That's funny. I got 3 pics of an 8 pointer that looks just like that on a annual scrape about 2 weeks ago. Wide like that with short points. Maybe 22" wide I'm guessing.
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Hopefully I'll get to meet him up close and personal
Cams just show you what is in an area and you do your best to figure him out and setup up in the area hoping he makes a mistake. I have had bucks show up on cam at night but never in a daylight. But this buck is on cam at 7:12! I don't know where the OP is but here in Northern Wisconsin on opening day shooting hours go till 7:55 so that buck would be coming in with plenty of time to make the kill.Question. So if you are seeing these bucks at night. What give you hope that they will show up during daylight? Serious question from uneducated new hunter that does not know how to use trail cams to pattern deer. Because I'm seeing a lot of people showing trail cam pictures of great looking bucks at night, but I keep hearing that its night pictures are not indicators of daylight movements. So if you are not able to capture them in the morning, doesn't it actually frustrates you instead?
Question. So if you are seeing these bucks at night. What give you hope that they will show up during daylight? Serious question from uneducated new hunter that does not know how to use trail cams to pattern deer. Because I'm seeing a lot of people showing trail cam pictures of great looking bucks at night, but I keep hearing that its night pictures are not indicators of daylight movements. So if you are not able to capture them in the morning, doesn't it actually frustrates you instead?
I agree with what your saying as far as time and direction of travel but right now it doesn't matter. He's still in his summer patterns. Once rut rolls around there will be plenty of daylight movement in that spot as there is zero pressure there. He however may not even be in the area then because of the annual fall shift.Like @WISCO mentioned, paying attention to the time on the cam and direction of travel as it gets to the cam is important. If they are consistently showing close to shooting light, hunt them based on direction of travel coming into the cam but back that direction from the cam. You may also want to reposition the cam or add another cam based on direction of travel and see if you can zero in on what points he is passing in legal shooting light.
If you haven't already then check out Jeff Sturgis' "Whitetail Habitat Solutions'' videos on yt. I have been using his method for making mock scrapes and it has been working great for me.I made a mock scrape and licking branch this weekend. waiting to catch some action. hope it works.
i actually watched that and thats what gave me the idea. heres the site with a few deer.If you haven't already then check out Jeff Sturgis' "Whitetail Habitat Solutions'' videos on yt. I have been using his method for making mock scrapes and it has been working great for me.
I made a mock scrape and licking branch this weekend. waiting to catch some action. hope it works.
This is the first community scrape I've ever found.
Opening on September 1st, scrapes and rubs start showing up pretty quickly. Overhead branches are being hit long before the ground gets worked over. Rarely do I see any in velvet after the first week.....they're ready to breed.
I'm covered in does right now. Very few buck sightings. Doesn't concern me. I want to know one is in the "area" first. Day, night, doesn't matter. I've moved a camera to a community scrape from last year in preparation. I'm trying to be ahead of the bell curve, not chasing sign, but setting up where I expect it to eventually be.