Peak a boo - I know you are watching me.......
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Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
Yea I always have a few of those head bobber photos as well. One time their head is completely in the picture the next shot, not so much!
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Yea I always have a few of those head bobber photos as well. One time their head is completely in the picture the next shot, not so much!
That camera scared him back in the summer when he first moved here. First pic I got of him, he was bolting away from it. Didn't come back for weeks. He isn't afraid of it now, but checks it out when he passes by. That is a 7 acre NWSG field he is coming out of. Last week I got a pic of him coming out of the other side of it just before dark about the same time - so he must be bedding in it.
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
Its funny how the camera is interpreted in different ways depending on where it is in the environment. Maybe completely dependent on how the natural hard wiring of a deer is to be more alert for predators while moving on trails or through taller vegetation? When I have a camera over a food source whether than be an Ag field or even corn in front of a camera I get very few negative responses to the camera. When it is on a trail the number of negative reactions goes up considerably. Even to the point now that I am positive that the deer deter around the camera. I proved that to myself again this week. On a trail that was highly used prior to camera placement I had very few pictures (1 doe and fawn that were regulars), last week I moved it to the edge of a field 50 yards away with a some corn in front of the camera now there are at least a dozen camera hogs! And these deer arent starving by any means 90% of the ground in the area is Ag.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Yep, and the closer you get to the bedroom, they more the anxiety level raises......
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
He showed up this afternoon. Early 2 day ML season. But Bill has had an impact on me. I let him walk.
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
He showed up this afternoon. Early 2 day ML season. But Bill has had an impact on me. I let him walk.
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With the pictures we have seen previously from your place that would be an easier decision to make. Good things come to those who wait *.
* insert rules, restrictions, and legal disclaimers here!
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Chris, this is really what I had my heart set on yesterday. But no show.
And if the deer thing doesn't work out, we can all go hunt at Bill's place...lol......
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
Hmmmm seems that his ears are obscuring his antlers!
Bill
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We may be a month late to the party. My cameras went from several hundred pics a day to a handful after dark in the last week or so. We'll see how November turns out but I may be rethinking the strategy on more than passing potential giants. Every farm is different and in the last few years October is when mine shines. It's got me wondering why I wait until the rut to hunt. Maybe it would be better to hunt early and make the place a sanctuary and just keep an eye out for trespassing in November.
The next 5 weeks will tell that story.....
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
That sounds like a plan Bill. When that cold November wind starts blowing, you can be setting by the fireplace eating October jerky, and I can be in your stand and watching for trespassers for you.....
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Native - I had to sneak around the back of YOUR cameras. Don't want to show up on here in your game cam post. While you're planning to head to Bill's, I'm hunting your place right now !!
That yote's ears are a good guide to slowly settle your crosshairs down through them !! Turn Dad loose on 'em. :emoji_skull:
That yote's ears are a good guide to slowly settle your crosshairs down through them !! Turn Dad loose on 'em. :emoji_skull:
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Native - I had to sneak around the back of YOUR cameras. Don't want to show up on here in your game cam post. While you're planning to head to Bill's, I'm hunting your place right now !!
That yote's ears are a good guide to slowly settle your crosshairs down through them !! Turn Dad loose on 'em. :emoji_skull:
If you need the tractor to get one out you need to choke it pretty hard to get it started...lol.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Native - LOL !! You'd fit right in here.
BTW - Our camp has had a recent influx of yotes and last weekend they were howling all around the area there. One member has several at one time on his cams - similar to the one you posted on post #8. Us archery guys in camp are bringing our .222's, 22-.250's, etc. to be ready in case they show themselves. All hours of the day on the cams - daylight doesn't deter them.
BTW - Our camp has had a recent influx of yotes and last weekend they were howling all around the area there. One member has several at one time on his cams - similar to the one you posted on post #8. Us archery guys in camp are bringing our .222's, 22-.250's, etc. to be ready in case they show themselves. All hours of the day on the cams - daylight doesn't deter them.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Native - LOL !! You'd fit right in here.
BTW - Our camp has had a recent influx of yotes and last weekend they were howling all around the area there. One member has several at one time on his cams - similar to the one you posted on post #8. Us archery guys in camp are bringing our .222's, 22-.250's, etc. to be ready in case they show themselves. All hours of the day on the cams - daylight doesn't deter them.
I usually use the Tikka 22-250 for yotes, but a few days ago I had the Tikka 308 with me because I needed to check the zero before the upcoming rifle season. I didn't see a yote, but happened to run into another trespasser. It is slightly possible I may have been overgunned.
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
Naaaww.... just right. Over gunned is when you find parts of animal in 2 zipcodes!
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
I once hit a GH with a .222 hp that looked worse than that one !! Good shot.
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
Speed kills! My BIL once thought he was a big man by going to shoot prairie dogs with his .270 while I shot them with my .22-250. Couldnt wait to show me how he was going to destroy those dirt devils. Only thing was my gun vaporized them, his put a hole in them! He was flinching so bad after the first 10 rounds he couldnt even hit one past 50 yards.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Yep, I drove a 55 grain Nosler BT with a 22-250 into the rear end of a yote and it exited through the face leaving a fist sized hole. The 22s are awesome medicine.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Well by passing him in ML season I did my neighbor a favor. He got him with a bow on Tuesday.
He is a good neighbor and good guy, so happy for him. Counting on my doe factory to bring something new in. Nothing left now but 3 yo or less.
He is a good neighbor and good guy, so happy for him. Counting on my doe factory to bring something new in. Nothing left now but 3 yo or less.
