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To those of you with good knowledge of your herd-- Noticing a shift to night pics on bucks?
The dreaded "nocturnal phase"?
The dreaded "nocturnal phase"?
I think it depends to on what your cams are set up on. Meaning trails or corn piles. I would suspect that many cams set on corn piles would show night time activity on bucks. Transition areas or trails may show a different result.
Not really. I think nocturnal "phases" throughout a deer herd are probably more related to pressure than anything. Less boot prints on the property= More daylight movement
Almost all of the bucks I see while hunting are cruising or chasing and not getting anywhere near my cameras. For that reason I don't put any thought into getting daylight pics. I just hunt as much as I can especially during the rut.
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I too, believe not getting pictures on camera may make some people not hunt a good spot. I have seen deer I was sure I got pics of, but nope! I don't run but one camera now. I would rather hunt not knowing than fight with a preconceived thought that I'm going to see nothing when the deer sign says different. I find it much easier to hunt spots I have confidence in, w/o the cameras. Sure enough these spots paid out.