After season trail camera pictures

[Buck_shooter]

This year I'm going to try to put some trail cameras out after season to see what bucks made it through. I've never had great luck getting pictures of bucks in the winter and was wondering what advice anyone may be able to offer. Most of my areas don't have a defined bedding area or feeding area. The spots are thick with tree tops and brush piles and loaded with mast trees that produced unbelievable amounts of nuts this year. Food and cover are everywhere so it's almost impossible to pinpoint where they're going to be at any time. Is there any way to legally attract them to a camera location? I get huge bucks on camera in the fall on scrapes so I know they're around but outside of breeding season they become ghosts. 

[Jeremy K]

Use a snowmobile to pack down the snow ,they always use a pack down snowmobile path.

[turkeyfeathers]

11 minutes ago, Jeremy K said:

Use a snowmobile to pack down the snow ,they always use a pack down snowmobile path.

I walked perimeter of 70 acres in 18" of snow other day. Next day all my tracks were covered in deer tracks. i mean all of my tracks 

[Gencountyzeek]

I've taken my quad thru my woods twice so far to pack trails for them. I'll keep doin it till I get stuck.

[phade]

Trails to and from bed and food. I like keeping cams out for a month after season to pick up survivors but then I reel them in til turkey season.


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[Zag]

If your area is fields and blocks of woods find trails from bedding to feed. If your hunting big woods is much different. Our big woods property has mature oak trees over most of it so they can feed almost anywhere making it tough to hunt and setup cams. Bedding you still can narrow down but if you don't have much bedding they probably herd up elsewhere making it tough to inventory bucks. Looks for blocks of pines and low cover areas that they can browse on during deeper snow. 

[Deerthug]

He's still around...


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[Oldebona]

I leave mine out all winter.  After MZ season ends I place close to bedding areas.  Also leave one on a centrally located food plot.

[Bowshotmuzzleloader]

Not a trail cam but last night I was at my buddys house for a Christmas party and this guy showed up ..

Edited December 24, 2016 by Bowshotmuzzleloader

[Bowshotmuzzleloader]

My friend sent me this not aure if its the camera or hes just got a twisted rack..