So, I'm new to using trail cameras. I started last off season, in the summer and now. I've seen guys talk of using cams to pattern a buck. I've seen guys talk of using cams to zero in on a good buck. This seems difficult at best. First of all, if you run a high volume of cams, you're really increasing your risk for theft. Secondly, the more you're in the woods checking cams, moving cams, muckin around in there, the more disturbance you're creating and thus making it harder to "pattern" a mature buck.
So, how does this work? Are guys using those cellphone trail cams so they don't have to enter the woods much to disturb the area? Do they think they have it figured out and cam is just to confirm? It just seems trampeling all through a mature bucks area to get pictures of him is going to make him a LOT harder to kill.
So, you guys that have been running cams for years and years and have more experience than I may ever get. Is this common, or more of the exception to the rule?
So, how does this work? Are guys using those cellphone trail cams so they don't have to enter the woods much to disturb the area? Do they think they have it figured out and cam is just to confirm? It just seems trampeling all through a mature bucks area to get pictures of him is going to make him a LOT harder to kill.
So, you guys that have been running cams for years and years and have more experience than I may ever get. Is this common, or more of the exception to the rule?