Honyock
WKR
IMHO, one of the big benefits of running trail cameras is to get an inventory of the size of bucks that are in your area. I know that there is a long thread/pissing match on trail cameras and to each their own. What someone does on their land doesn't affect me on mine. Personally, I enjoy getting my morning deer porn delivered to my phone and seeing what's there (deer, hogs, coyotes, turkey, bobcats, etc). My question is, would you have shot that "nice 8 point" if you knew that there were several bigger deer on your hunting land? I think a lot of guys would be surprised to see what's actually on their land. Unless you're going to play the luck game, to kill big bucks you have to hunt big bucks and be willing to go home empty handed. I've killed enough "nice deer" over the last 40 years and don't need another rack to throw in the pile. If I want meat, I shoot a young doe. This is my 2023 target buck. I've been picking him up pretty consistently for the last three months primarily hitting mineral stations. No guarantees where he will go when the bachelor herds bust up but knowing he's in the area makes it a lot easier to pass on smaller bucks. Without trail cameras I would have not known that he was even there. I would have bet a lot of money that there was not a 175-180 class deer on my land.
