Cabin Fever

Maybe more of a bullet type issue vs caliber?

My son bought 3 or 4 of the $30 Tasco cams at Walmart last year to use in "riskier" areas. I don't think he's had any issues. Pics certainly aren't as high quality as the more expensive cams, but so what. I'm just going to throw something out there, that I have no explanation for. So I checked my son's Tascos a couple of times. I used the same SD card reader that I always do. It said there were no pics on a couple of the cards! OK, maybe just maybe I forgot to turn the cams on the last time or didn't have the switched completely on.?.? Checked the cams a few days later, but again, NO pics!! I told him the cams were junk and not taking pics. He didn't understand it, as he never had problems with them. He took the cards home and popped them in his SD card reader and PC and whalla!! All the pics showed up!! It was weird that I could see pics from a couple of his Tasco cams with my SD card reader, but others said there were no pics on the cards.? But he could see all of them with his SD card reader and PC.? I know this makes no sense! I guess what I'm wondering is if your friend's cams might have been taking pics, but they might not have been showing up with his SD card reader or PC.? Just something to consider or try...

UGH!! Poor thing. That's gotta hurt!! I hate seeing that...

Yeowsa!!! That's some damage.... and a beautiful buck!!

I'm planning on doing something similar with a cell cam for notification. So, it must be fairly effective? Need to do whatever I can to thin a few out. Don't have much success calling for some reason. Still brushing up on those skills! Would like to learn to trap them next year.

Does anyone hunt coyotes over bait? I'm thinking of trying it this winter. Would be able to see the bait site from my house. (I have trail cam pics of coyotes in my yard pretty frequently.) Planning on starting the site with scraps from my buck and making a baitsicle once temps allow. Just ordered a red headlamp and a red light for a scope mount. Any tips or suggestions?

Sounds like tomorrow is gonna suck weather wise!

I have lots of reds and greys in the same area.

Congrats! Great looking buck! Rewarded for a tough season!

Saw a doe and fawn ~250 yards away in a cornfield. Later, saw another deer go through the same spot, but was looking through tree tops across to the field and couldn’t determine if it was a buck or a doe. Wind is constantly shifting! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s a bit windy now, but 36 degrees. Was expecting a crunchy walk in, but it wasn’t at all. Looks like what little snow we have will be gone today. Plan to hunt a couple hours, then cut up my buck the rest of the day. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Having some coffee before venturing out. Had a video of big doe limping past one of my stands yesterday. Hoping to see her...

Congrats Fletch! She'll be a nice addition to the freezer, right next to that buck of yours!

Wow! Seems like this happens to someone every year during gun season.

Good for him! I got one of those myself. There's other rifles I'd like to carry, but I'll always carry my Dad's...

Thanks Belo! It was close to my worst season ever, but the stars must have aligned just right yesterday or the deer hunting Gods must have decided to throw me a bone or something! LOL Regardless, I'll take it!!

Wow TF! Great looking buck! That's some motivation and it looks like he was moving during shooting hours too. Any idea what time it was? Morning or evening? I hope you cross paths!

Waiting for you? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m not very good in math. Considering freezer space, do 2 dinks = 1 freezer queen? I don’t know if there’s an algebraic or trig formula needed to figure that out? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice for dragging too! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s amazing how much better visibility there is in the woods with just 1” of snow! I would be perfectly fine with it if this was our snowfall for the entire winter! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wow! That didn’t take long to get him on a buck! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

TF, I'm going to muster up any good mojo I have and send it your way! You need some meat in the freezer!! If I thought there was any chance you could score at my place, I would invite you over! But, we both know how my season went.... it sucked!! Are you seeing many tracks? By the looks of my cams for the past 3 weeks, 99% of the deer activity around here is at night. I can probably count the daytime pics on one hand!

I only own 4, but have sole permission to hunt the 60 acres that borders mine on one side.

Well, I got a video from this morning of a doe limping across the property. I would like to get a look at her and see if it's from a gun shot or maybe from being hit by a car and try to determine if she should be shot or if she will heal. I contacted the neighbor and he said he saw her the other night when she was crossing the road going into a field.