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Trail cam pics

Thanks man. I was noticing the condition of the bark on the log. Have you used that log as a bait/salt soak or sumpthin? jd
We pack about 300 pounds of salt and minerals a year into the area. That particular Cam has no salt on it, there is a natural mineral lick there. We found that spot follwing the tracks of a big buck one year, I dont think anyone would find it just looking, its a weird area. A trick canyon if you will. We got lucky and have been watching it for 6-7 years now. The few people that hunt that area actually pass it up thinking the farther they get the better it will get.
 
We pack about 300 pounds of salt and minerals a year into the area. That particular Cam has no salt on it, there is a natural mineral lick there. We found that spot follwing the tracks of a big buck one year, I dont think anyone would find it just looking, its a weird area. A trick canyon if you will. We got lucky and have been watching it for 6-7 years now. The few people that hunt that area actually pass it up thinking the farther they get the better it will get.
That is soooo cool. We have also run into little trick spots where for no apparent reason, there is "big medicine" for game. I've almost become a believer in electromagnetic wave theory to explain it. It is what keeps hunting so interesting. jd
 
Learn something new everyday. I never knew the calf elk had spots. The ones I saw didn't have spots but I've never been early in the year. Would be nice to see the cats gone also. We are getting them around here too. Thanks for the pics.
 
Thanks for the good words. Trail cameras are a lot of fun and collect an amazing amount of information. I’m gonna post a series of pictures of a buck we watched for over 5 years. We never did harvest him, the agreement me and my partner have is whoever sets up the camera gets first opportunity on the animals that show up. My buddy put in the work and over a 5 year period recorded a truly once in a lifetime buck. I had the tag twice and wouldn’t even go within 2-3 miles of the territory, I don’t think I could of handled the temptation. It’s a neat story and I’ve encouraged him to share it in an article someday. I helped maintain that camera during the period and we never told a soul, not one, we were able to keep it a secret. The buck met it’s demise in 2016 and the story ended, after we realized he was gone we shared some pictures with some mutual friends who are guides, their reaction was priceless. I’ll try and post a few pictures of that buck from what we guess was four years old, when we found him, to around the age of nine. My own belief is that those big Muleys are weak after the rut and I believe lions get many of them each year. Their glands are stinking, their guard is down and they are weak. We find two or three big mature dead heads every year, this past January we found a beautiful typical, the skull was a year old and the rats had chewed the tips but he was a solid 190 class deer. I didn’t know if there was much interest in these pictures but there is enough to warrant posting this buck I’m talking about.
 
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Thanks for the good words. Trail cameras are a lot of fun and collect an amazing amount of information. I’m gonna post a series of pictures of a buck we watched for over 5 years. We never did harvest him, the agreement me and my partner have is whoever sets up the camera gets first opportunity on the animals that show up. My buddy put in the work and over a 5 year period recorded a truly once in a lifetime buck. I had the tag twice and wouldn’t even go within 2-3 miles of the territory, I don’t think I could of handled the temptation. It’s a neat story and I’ve encouraged him to share it in an article someday. I helped maintain that camera during the period and we never told a soul, not one, we were able to keep it a secret. The buck met it’s demise in 2016 and the story ended, after that we shared some pictures with some mutual friends who are guides. I’ll try and post a few pictures of that buck from what we guess was four years old when he was found Him to around the age of nine. My own belief is that those big Muleys are weak after the rut and I believe lions get many of them each year. Their glands are stinking, their guard is down and they are weak. We find two or three big mature dead heads every year, this past January we found a beautiful typical, the skull was a year old and the rats had chewed the tips but he was a solid 190 class deer. I didn’t know if there was much interest in these pictures but there is enough to warrant posting this buck I’m talking about.









by all means post them,enjoying seeing trail cam pics. and anything found in the outdoors and sure others do also. Thanks Charles
 
Great Pics, & a Very Special location of that camera!!!!!! Not just the Eastern Guys enjoying the pics!!! I'm out West here in Idaho, & don't get the chance to see Nature like that!!!!!! Keep up the Great Pics & stories, I think we all enjoy them!!!! Idaho-45
 
I’m running out time to get the pics of the buck I wanna post, I have to get on the road and play Contractor till Friday. I’ll get them up this weekend.
 
Amazing spot Nakneker, I would not have even given up the state, not even with 2 or 3 Seals water boarding me.
 

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