Using Old Trail Camera Photos To Kill Deer In The Future
/Using Old Trail Camera Photos To Kill Deer In The Future
When it comes to gathering information on deer there is no easier or cheaper way then the use of trail cameras. They range anywhere from forty dollars to over five hundred dollars. Even at the top price range you will save a ton of money for the information that you gather. They stay out working 24/7, in the wrong wind, too much hunting pressure, and in the worst weather you can think of.
Studying old photos of deer that are not even alive anymore might not make a lot of sense, but deer are deer and most of them will always act like deer. They all have seasonal patterns and for the most part them patterns don't change all that much from one year to the next.
Old trail camera pictures are one thing that separates the successful deer hunters from the ones that just wish they could kill deer on a regular basis. Most modern game cameras stamp the time, date, moon phase, and temperature on every photo taken. I have seen some that even put the barometric pressure on the picture. I personally like to look at what the weather was doing on wunderground.com and see if I can find weather patterns that make the deer use certain areas.
Trail cameras now a days are a common thing. Almost every deer hunter has at least one picture of a dream buck on their phone that was taken from a trail camera but very few hunters ever take it much farther then having a picture of a nice buck. They never stop to think why was that buck there in the first place. Figuring that out is the key to the puzzle even if the buck that you have a picture of is no longer alive.
I am a firm believer that using old trail camera photos will help you harvest deer on future hunts. I am sure that 90% of deer hunter have pictures on there computer that would unlock a mystery about the deer in their hunting area. Don't just put them pictures away to never look at them again. Organize them so you can take a look at them from time to time. You never know what you might find!
Go Get Em,
Jacob Schmitt
Jacob Schmitt started hunting when he was about 4 years of age and he has grow to love bow hunting whitetail deer in his home state of Arkansas. He loves sharing what he has learned over the years to help others become better deer hunters. He feels that it is his duty to give back what he has gained from years of trail and error to those that were not lucky enough to have grown up in a hunting family.
