Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
Been feeling weird about deer season lately. Don’t get me wrong I’m fired up! But I’m in an odd place mentally and it all revolves around cameras. I have been running 6 cameras on 250 acres every day for the last year and half. Three of them are cell cameras which provide instant feedback. I have two deer that I would probably consider shooters that are between 140 and 150. Both really nice deer in my eyes.
The issue lies in the fact I’ve been watching these deer since June, I see them almost daily if not every other day. They are pets, they have names!
But...I’m just not excited like I use to be. Naively admittedly, I use to approach each hunt with this idea that anything could happen, any deer that walked out was the first I’d have seen it usually. I was excited and nervous and hopeful. Those days are gone like the flip phone. Every buck that walks by is one I have seen. Hell I can recognize half the does! Obviously a random shooter can and will walk through at some point in October/November but by in large I know my herd very well.
I am toying with the idea of pulling cameras after deer season this year and approaching the following season with that wanderlust I have seen to have lost. I don’t want any stupid names for my deer, I want to be shocked when a 145” walks out and have the range of emotions I use to have....but I probably won’t do it because I’m addicted though!
Anyone ever done this or toyed with it?
Edit: I would keep a couple cells cams running for security purposes but not actually in places a deer is likely to show itself.
The issue lies in the fact I’ve been watching these deer since June, I see them almost daily if not every other day. They are pets, they have names!
But...I’m just not excited like I use to be. Naively admittedly, I use to approach each hunt with this idea that anything could happen, any deer that walked out was the first I’d have seen it usually. I was excited and nervous and hopeful. Those days are gone like the flip phone. Every buck that walks by is one I have seen. Hell I can recognize half the does! Obviously a random shooter can and will walk through at some point in October/November but by in large I know my herd very well.
I am toying with the idea of pulling cameras after deer season this year and approaching the following season with that wanderlust I have seen to have lost. I don’t want any stupid names for my deer, I want to be shocked when a 145” walks out and have the range of emotions I use to have....but I probably won’t do it because I’m addicted though!
Anyone ever done this or toyed with it?
Edit: I would keep a couple cells cams running for security purposes but not actually in places a deer is likely to show itself.