and she's strapped to a tree as I speak! Those PNY's have always worked in all my other cams and even my current handheld cameras. Makes me wonder how many cams I may have junked over the years that may have been fixed by this simple solution.

Apples are RAINING down around here already. They'll have them cleaned up before the opener at this rate! Also found two fresh scrapes and got a pic of a little spiker hard horned yesterday evening!

I wouldn't worry about the scent too much. There's a better than average chance that if you're dragging him out, he'll never cross that path again anyhow. If he does, you probably got bigger problems,lol

Pretty good deal here if you're manly enough to carry pink! You can always do a custom camo job with some dollar store spray paint. Comes with 3 mats and one butane cartridge! https://www.thermacell.com/products/mosquito-repellents/specials/realtree-ap-pink-repeller

I use my treestand harness to drag. When I get tired of that, I'll just tug away on the horns for a little while until my back needs a break, then switch back to the harness. I don't get excited or in a rush about LONG drags, but dragging is the exclamation mark on the end of the hunt for me! That's when my own sense of accomplishment, and my respect for the animal really sets in. After all the time, energy, preparation, and effort that leads up to killing a deer, it just seems appropriate to me that getting him out of the woods shouldn't be the easiest part. I'll take plenty of breaks along the way to snap a few pics and just to look back and admire my trophy in his natural environment one last time. In some strange way, dragging is like a primitive ritual to me that I really do enjoy! Sometimes I'll even take the scenic route home!

Huge fan of the standing goldenrod here! Even when I don't see deer in it, I know they're in there! Later in the season when the leaves come down and all the corn gets chopped I know where they'll be able to hide until the snow knocks it down. One of my favorite early season ag fields to hunt butts up to this 22 acre goldenrod field. The deer just pour out of there like cockroaches as the sun starts to go down from September right on into the late winter.