Deer patterning via camera

[Doc]

How many of you have successfully scouted out an individual deer by using a game camera and then successfully taken that individual deer because of the pictures you have taken?

[fasteddie]

I have never scouted out any individual deer . I just like to know what is in the general area . 

[Doc]

I have to admit that I have never patterned an individual deer and then harvested him....With camera or with any method. 

I was just curious about the comments of trail cams being an unfair advantage. I have heard that BS a few times, so I just thought I would check here to see just how many times cameras have actually become an aid in hunting. About the only claim I can make in that regard is that sometimes I get a mental boost that keeps me on stand a little longer when I know there is a nice buck somewhere in the area. But what I have found through trail-cams is that a lot of the nicer bucks travel at night and seldom repeat any movements. They seem to travel great distances and have very little repetitiveness that can be of any use in hunting. And when rut rolls around, all bets are off and it really depends on what doe they happen to be keyed in on at any particular day and in any particular area of their range (and even outside their range).

But the question remains. How many of you have successfully used a trail cam to harvest your buck?

[First-light]

I use them to see whats around thats it. 

[ANTLERS]

Got this guy on cam then arrowed him during bow season not because I was targeting him, he just responded to a random grunt call in the same spot as the camera. Another benefit from the camera is finding out I have trespassers on my property, some guy walking his dog. I’m a mile off a paved road and have to 4x4 a logging road to access it and surrounded by 1 and 2 hundred acre private lots. Not sure we’re this guy came from.