Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: DanaM on September 15, 2009, 07:42:46 am
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checked my cam after being gone for 5 days and to say I was surprised is an understatement, I have at least 5 bucks
working the area and a couple pretty nice ones :) Of course I probably won't see any of them during season but
who knows I might get lucky eh :) As ya can see one of em is already out of velvet the rest won't be far behind.
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Looks like you found the spot!!
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I bought a camera yesterday and put it out over a salt lick. I'll check it out this afternoon when I get home from work.
Nice little bucks Dana. Good eating there and a few knife handles.
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Pat the batteries lasted for about 100 pics before they went dead guess that ain't to bad.
These are real nice bucks for the area I'm hunting, completely wild no farms anywhere close
so they don't get good eats.
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Nice looking bucks,Good luck on them. :)
Pappy
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Sweet !
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I'd fling an arrow their direction for sure! Good luck! ;)
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Wow Dana looks like we can expect lots of antler in trade.Ron
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I set my cam out yesterday and got 50 pics. Mostly the same deer over and over. There was one pic taken shortly after I put the camera up then a series of night pics them more day time pics. There was one of a coyote in the bunch. I guess I need to change the settings to one pic every 2 minutes. ::)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/PatBNC/trailcam001.jpg)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/PatBNC/trailcam013.jpg)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/PatBNC/trailcam014.jpg)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/PatBNC/trailcam041.jpg)
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You might get lucky this season! l see a few shooters in them pics. l know l'm gonna fill the freezers one way or another.....if l cant get em' with the bow, l'll surely get em' with the t/c endeavor! ;D Good luck!
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dana, knowing the bucks are there will make it easier to sit on the stand that extra hour or two. at least that's the way i look at it. one thing i found that will stop the deer from looking at your camera when it's taking a pic is to put a piece of electrical tape over the red and green leds, at least during the day. the flash doesn't seem to bother them that much but they are mesmerized by the red light when it comes on.
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I thought deer couldn't see red and green light. That's why they are making red and green flashlights or lenses to go on your flashlight for hunting. ???
Chris, what are your settings on your cam. I think if you are monitoring a trail then every 30 secs but for a destination, like this salt lick the 2 minute setting would be better.
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Thanks for the tip Chris and Pat I have mine set for 2 minute delay saves on batteries
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i'd like to get me one of those cams.
Cool pics guys.
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i've given a good bit of thought about that. they can't see red or green color, but they must see the light when it comes on because i have them looking at my cameras during the day when the flash doesn't come on. also since digital cameras don't make any noise when they take a pic, the lights are the only thing the deer could be looking at. don't want to tip my hand by putting something there that is out of the ordinary.
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Nice pictures Dana. Hope you get that big one. :)
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Here's one i got on my camera last Sunday. I sure hope he walks by in the daytime !
(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll62/johnkeehn/bigbuck.jpg)
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Looks like a dandy John :)
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He would work ;)
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Nice pictures fellas,and good huntin' to you all. God Bless
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You got to be positive Dana. One of those bucks has your name on it.
Pat. I like the one with the spots. Easy aiming. ;D
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All I have so far is Flattops....but the Area I Hunt is very Open....so the Bucks don't normally start to show up till the Does start to go in Heat....anyways....I don't eat Antlers....and Doe is a lot more Tender than an Old Swelled Up Stinkin Ruttin Buck is....... :P
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Man dem Texas deer look so small, thought everything was bigger in Texas ;) :D
I hear ya Mike first legal deer that gets in range gets stuck, buck, doe or bambi ;D
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Dana....the Normal Whitetail Buck here in Texas runs about 150-170...with the max around 190-200....and the Does run between 100-140 pounds....you ain't going to find any Upper Michigan Swamp Donkeys running around the Texas Panhandle....and they even get smaller when you get into the Texas Hill Country along the Texas-Mexico Border in all of the Scrub Oaks
These 5 Doe are last Years Fawns....so they are on the small side yet...but there are plenty of Mature Doe here to....these Girls were just posing so nice ...I thought I would show them off!
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I believe that most Texas deer are about average body size for the Southern states. Because of the mineral content of the soil many Texas bucks have large(for their body size) antlers. The physical size of these deer can be increased with proper and year long nutritional supplements...up to and over the 200# mark...but it ain't cheap or easy.
After the initial placement of my trail camera in a known active location(over 50 pics in 24 hours) I move it to a trail that follows the property line between our property and our neighbor's(I use this term loosely ::). All I got there was a pic of the back of the neighbors head.
I move it again yesterday to another area but we have had almost 5" of rain since I move it so I don't think there will be much activity.
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Yeah...We have some nice Racks around here ...just Small Bodied Deer comparred to the Whitetail back Home....Michigan Whitetail are like Texas and New Mexico Mule deer.....here are a few that I caught on Film two Years ago....thats as close as I came to any of these!!
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Heavy bodied deer in Texas are quite rare.I have seen a few that would go over 200#,and a couple over 250#,one of which my wife killed about 20 years ago.It was a big ole 7 pt.,on the decline,(as far as antlers were concerned),it had a 17" inside spread,with nice mass,but I would have loved to see him as a 6 year old..Up till then,I'd never seen a whitetail that big.It's been quite a while since I've seen one that size too. God Bless
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Are these live weights or dressed out (no guts)?
Around here the average mature buck will dress out between 160 and 190lbs. A few will weigh as much as 225 dressed, but they're rare.
The does average 75-100lbs.
You can travel 50 miles NW of here and they'll average 15 or 20 lbs heavier. Better soil I reckon.
Have faith Dana. I believe you'll get ya a nice 'un this year. ;)
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here are a couple I got this Week....this Doe was really curious on what the Hell the Cottontail Rabbit was.....and then there is this little Piglet that the Camera caught ....can't wait to say Hello to Him....Up Close!!
And then there was a Little Doe..Cat Fight caught on my other Camera.....pretty cute!!!
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