Where do you hang your game cams?

[Huntin_GI]

Game Cams?

Went out yesterday and put some miles down. Had 5 cams and after all the internet scouting I could do, marked quite a bit of country off my list. That being said, I struggled on where cams should go. Found several nice bedding areas, few old rubs, and one either dust bath or wallow?
Ended up putting one of the cams on the wallow but didn't feel like the bedding areas would concentrate the animals consistently enough to get a good idea of the use patterns.

During early/pre-season what do you like to focus your cameras on? The area is covered in water and holds quite a few large meadows above 10K.

 

[Ross]

Water, saddles defined ridges prior rutting grounds and any lateral trails I can find flat benches

 

[cnelk]

I have one hung at this little meadow

 

[cnelk]

One at this water/wallow

 

[cnelk]

And one on this game trail. I’ll be checking them late next week

 

[Huntin_GI]

Water, saddles defined ridges prior rutting grounds and any lateral trails I can find flat benches View attachment 197794View attachment 197796View attachment 197797View attachment 197799View attachment 197800View attachment 197801View attachment 197798

What do you mean by lateral trails?

 

[Huntin_GI]

I get the saddles as that makes perfect sense. Problem I’m having is this area is almost a plateau at 10K. Not a lot of saddles or benches.

I’m taking the family back into the area for a camping trip this week so will get the chance to do some more exploring but being relatively flat has me scratching my head.

 

[Ross]

In my areas there are defined north slope trails used for decades from feeding to bedding areas or simply to avoid predators

 

[trophyhill]

Water, saddles defined ridges prior rutting grounds and any lateral trails I can find flat benches View attachment 197794View attachment 197796View attachment 197797View attachment 197799View attachment 197800View attachment 197801View attachment 197798

That's what I'm talking about