bthompson's Trail Cam pics

finelyshedded said:

Nice buck and fawn pics. I'd shoot a doe with no fawn before orphaning a fawn or two but that's just me. It prolly isn't fact but Id think the fawns have a better chance of surviving their first hunting season with their moms nose,eyes and ears close by.
I love venison TOO but in my area here in the SW there needs to be some does getting by this year so I'm passing on them again which make 3 years in a row....dang!

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I was on the fence, leaning toward taking a non- breeder (if i get the opportunity)...i am still looking for my first deer bow harvest but i just don't want to shoot the first thing that comes into range...time will tell

I can be patient and execute whatever plan I devise before season gets here...ahhh, who the hell am I kidding, I'll prbly drop my bow when that first deer comes in range i'll be so excited!

I have a wrist sling, so the bow ain't goin' anywhere...been grouping really well at 20 & 30yds too...soon I will work on 40yds. Things are getting automatic, that is why I want to focus on some sort of harvest plan (again, if the opportunities present themselves)

The only worry I have about this area, there is always at least one roadkill deer in this area where they travel from my woods to the woodlot across the 2lane highway.

I think that is the way it will prbly happen guys, if it happens at all...If it is a doe, I am for sure taking the shot if a good opportunity presents itself, I know I won't shoot a buck unless it is bigger than the 8 point I have for my rattling antlers. ( i have no idea what he scores)

Saturday Aug. 2nd, I finally hung my stand in the tree that I know is where I need to be...it just sucks that I have to move it up about 3 more feet to get above where the trunk branches off...this will actually give me 360 degrees of shooting range when standing with bow in hand.

I changed the cards and replaced batteries (although not completely necessary) and was a little dissappointed in this pull...not a lot of pics of deer like I have been getting to this point...2 changes were made, I haven't had a feed block out since early July and I moved both cameras, one cam to a mock scrape I made a couple of weeks ago (early I know, and I don't use any scents on them)...had a 4pt check it out and a doe. Hope to see more action in these communication areas on the next pull at the end of august.

I have 2 more feed blocks to put out which I will do when my climbing sticks get here so that I can raise my stand and then I'm out of there till at least the end of august.
I will likely move one camera to the easement on the north side of the property and see when the deer are using my entrance plan to my stand.

There is also an option that I might be able to hunt from the ground before the leaves fall...there is a large cottonwood on the property that has a ton of brush around it as well as low hanging limbs...I believe it is where deer come from the south cornfield and bed down on the property I hunt or just pass through.

after these last 2 trips to the property i will be done until opening day...I need patience!

Finally got it uploaded, here she is at the scrape I made

This is exactly what I was hoping to see at this scrape I started

reading everyone else's cam pulls is making me wish I had more property to run cams on, so I could alternate card pulls and get my fix...trying to hold out on my next pull till the end of august..not sure if that will be saturday or sunday