Why Trail Cams Lie

[@kevinmartin7354]

I haven't used a camera in 3 years. I don't miss them. I also have not put out any corn this year. Cheapest deer season ever.

[@StevenSmith-7t391]

I tried a solar panel on one camera this year and it worked great. The camera had and still is at 100% battery strength. A great Christmas gift if you have someone that could use one. Merry Christmas!

[@markmilner563]

Trail cams are a tremendous resource but sometimes it maddening. I sit in one spot, nice buck in another spot. Why wasn’t I sitting there? Urgh!!! Great info Jeff. Thanks

[@7outdoors4life]

I love your videos, my friend. I’m just so busy working. I haven’t got enough time to watch your videos so I have to listen to you while I’m driving.

[@Efexxg37]

Man, you dropped this and the last season video at the perfect time. Hunting all next week in Illinois. Paid $550 for out of state tags to hunt for 6 days.

[@Lpass2020]

Another great video!!!! I'm happy to say that because of ALL your videos the past few years my son and I have bucks on 5 different properties that I hunt, and we shot one two weeks ago!! Thanks to you and the team for everything!!!!

[@drewharman1690]

This was my #1 mistake not making it again! We are putting way too much much faith in these cell cameras! They just miss so much and not sending all your photos either

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

One of the bad things about this Drew is this ...if you have a good trail cam strategy, they are unfortunately brutally honest.

[@tjsfarmandfamily]

Yes, I use reveals too but one day when I hunted, multiple deer passed my camera and I never got a picture.

[@drewharman1690]

@ check into getting a wise eye and thank me later! Tactacams are cheap and not very good

[@willietownsend3547]

@@drewharman1690I use WiseEye. I was in stand this morning and watch 2 does for 30 minutes in front of camera and no pictures. After my hunt I walked in front of it and it took pic of me. They all hit and miss.

[@bigred.outdoors]

I agree, but also I use my cams in terms of surveillance of the property. You can also use them to pattern deer, based on wind direction, temps, and biometric pressure. Only people with no real knowledge of hunting think they’re useless. They’re simply another tool in the tool box.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Very few actually have a "good" trail cam strategy, because of the reasons in the video 😉

[@troybrake5686]

Killin it Jeff as always! Much love from Kentucky!🎉

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks so much Troy, really appreciate you!

[@davidsignor7931]

It really doesn't matter what is on your camera it matters what is in your cross hairs in season doesn't really amount to the pictures you have. When the rut starts buck can be anywhere

[@BG-bx4ey]

Not true at all for a lot of us. The open woods at my place turn to a wasteland when the rut cranks up because the does all run for cover. Most of the old timers think out rut is a month later than it actually is because when it starts, they see nothing for weeks until it ends and the deer return to the hardwoods and feed piles.

[@Bobcatdaddy49]

Merry Christmas Jeff n fam

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Merry Christmas to you too, Bob!

[@BG-bx4ey]

My camp mates will only hunt if there is a cell cam out, so they REALLY hurt us this year. By trying to keep track of our better areas, I ended up concentrating everyone but me into those areas.

[@illegalclown]

One of my cameras spooked a big target buck this fall. It was high up on limb, but the buck stood up, sniffed at it, walked away never to return. I couldn't figure out how that happened. Then I went out to the camera and found the strap had come loose and was dangling down just low enough for the buck to see.

[@carlo_scarpino]

Great Video Jeff

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks so much Carlo, we appreciate you!

[@briansweeney4758]

Another great informative video on the trail cameras. I have very few deer looking at cameras since i started putting them higher. I wish cell service was better so i could run more cell cameras. Unfortunately, where i hunt mimimal cell coverage so i run 2 cell cameras and 10 or 12 others i need to swap sd cards. I've ruined spots because i checked my cameras too frequently. This is great advice Thanks again from the east coast of Canada Merry Christmas to the good folks at WHS.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Really appreciate you Brian, and always love hearing from our friends in Canada!

[@MarkS204specC]

Why not use the Lithium Battery along with the solar panel? My 2 cameras are set up like that, and I don’t need to worry about “managing” the batteries and it allows more flexibility in the settings in the camera.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

We use them in about 1/3rd of our cameras. Unfortunately not all good camera locations come with exposure to the sun, and they need to be set before leaf drop.

[@paulkeehr9268]

Thinking spring Can you spray Simazine on a poor stand of switch grass and replant or just start over

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Paul! If you have at l set 1-2 strands of switch per square food...don't replay 😊 I would mow when weeds and switch are about a foot to 15" high. Then within 2 weeks spray 1.5 pints of 2-4D per acre. Spray Quincloric at 6oz per acre of needed for fox tail by late May, early June and enjoy your switchgrass for the year!

[@dmouse522]

Mine often show me I should have been in stand A and not B. Have to rethink my daily stand selection based on wind direction.

[@harrisonnelson1064]

Can you make a video about basically how to analyze and where to start building/managing your property?

[@matthewedwards6108]

Hes got a play list for it... great set ups

[@ihus9950]

Hello Jeff, have you tryed Reveal Lithium Cartridge? Or with there latest Solar panel. Just curious if they worked for you and if there worth the extra money. Thanks 👍🏻

[@ronnorris6925]

I run the lithium cartridge on all my reveals. I run them on all my reveals and think they last as long or maybe a little longer . They are worth the cost in my opinion. For what the good energizer batteries cost,you pay for the cartridge in just over 2 sets of batteries .

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

They are awesome!! Definitely need sun in the location tho

[@bradleyjohnson9569]

I ended up assisting our neighbor in their harvesting of some target bucks this year! I have been a little out of tune with nature the past couple of years. Drove the 4x4 to check cameras. Neighbor text saying how his cameras all of a sudden lit up with bucks! You’re welcome!😒. Needless to say, I didn’t harvest this year. I have one camera that is 6” off the ground, mounted on a stump. This year I had three bucks together sparing with each other. They even found my camera, posing for photos. Funny stuff to watch.

[@johnmullies1807]

Spypoints have the mini built in solar panel and they go entire season June -Jan and not a single recharge / battery replacement

[@BG-bx4ey]

I want those so bad. We run Moultrie Edge because they are the only cams that get signal everywhere I've set em up, but they don't perform very well otherwise.

[@willietownsend3547]

Jeff how high do u mount your camera? Tactacam told me about waist high is ideal. I believe bucks and does are frighten by camera!!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Like in the video...around 6', or about a foot off the ground. Rarely waist high...deer are definitely spooked by them which is why I have hid them for 25 years ..

[@BG-bx4ey]

Waist high is ideal for capturing the most motion with the sensor. I have spooked off many nice bucks doing that, so it's not necessarily ideal for your success.

[@anthonyroberts9034]

Was that a camera Flash @ 8:50 ?

[@richardrobinson5085]

Hey Jeff Anthony here from Alabama, I was wondering if you you could do a dedicated video on your opinions of southern whitetail food plots and hunting strategies. Thank you in advance you’re awesome!

[@jasonw9423]

Yes. Here in Georgia, I look at their food plots with envy.

[@BG-bx4ey]

I'm in Louisiana. We mostly use corn and rice bran because we have green food everywhere all season long. I've hunted Alabama, Mississipi, Texas, Arkansas, and all over Louisiana and I've never attracted mature bucks to food plots like I have seen farther north. Not sure why.

[@chuckzenz55]

Do you just use a regular tactacam camera above you to video?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Chuck! That's a Reveal. I use a Tactacam too!

[@chuckzenz55]

@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 do you just set it to pic plus video and once it detects motion in front of you, like a deer you are gonna shoot, it triggers to start taking video?

[@codygardner2675]

Jeff, had a Buck show up on my family farm (230 acres) in southern VT yesterday AM. Got him in the cell cams season ended sunday. By far the biggest buck we have ever had on the farm. Possible he was around all along or any way of keeping him around? Never ever seen this buck before, blew my mind!

[@MrTrapper1111]

Hey Jeff do the low glow models spoke deer? Trying to justify the price difference for low glow/no glow

[@stephenmcatee2104]

i have ten trail cams out right now and all but one have batteries from last year and are still working fine , several of them are getting over 1000 pics every 2 weeks . not sure why you have to change batteries that often.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

We run 10 second video...which burns batteries down several times more than pictures. So we only get about 4 months. Pictures we get 6 months to over a year depending on the location 😉 Doesn't seem to often to me...

[@calebmetrich411]

Yeah a close friend of mine his father in law owned 6000 acres they would run side by sides out a lot putting bait out. But that was the exception being on that kind of private land

[@BG-bx4ey]

We hunt 500 acres and swapping from atvs to an electric sxs has made an insane difference for us

[@dswish1730]

My friend found a big matched set last week in his neighbors back yard.They are dropping early.Time to get my dog off the couch😂

[@aaronjohnson49]

Hey Jeff, when you are mentioning trail cams at stand locations, how far are you generally setting the camera from the actual tree, or blind? Is there a distance that you won't consider setting camera up because it's to far from the stand or are you considering the range of the weapon that the stand was designed for to tell you how far you will accept a camera from blind or stand?

[@BG-bx4ey]

There's no distance correlation between stand and camera unless you're trying to shoot your camera. Stand distance is determined by weapon range and access. Camera distance is determined by its effective range as well.

[@aaronjohnson49]

I meant in terms of how far you're willing to wander from the actual stand or blind itself to change batteries on the camera.

[@janitorialguy4436]

Thanks Jeff

[@dswish1730]

Mine are showing me what made it through.Not seeing the 2 I wanted to see.Thats what shed season is for👍🤞🙏

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

And I know you LOVE your shed season D!

[@natemullen5868]

I purchased 4 new reveals in october and 2 are already broke by not sending any pictures, highly disappointed but theyve helped me around my property with trespassers

[@RayGreyfox]

To me its getting a bit over the top. Artificial water. Cell cams. Massive food plots. Minimize your time in the woods. Killing every target buck seems almost a foregone conclusion. And the money spent is crazy. I enjoy the time in the woods. Scouting, patterning deer and just being in the woods. Im a public land hunter though and I understand im the minority now. My cost is a license and a bullet. We kill great bucks every year on massive tracts of public (20,000 acres plus). Fun to watch your content but its just not what i enjoy. Fun to watch yall kill those target bucks though!! Continued success!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hope you enjoyed my public land bucks the last few years then 😉 No cameras, no food plots, no EHD proof waterholes, same hunting concepts tho...and less than 2 days per buck spent in the woods.

[@RayGreyfox]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 yes! But you would have never shot those bucks on your property. You killed nice average PA mountain bucks but no slammers. Your not gonna run in the woods in a few hours n shoot a mountain monster. Thats why you were done so quick. For us we can close a 2 buck tag season out in less than a week shooting them. Which is fine if you are really pressed for time. We are chasing high elevation mountain giants. You dont just stroll in and kill them. Its really hard work. Physically n mentally. Its much enjoyed!!!

[@BG-bx4ey]

I just don't feel safe hunting public land, nor is it ideal for hunting with my young kids or ageing parents. Small tract private is what we have. Success is strongly preferred over failure, so it's not "over the top" to me to make a little effort to fill the walls as we fill the freezers.

[@RayGreyfox]

@BG-bx4ey absolutely

[@acelove3667]

I live 2 hours from where I hunt and the camera was a game changer this year. My target buck was on a few cameras all morning and early afternoon that day so around 1pm i jumped in the truck drove the 2 hours and after being in the stand for 20 min i got a 10 yard shot at him and barley went 20

[@Rico11b]

Need to put up cameras with climbing sticks to get them above other hunters. I'd say 10ft+. They'll be less likely to see them and steal them.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Definitely on public land. On private we just prosecute and punish.

[@Rico11b]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 True, but ya gotta catch them first.

[@kurtpearson2793]

Snow storm , what can I say. 9 th?

[@donaldbowling8620]

No glows make all the difference in the world. That and solar panels. Set it and forget it.

[@h-minus5537]

I never used a trail cam

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Even if you don't want to use it for hunting, it offers an incredible level of insight into various forms of wildlife within their own world.

[@DG-jf1is]

Hey Jeff! Great video. Off topic, is there an affordable pop-up ground blind you would recommend that doesn't have a zippered door? Zippers are loud. 😂

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I can't stand those zipp red doors! BUT, I would opt for a quality blind over the non zippered doors. I am not sponsored by them in any way, but I have enjoyed using the baronnet blinds...the Ox models. Great features and super thick material. Mor expensive but built to last. Although they have those dang zippers!

[@BG-bx4ey]

I buy $80 hub blinds and bungee the door

[@DG-jf1is]

@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I think it's great the way you interact with your followers. Appreciate it! One more thing with a zippered door do you have any tips on opening quieter or just RIP it off like a bandaid? Lol. I usually open in super slowmo but still seems to make a racket on a calm crispy fall morning. I also use a doe bleet as I run the zipper sometimes but don't know if it helps.

[@4theloveoftruth86]

I have never used trail cameras for the following reasons; they are expensive and become a bad substitute for woodsmanship.

[@BG-bx4ey]

I use them for thermal hog hunting. Woodsmanship is great, but I'd rather hang out by the camp fire til it's time to blast the bacon.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

You obviously could learn a lot from them 👍

[@connorkropp6017]

🦌😁

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Enjoy the day Connor!

[@kurtpearson2793]

Nice harvest 👍

[@davidvasquez5313]

Atv are bad..... as Jeff is using his atv. Lol. Love it. Cameras are a great tool. But u must still scout those blind areas, meaning where the cameras aren't. I replace batteries once a year. I just do photos, no video. 1,500 pics every 4-5 days with a 10sec delay.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I definitely don't use them to hunt 😉 The rest of the year has zero negative impact...

[@matthewedwards6108]

Where did all the WHS haters come from? Why are you even here watching

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

They are here to actually learn, during a break from their normal channels 😂

[@thewhiteknight02]

60 cameras at $10 a month each. Need to learn to hunt buddy. Or wire up the woods and put actual cameras. I’d be embarrassed.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Jealousy will get you nowhere Karen 😂

[@kickicker6058]

I hate them. I get tired of my camp mates passing their damn phones around showing all their stupid photos...

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I just miss a good game of Stratego 👍