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    New to cameras... Should I move it? or wait it out?

    moving the camera was the right call... thanks everyone for the advice! Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk
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    New to cameras... Should I move it? or wait it out?

    decided to move the camera, and dropped a 5gal pail of apples a coworker gave me. (blue circles) should give me a better view of anyone moving through. moved the camera about 70' to the south, so now its facing north instead of south, less brush near it to give false triggers, have increased...
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    New to cameras... Should I move it? or wait it out?

    dark blue arrow shows the camera direction, thin red line is the property boundary, yellow is where the oaks are, the light blue is where i saw significant deer tracks last fall. i was hoping to catch them when moving through the funnel between the fields... i am leaning to just not that much...
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    New to cameras... Should I move it? or wait it out?

    camera works flawlessly picks me up from about 90' away. Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk
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    New to cameras... Should I move it? or wait it out?

    The only activity is agricultural from the farmer who leases the fields, so your probably right in that its a combination of both, and i need to just be patient and not overthink it.... i'm hoping to learn more about how the deer move through the property, if I can pattern a buck that would be...
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    New to cameras... Should I move it? or wait it out?

    nothing yet, i suspect its too early in the season, for their movement to go through that area, last year i started seeing significant sign closer to october. theres a bunch of white oaks in the hedgerow between the fields that last fall had seen substantial activity, lots of rubs, scrapes, and...
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    New to cameras... Should I move it? or wait it out?

    I bought my first camera, a tactacam reveal 2.0 for one of the properties i have permission to hunt, hoping to help my wife take a buck there this fall. in previous years there has been lots of deer sign leading up to season at a choke point between two fields, so far in the few weeks the camera...
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    Arborist new to SH.

    lol, though my gear is well used, im mostly on operations and supervision these days, but i still do the odd climb. scent control absolutely is a consideration, but wasnt willing to invest in dedicated gear until i gave it a go. sprayed everything down before each hunt, and played the wind, had...
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    Native Habitat Project - Renewing Alabama's Natives

    Yeah, chestnut blight is a real sad story https://forestpathology.org/canker/chestnut-blight/ though there is some promise of resistant trees: https://acf.org/ Same thing with Dutch Elm Disease and the American elm, and now in our day - Emerald ash borer and all ash species.
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    Fish and Game club archery range revitalization: what would you want to have at your archery ranges.

    Yeah i've reached out to a few of the archery associations and have not heard anything back... not sure whats going on with that.
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    Fish and Game club archery range revitalization: what would you want to have at your archery ranges.

    Yikes, thats a nightmare. Our range is switching to a new controlled access system to limit who can enter the property, but thankfully the only trespassing issues we've had is people who are not members using the rifle range on occasion. The terrain conditions and location make it un-likely...
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    Fish and Game club archery range revitalization: what would you want to have at your archery ranges.

    Our last club meeting was november, I volunteered to take the archery chair at that point, No meeting in december due to busy holiday schedules. step one is address immediate safety issues, clean up the range and assessment of the equipment we do have. step 2 is build plan from there. The...
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    A day of firsts.

    Just finished skinning and quartering/trimming out the carcass, and damn I got lucky with that shot, if i was a hair higher I would have nicked the backstrap, so so so glad I held as low as I did.
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    A day of firsts.

    I harvested my first deer ever today. first saddle hunting and crossbow. I was supposed to go turkey hunting but the property owner had trades working there and asked if I'd skip today, so I went to a different place. Wind had shifted with the cold front moving in so it wasnt ideal wind for...
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    wildest wildlife encounter while saddlehunting?

    whats the wildest encounter with wildlife youve had while saddle hunting? todays sit, i had a great grey owl swoop in and land on a snag in an adjacent tree that was 3' away from me. Scared the hell out of me, never would have expected that, owl sat there for what seemed like ages, but was...
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