That's a good question. My answer is probably going to be different as my best hunting ground has been some smaller suburban plots the last few years. I was able to kill the buck in my avatar this year becasue I could tell by camera action that the deer were using this one little tract I hunt during mid mornings. I was there on the right day when a hot doe showed up dragging him along. Camera scouting for sure led to that buck otherwise I might not have been in a tree at 11am with the wind chill around zero!
I typically don't move them much unless I think the deer have changed patterns a little. I did adjust the cam about 50yds west once this year becasue the deer adjusted their travel route that direction. Right now, I'm running a cell cam and I absolutely LOVE it. I'm a big believer in staying out of an area as much as you can until you're ready to kill a deer.
I've vowed to only shoot quality bucks on that ground so I don't hunt it much UNLESS everything is right. And, I don't want to be on it messing around looking for a dead doe, gutting and dragging and just leaving too much "sign" behind.
Same as being in there changing SD cards and messing around. I do run another camera there that takes SD cards but I'm not in there every other day checking it.
Good luck!
Oh yeah, one other thing. I had pics of another really big, mature buck showing up pretty regular on a different cam. Slid in there and hung a stand and never got another pic of him in that spot! You gotta be careful messing around in their houses!!!
I typically don't move them much unless I think the deer have changed patterns a little. I did adjust the cam about 50yds west once this year becasue the deer adjusted their travel route that direction. Right now, I'm running a cell cam and I absolutely LOVE it. I'm a big believer in staying out of an area as much as you can until you're ready to kill a deer.
I've vowed to only shoot quality bucks on that ground so I don't hunt it much UNLESS everything is right. And, I don't want to be on it messing around looking for a dead doe, gutting and dragging and just leaving too much "sign" behind.
Same as being in there changing SD cards and messing around. I do run another camera there that takes SD cards but I'm not in there every other day checking it.
Good luck!
Oh yeah, one other thing. I had pics of another really big, mature buck showing up pretty regular on a different cam. Slid in there and hung a stand and never got another pic of him in that spot! You gotta be careful messing around in their houses!!!