What is the best way to get an old hunter excited? Show him trail cam photos of Big Big Bucks.
Suddenly he is leaning in close with his glasses on peering over your shoulder ooohhhhing and ahhhhhing and breathing heavy.
No worries, it is an old hunter thing. Seeing Big antlers is like seeing an old Muscle Car. It makes them breath fast and the memory clicks back to that age when they were young and indestructible.
"I need someone to get that old deer stand out back." He says out loud. "Look at that. You can put it up on the Hickory tree." His mind is clicking and whirring. I think I can actually hear it.
Those days of old. He was a marksman and a sure shot.
The buck above has 5 pts on his left side and 4 pts on the other, the antlers are mismatched and unique.
I have a lot of photos of deer in this spot. This would not be a spot I thought I would find a lot of deer traffic. In the last 4 days had about 300 shots of Spike bucks, does, and fawns walking through and pausing to pose for the camera.
This includes, a skunk, raccoon, squirrels, rabbits, 'possum, coyotes, turkeys, and a huge surprise....
....A Pileated Woodpecker!
I keep wishing this camera shot in color, but for whatever reason it doesn't any more.
This Moutrie camera was really worth it. I've had it up in the woods since 2016. It just keeps on clicking.
My goal? I'd love to have a 'trophy photo' of one of these guys. One from my camera in hand.
I don't dislike venison. Meat from deer hunting has always been an excellent addition to our freezer.
Meanwhile, I can enjoy seeing what happens in the forest when I am not around.
What I found terribly interesting is that the Moultrie records the pressure along with temp and time. I just noticed that the ones with the most activity has a pressure of 28.7ish inHg.
So...
something I did not know but have learned by watching is obvious to some. The barometric pressure does have an influence on the movement of deer.
If you already knew this, just say Duh and smile. I knew that deer move before weather fronts, I just never thought about it.