|
Post by Freeborn on Dec 15, 2019 20:18:57 GMT -6
This thread has me thinking. I don't have a cell cam and probably won't ever get one, doesn't mean I don't want one though. With that said I don't even use my normal cams more than 100yds from the house. I hunt several properties that have never had a camera on them. I really don't use what I have for the sake of hunting, why would I want something better? I'm curious, if not for real time pics what good is it to have a cell cam instead of a normal cam? If you aren't using a camera to know what's there to hunt, might as well just put them out and not check them until after season. Remote owners use them as they want pictures while their not on their property. You might not see the need unless you are away from your place for weeks at a time.
|
|
|
Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 15, 2019 20:20:36 GMT -6
In my opinion, a cell cam is great for properties that are long distance. Example ... see pic attached.
|
|
|
Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 15, 2019 20:23:21 GMT -6
At first I thought trespasser, then I realized surveyor.
|
|
|
Post by nhmountains on Dec 15, 2019 20:24:00 GMT -6
This thread has me thinking. I don't have a cell cam and probably won't ever get one, doesn't mean I don't want one though. With that said I don't even use my normal cams more than 100yds from the house. I hunt several properties that have never had a camera on them. I really don't use what I have for the sake of hunting, why would I want something better? I'm curious, if not for real time pics what good is it to have a cell cam instead of a normal cam? If you aren't using a camera to know what's there to hunt, might as well just put them out and not check them until after season. Unless you're using them for security...there is no other reason that makes any sense to me. I think the advantage of the cell camera they push is that you are less intrusive with it because you don’t have to go in and swap cards and leave your scent on tge way in and out. That was the advantage the Orion Buckeye cameras used to push. I'd like one for security purposes. I played chess with deer all fall and they won. It was nice using cameras to know there was something out there since most of the days I saw no deer.
|
|
|
Post by Catscratch on Dec 15, 2019 20:36:37 GMT -6
This thread has me thinking. I don't have a cell cam and probably won't ever get one, doesn't mean I don't want one though. With that said I don't even use my normal cams more than 100yds from the house. I hunt several properties that have never had a camera on them. I really don't use what I have for the sake of hunting, why would I want something better? I'm curious, if not for real time pics what good is it to have a cell cam instead of a normal cam? If you aren't using a camera to know what's there to hunt, might as well just put them out and not check them until after season. Remote owners use them as they want pictures while their not on their property. You might not see the need unless you are away from your place for weeks at a time. I check my cameras multiple times a week sometimes. I certainly understand wanting to know what's out there. For me cameras are just plain fun to check. They have little to no bearing on my hunting as I don't use cameras where I hunt. I could see that changing if I had a cell cam. I could see me putting a cell cam up in a funnel during the rut and being glued to it all day every day. It would be cool as hell! I could see getting excited and "making" time to hunt on days that I otherwise wouldn't have based on what I was getting in the inbox. It would be very much like seeing a monster in the bean field on the way home from work and getting out a little early the next day to try to connect. With that said, I don't think I would find it pleasurable to blanket the place. In fact; I had a Cuddelink for 1 yr, never once hooked it to cell service or used it the way they were intended. Returned it for a Browning when it broke...
|
|
|
Post by Catscratch on Dec 15, 2019 20:47:38 GMT -6
So, why ever check a camera before season is over if it's not for hunting purposes (exclude security, I don't think that was ever supposed to be part of the thread)? If what's out there or not out there will not affect your hunting decisions (or excitement to hunt) why check it at all?
|
|
|
Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 15, 2019 20:50:46 GMT -6
I can say without a doubt a cell cam could help time a hunt? Example back in the day I had some land in Kittson County/MN... We had cameras up there, but a cell camera would have “told” me that a really nice buck (pic below) was everywhere on my land, during the day almost every day. By the time I got up there he had moved to the neighbors and they shot him. image uploading site
|
|
|
Post by Tooln on Dec 15, 2019 23:19:18 GMT -6
I've never used my cams for hunting, only to see what's hanging around my property. Never flown my drone either for hunting use. Is it ethical, is driving a property to push deer towards standers ethical. That's done all the time and no one questions it. Personally I've never been fond of drives.
|
|
|
Post by Catscratch on Dec 16, 2019 7:07:27 GMT -6
I've never used my cams for hunting, only to see what's hanging around my property. Never flown my drone either for hunting use. Is it ethical, is driving a property to push deer towards standers ethical. That's done all the time and no one questions it. Personally I've never been fond of drives. I grew up with deer drives, loved them! I was too young to carry a rifle (16 minimum age requirement) so I was a pusher and quail hunted the draws. Lots of fun. Let me be with the "men" on a hunt. All the dads, uncles, grandpas, and cousins gathered... strategized, dropped off, then gathered after the hunt and ate together with the women of the families. Best family reunions ever! We weren't very successful with big bucks but shot some does and little bucks. The big bucks were always shot by scouting and sitting travel routes once a big one was located. We hunted pheasants with drives also. Exactly the same experience and a ton of fun.
|
|
|
Post by MN Slick on Dec 16, 2019 8:51:00 GMT -6
Even bucks on a "pattern" aren't routine enough where a cell cam is going to cause their demise with any sort of consistency in my opinion. Sounds like they were lucky he came back out on the same field and they played it up for their sponsors. For sure they can tell you a specific is in the area but anyone running regular cams knows that so some degree. We have 2 running and it's damn fun to get real time pictures but other than that they do no more for us than regular cams. Actually, after discussions with a buddy who runs a bunch of them I think Spartans may be spooking deer and for sure they miss pictures.
|
|
|
Post by MoBuckChaser on Dec 16, 2019 10:30:21 GMT -6
Funny thing where I hunt you may have a picture that shows a big buck and it gets killed 5 miles away 20 min later. Provide the bedding area for the doe’s, hunt the rut travel routes and get surprised.
|
|
|
Post by MoBuckChaser on Dec 16, 2019 12:25:21 GMT -6
What will be next, the use of heat seeking arrows so you don’t have to learn how to shoot? GPS Goo on your arrow that when it touches a deer you can track your good or bad shot without learning how to track an animal? How much more fucked up can hunting get before it’s not hunting anymore.
|
|
|
Post by smsmith on Dec 16, 2019 12:29:55 GMT -6
What will be next, the use of heat seeking arrows so you don’t have to learn how to shoot? GPS Goo on your arrow that when it touches a deer you can track your good or bad shot without learning how to track an animal? How much more fucked up can hunting get before it’s not hunting anymore. I have resisted enclosed box blinds for this reason. It just seems like cheating to kill a deer while sitting in a nice, heated little shack. Ethics are funny. Somebody else's may seem screwed up, but mine are certainly accurate
|
|
|
Post by MoBuckChaser on Dec 16, 2019 12:36:58 GMT -6
What will be next, the use of heat seeking arrows so you don’t have to learn how to shoot? GPS Goo on your arrow that when it touches a deer you can track your good or bad shot without learning how to track an animal? How much more fucked up can hunting get before it’s not hunting anymore. I have resisted enclosed box blinds for this reason. It just seems like cheating to kill a deer while sitting in a nice, heated little shack. Ethics are funny. Somebody else's may seem screwed up, but mine are certainly accurate My point exactly. We have already turned into the biggest bunch of pussies there is. So we really need anymore help?
|
|
|
Post by benmnwi on Dec 16, 2019 13:00:58 GMT -6
I don't have a cell trail camera, but I don't have anything against them. I think it would be wrong though if you used a real time picture to change your plan and go out and kill that deer right then.
I have a lot of regular trail cameras out and I use them to figure out what bucks are in the area and set standards accordingly. If I waited for a big buck to show up on camera and then hunt him the next day I wouldn't kill too many bucks. I don't think I've ever had daylight pictures of a mature buck on the same camera 2 days in a row.
|
|