Trail Cam Photos - Lets get going!!!

[Mark Christianson]

Let em go so they can grow!!!!

[Nate McVey]

I would take each and every one of those.............including the antlerless one in the back

And it sure looks like they are out during shooting light to me....

[chucker34]

LuciaAndTim, is that a water dish you have out? I ask because I just created a small water source - 16 1/2 gallon rubber dish I sank into the ground about 20 yards from my mineral lick - and will be interested to see from my trail cam if they are using it given that its still pretty dry around here.

[LuciandTim]

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LuciaAndTim, is that a water dish you have out? I ask because I just created a small water source - 16 1/2 gallon rubber dish I sank into the ground about 20 yards from my mineral lick - and will be interested to see from my trail cam if they are using it given that its still pretty dry around here.

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That is exactly what it is All the local watering holes were drying up so I thought i'd give the local wildlife a spot they know they could wet their whistle. Out of the 120 pictures I got that night there were plenty that showed them using it, so I guess it worked. I also have pictures of other little critters drinking from the water. They are either squirrels or rabbits. My daughetr wasn't too happy with me thoough....it is the top to her sanbox Oh well she loves watching the deer.

[LuciandTim]

Nova:

If you are having a difficult time deciding which ones to shoot maybe you should just take the year off and let me in

That can be a lot of stress for one man

Good luck....as mentioned above the best part is that they are daylight shots!! Could be an easy early season for you?

Good luck!!

[chucker34]

Cool. I just filled mine up with 3 1/2 5 gallon buckets this weekend. If we get some rain once a week, I'm good. If not, it's not far off a dirt road that I can carry a couple of buckets of water in once every few weeks.

[Nova]

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Nova:

If you are having a difficult time deciding which ones to shoot maybe you should just take the year off and let me in

That can be a lot of stress for one man

Good luck....as mentioned above the best part is that they are daylight shots!! Could be an easy early season for you?

Good luck!!

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yeah, good luck with that, the guys are lined up around the corner since I posted the pics.

I just have to keep patterning them over the next 3 weeks and hopefully things go my way this time. There are plenty of day light shots of all of these, so they haven't gone nocturnal yet Good luck to you also.

[DigitalFisherman]

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LuciaAndTim, is that a water dish you have out? I ask because I just created a small water source - 16 1/2 gallon rubber dish I sank into the ground about 20 yards from my mineral lick - and will be interested to see from my trail cam if they are using it given that its still pretty dry around here.

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That is exactly what it is All the local watering holes were drying up so I thought i'd give the local wildlife a spot they know they could wet their whistle. Out of the 120 pictures I got that night there were plenty that showed them using it, so I guess it worked. I also have pictures of other little critters drinking from the water. They are either squirrels or rabbits. My daughetr wasn't too happy with me thoough....it is the top to her sanbox Oh well she loves watching the deer.

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I read about doing this in Field and Stream and think it's a great idea; my hunting land is dryer than I have ever seen it.

If you put a small water source like this in an area that you hunt, would it be baiting?

[Meat-Run]

I would say almost for certain that it isn't illegal because it is a natural resource....water!!!!! I just might do that for myself because there isn't any water in or around my area and I think it just might be the key.

mr

[chucker34]

Also, this is the last I'll post of it here cause I don't want to get off topic, but if you're going to have standing water like that near your hunting area, it might help to prevent mosquitoes by getting some of those eco-friendly dunks that are basically bacteria that kills mosquito eggs. I checked several times to make sure they are safe for wildlife and they are. They say so on the package and suggest using them in watering troughs for livestock.

[B. Amish]

[TrophyEyes]

Shoot the axis deer on the bottom!!!! Just kidding. You have two really nice bucks in there. One has the crab claw and the other has a main beam that turns up on his right side. I just got word that I have a nice 12 roming around my stand, but haven't gotten any pics yet. Keep you all posted. I don't care if the only picture I get of him is in the back of the truck.

[Mark Christianson]

Hey Amish dude

Did you bag anything good last year? I remember lots of good animals on cam last year too.

If your rebuttal is asking if we got anything from our place, thats a big fat zero!!!!!!!!!! Cripes.

Trail cams are a bittersweet tool.........

[Nate McVey]

[perchking]

Nate,

That is an awesome photo... Looks like a nice high/wide 10 to me.

Good Luck,

[B. Amish]

I shot a 135" 8 pointer during rifle season, but I never got a picture of him with my camera.....go figure

[slimngrizzly]

Nice bucks fellas Will be fun to see now... all these bucks should start showing up in bone here in the next few days, see what were really dealing with! Lets see some velvet hanging

[Rotwieler]

Nice pic! thats a good looking 10!

[Nate McVey]

Greg............that's actually off Joey's camera. All I've had are does so far.

[shedfreak]

Hey Rotweiler...

Im curious as to wether you hunt thr city hunt or not. I have some sheds that are very similar to some of thos deer you have on your trail cam. Wish i had some pics to post but my cuddeback (brand new this spring) has been nothing but a piece of dump. I cant even get the powere to stay on. I have it in a prime spot too. Jump up big guys everytime out to it. Its frustrating. Keep them pics coming, odds are noone will see any from me again until those antlers start dropping. Gotta try to be better last years total.

SHEDFREAK32

[EsoxCop]

Nice 8 Pointer from the other night

[Rotwieler]

shedfreak,

no i didnt get in on the city hunt. i wanted to but the bowhunters safety class was booked. i have one spot in hermantown though.

[Rotwieler]

look at the difference between with velvet and without. kinda disappointing. still nice but, his rack looks really skinny now.

[Mark Christianson]

Thats frickin cool!

Same pose to really get a good comparison!

Nice deer too!

[slimngrizzly]

That is neat! Its cool now how they look when they molt that summer hair too! I should get some more pics up, I got a 160's buck the other day that I have sheds off of! Im pumped!

Nice pics Rot