Deer: I think I found a spot!

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Col. Harrumph

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After work this AM (I work nights) I drove out to a trailhead leading to a clear cut I'd spotted on public land (thanks, google maps) and it looks very promising. The cut itself looked like a dry hole: not much sign and the breeze blew every which way. No way I could hide my manstink in there... but the skidder road into the cut was another story. I found deer poop and quite a few fresh hoofprints! Better yet, not a single trail camera in sight and no tree stands, or scars thereof, anywhere. And, an easy 1/2 mile walk from the road. Woo!

I think the next step should be a couple of trail cams of my own. Any recommendation which (inexpensive!) camera to buy?

Also, how can I learn when the velvet comes off? I found some wounded saplings but the scars looked quite old.
 
I have really liked my camera which is a Moultrie A5 from Amazon.

With 8 Energizer Alkaline batteries it lasted over 8 months (I didn't remove it until June and it was still taking photos) and took 19,000 photos!

Good luck. If allowed you may want to spread $25 worth (15 lbs) of cereal Rye (I buy it marketed as Wintergrazer 70 from Seed Ranch website) over 4,500 sq ft (that is approximately a square you make by takin 30 steps on each of the sides.) should only take about 10 minutes to spread this seed out and by the first week of November (muzzleloader for us) the deer will be hitting it daily. If you bow hunt I know for a fact they start eating it by as soon as October 14 if it's in the ground by October 1.
 
I have really liked my camera which is a Moultrie A5 from Amazon.

With 8 Energizer Alkaline batteries it lasted over 8 months (I didn't remove it until June and it was still taking photos) and took 19,000 photos!

Good luck. If allowed you may want to spread $25 worth (15 lbs) of cereal Rye (I buy it marketed as Wintergrazer 70 from Seed Ranch website) over 4,500 sq ft (that is approximately a square you make by takin 30 steps on each of the sides.) should only take about 10 minutes to spread this seed out and by the first week of November (muzzleloader for us) the deer will be hitting it daily. If you bow hunt I know for a fact they start eating it by as soon as October 14 if it's in the ground by October 1.
I second the Moultrie. I have a Browning that cost twice as much and it is not half the camera that the Moultrie is, and it uses twice the battery power.

We put in a small patch (1/2 acre) of Plot mix in that had rye, wheat, brassica and a little dab of clover. Took five deer off of it during the youth season.
 
I got my stealth cams from tractor supply, they work ok. If you have cams and catch images of deer on them, you will see if they have velvet or not. They are still covered in it here (Fl). I just put cattle corn from tractor supply in a pile by my cams, and pour on either some tractor supply molasses or a couple of diced up apples. Check the laws to see if this is legal- even if it isn't legal to HUNT over bait, as long as the corn is gone before you set up a stand, or if you set your stand up not in that immediate are- no law has been broken in most cases.
 
Velvet should be coming off in the next week or so I would think. Any buck ive seen during bow season has always been cleaned off. Bow here starts oct1. If i catch some rubs or sight of a bucks shedding on my trail cam ill shoot you a PM. Not very for from NH and I believe they have been rubbing down in the southern states already
 
Velvet should be coming off in the next week or so I would think. Any buck ive seen during bow season has always been cleaned off. Bow here starts oct1. If i catch some rubs or sight of a bucks shedding on my trail cam ill shoot you a PM. Not very for from NH and I believe they have been rubbing down in the southern states already
I got pictures last week of 3 bucks that had shed their velvet. . We rode mules for 4 hours today in some beautiful woods and saw several fresh rubs. Our bow season opens the 23rd. This will be the longest week in history.
 
I got pictures last week of 3 bucks that had shed their velvet. . We rode mules for 4 hours today in some beautiful woods and saw several fresh rubs. Our bow season opens the 23rd. This will be the longest week in history.

At least it's only 7 days! I have to wait 15 more!! :(
 
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