Anyone else Hunt / use trail cameras.

[Jackal1]

I usually just hunt when I`m hunting.
I leave the video gaming for Aces High.

[indy007]

I usually just hunt when I`m hunting.
I leave the video gaming for Aces High.

If it's not the Barta way, it's not really hunting anyways.

[Jackal1]

If it's not the Barta way, it's not really hunting anyways.

I know a lot of people that don`t like to go fishing. They like to go catching.
A lot don`t like to go hunting. They like to go shooting.
To me it takes all of the fun and sport out of it.
To each his own. <shrug>

[Wingnutt]

I wouldn't call finding out if there is any game in the area before you blow an entire weekend sitting on your bellybutton watching grass grow "taking the fun and sport out of it" 

Using a trail cam to see whats lurking around FAR from makes anything a sure bet.

also the fact that I use a bow makes it quite a bit more important to know as much as possible. 

I don't hunt deer, never could get into it really, just like I don't care to use a rifle either.  Hunting wild hogs with a bow is the most exciting for me..  and since they are PRIMARILY nocturnal, especially in any area remotely pressured, its hard to get a good idea where you may get a shot at one.

Im not like your typical deer "hunter" (the term is kinda ironic) who sets up a feeder weeks or even MONTHS before the season a short 30 yards or so (tough shot for a high powered rifle ) from a spacious comfy deer blind, where he sits on his bellybutton like a fat guy an a buffet and picks which one he wants to plug. 

Instead I opt scout out an area (usually an unfamiliar one) on foot and try and find evidence of activity, set up a cam, put out some corn and see if any hogs come by, if not find another place..   I try and do the cam scouting after work, go set it up, come back the next day see if any came around, if not move it.. etc etc,   If im luck by friday I have a spot picked that I think has a chance so I set up my elaborate "blind" which consists of tripod chair a few branches and twigs and some camo netting.

I cant help but scoff at anyone would would call into my question my... "hunterishness" for using a trail cam..  the way I do it requires much more skill and energy than alot of other ways of "hunting".

[rogwar]

[Vulcan]

Im not like your typical deer "hunter" (the term is kinda ironic) who sets up a feeder weeks or even MONTHS before the season a short 30 yards or so (tough shot for a high powered rifle ) from a spacious comfy deer blind, where he sits on his bellybutton like a fat guy an a buffet and picks which one he wants to plug. 

Does that really happen that much in the US? In NZ you'd get laughed outta town for doing that. Even guys that think about using salt licks are abused.

[1pLUs44]

Does that really happen that much in the US? In NZ you'd get laughed outta town for doing that. Even guys that think about using salt licks are abused.

Eh, I set up the stand from about 200 yards away so I have to work more for it.

[Jackal1]

I wouldn't call finding out if there is any game in the area before you blow an entire weekend sitting on your bellybutton watching grass grow "taking the fun and sport out of it" 

OK...............but I do. 

To start with, you are not hunting if you are sitting on your bellybutton while trying to find game.
To me the scouting, finding the trails and, waterholes, etc. is just as much, if not more, enjoyable than the hunt itself.
If you just want a hog, Brookshires or Wally World can fix you right up.
You can hunt the meat department.

[FX1]

OK...............but I do. 

To start with, you are not hunting if you are sitting on your bellybutton while trying to find game.
To me the scouting, finding the trails and, waterholes, etc. is just as much, if not more, enjoyable than the hunt itself.
If you just want a hog, Brookshires or Wally World can fix you right up.
You can hunt the meat department.

O please.. Don't ever come to Texas. Its typical to see in one morning hunt 50+ deer and all kinds of different critters. I am willing to bet we have more of a productive hunting and education about game management.

Getting a glancing look at something that has just busted you and making a fast shot so you can wound a animal doesn't fly at our ranch.

[Golfer]

It's one thing to shoot at a deer you jumped, it's another to still hunt.  I do.  The vast majority of hunters I've interacted with simply cannot do it.  They don't get through the woods quietly, are not aware of their surroundings and don't keep their eyes more than 10 feet in front of their feet.  These are the same guys that wil empty their guns at deer 30 yards away.  Literally unable to hit the broad side of a barn much less a deer.

I've seen some Texas ranch hunts while you sit in an elevated blind overlooking a food plot or feeder.  Hanging out until the herd of deer emerges and the stocked trophy bucks with them.  Not my cup of tea but it floats a lot of boats from what is on television.

[Jackal1]

O please.. Don't ever come to Texas. Its typical to see in one morning hunt 50+ deer and all kinds of different critters. I am willing to bet we have more of a productive hunting and education about game management.

Than who, what?
You have a reading problem or something?

<--------R.O.T. Lifetime.

[Jackal1]

I've seen some Texas ranch hunts while you sit in an elevated blind overlooking a food plot or feeder.  Hanging out until the herd of deer emerges and the stocked trophy bucks with them.  Not my cup of tea but it floats a lot of boats from what is on television.

Yep. there is a lot of that, especially in the hill country. It`s a shame too.
I would just as soon go out in the pasture and shoot ole Bessie or run down to the friggen zoo and pop one in the pen. Just as sporting.
I refuse to hunt these places for quite some time now since this crap started..........if you wish to call it hunting.
A lot of these places will also furnish a deer to take home as an alibi for Moma.
You know....just in case you make a wrong turn and in up a little further south.
I had one leaser take me out to his barn years ago and show me a walk-in freezer he had with numerous field dressed deer hanging.
He said that If I wanted to go party, just pay the lease and come around before returning home and pick one out.
I told him where he could shove his freezer.

[Baitman]

I have enjoyed the camera as it has become something I do with my four boys. They pick a spot that they like and we set the camera up. As we are not allowed to BAIT in BC. The camera has allowed me to enjoy hunting with the boys and the thrill of finding out what is on the camera is almost as exciting as the hunt itself. I do as much scouting as my RL will alow but it helps with the young kids to actually see what is there. I think of it as using a fish finder for fishing.