Of late I've seen a couple YouTube videos asserting that cell cams spook mature bucks and that the hosts had little to no photos of mature bucks when using cell cams. Has anyone else noticed this?
I run the Cuddelinks system so my cell cams are placed in easy to access areas with the feeder cams daisy changed outward to the better locations. Even with less than ideal placement I still get mature buck photos every year on the actual cell cams, though I don't typically get a lot of repeat visits from those mature bucks. To whatever extent cell cams do spook them, I wonder if it is a regional or local thing based on hunting pressure? Or possibly a placement issue? I've had my cell cam in essentially the same location since I first got it. It is not all that difficult to spot if you're looking for it but it isn't in the direct line sight from the direction of travel and most bucks tend to focus on the mock scrape that it overlooks.
I run the Cuddelinks system so my cell cams are placed in easy to access areas with the feeder cams daisy changed outward to the better locations. Even with less than ideal placement I still get mature buck photos every year on the actual cell cams, though I don't typically get a lot of repeat visits from those mature bucks. To whatever extent cell cams do spook them, I wonder if it is a regional or local thing based on hunting pressure? Or possibly a placement issue? I've had my cell cam in essentially the same location since I first got it. It is not all that difficult to spot if you're looking for it but it isn't in the direct line sight from the direction of travel and most bucks tend to focus on the mock scrape that it overlooks.