2016 Trail Camera Thread

[Landon]

Lets share our pictures of deer we are seeing on our trail cameras. I'll start this off with a nice 10 pointer. You cannot tell from these two shots but he has split G2's. I check my camera once a month, lots of smaller bucks and does but this guy is the top dog.

 

[Wolfhound]

I will play.

 

[mom45]

I don't have to go very far to see them here. Regular visitors in my yard, but the guy in the middle hadn't been seen for a while so it was nice to see him return.

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[avboiler11]

I've got two other shots of the deer on the right.

 

[Landon]

I don't have to go very far to see them here. Regular visitors in my yard, but the guy in the middle hadn't been seen for a while so it was nice to see him return.

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That's a nice rack for a young buck!

 

[mom45]

That's a nice rack for a young buck!

Our herd is definitely bouncing back. Two years ago, we weren't seeing any deer. Now, I see quite a few and the does have been bringing the fawns up into the yard for about a month now. We have eaten our share of venison over the years, but with the kids grown up and moved out a 1/4 of beef gets us through the year just fine. I started just feeding them in the winter a couple of years ago when we had tons of snow and they were having a harder time finding food. So now I provide a safe haven for the deer and some treats, and we get to enjoy watching them. I have another thread on here about the three-legged doe we have watched in our neighborhood for many years....she's a pretty amazing critter.

I agree though...this guy has a really nice rack for a young deer. I hope he gets to continue to grow and avoids getting shot.

 

[SAILORGOLF46]

A yard full of deer how neat, must be tough to garden. I can't wait to see the pictures of the bob cats this year they are so pretty.

 

[mom45]

A yard full of deer how neat, must be tough to garden. I can't wait to see the pictures of the bob cats this year they are so pretty.

They eat my flowers but haven't had one in the garden for several years. I have a trick for keeping them out....free and easy. Simply tie plastic shopping bags to the top of the fence around the garden. I cut them in half vertically so they don't hold water when it rains, and they flap in the breeze. The deer don't like the sound of them or the movement they make and stay away from the garden completely. They only bother the flowers when they first come up and they recover so I can tolerate that if it means I get to watch my critters every day.

Pictures of the garden are in this thread...trying not to take this one off topic.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/great-outdoors/415931-garden-tricks.html

 

[indybrad]

These two have been hanging together all summer with a smaller 8.

 

[Stimp]

Several doe and this guy so far....
Not as impressive as your guys' but would make me happy!

 

[ghitch75]

this is over on the north end of my place......

 

[two70]

These two have been hanging together all summer with a smaller 8.

That second buck looks old and like he might be starting to get past his prime, I'm curious if you have any photos from previous years or past history with him?

 

[indybrad]

I'm thinking this is him beginning of the year.






And thinking this is him in 2014. First deer.





You'll notice he has a split brow the previous 2 years. If it's him, he didn't grow the split this year.

 

[mom45]

I don't see many big bodied bucks here.

 

[two70]

Thanks, and I'd say you are correct that those photos are of the same buck. He looks like he is at least 3.5 or 4.5 in 2014 which would make him at least 5.5 or 6.5 now and it looks like he has probably increased his score a bit each year.

 

[1988-4551]

Those are some nice bucks. Don't have any to share yet, but have one of my little hunting partner and I leaving our trail cam...

 

[Landon]

I got out this weekend and checked my camera. Seems I'm fortunate and may have a lot of options this season, if any of them appear.

 

[Landon]

Those are some nice bucks. Don't have any to share yet, but have one of my little hunting partner and I leaving our trail cam...

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That's great! I have a 5 year old that loves to go out to the woods and check cameras. I bet we spent a half hour yesterday in the heat looking for acorns cause that's what he wanted to do.

 

[usmcdjb]

I hope these guys don't disappear before the first week of bow season. I may live in my stand.

 

[ghitch75]

at my upper food plot.......