Anyone have any interesting pictures yet? I've had two cameras out for about 5 days and have filled 3 rolls of pics so far. I've developed 2 and have the 3rd roll to be developed in my pocket. The other two rolls had pics of several 3 year-old 8 pointers and does. Nothing major to share. How about you?

I put one out and it needs to use up one more frame. I don't expect to see any monster bucks on it though.

Why don't you have any expectations for some good deer? Do you manange the place for trophy animals?

Well, I would if I could, but I only have 5 acres. I cannot control the rest of the land owners around me, they are all "brown it's down" folks with no plans for changing. Last year I sat on my property once to hunt ( I will only bow hunt at home) and saw on the bordering 13 acres 7 guys in orange along the property line...waiting. So I lease some land near by.



My personal limit is that a buck has to be 6 points or better, so I've only killed two bucks in my life, the rest have been does.



I have never seen a trophy whitetail buck when hunting.

I have my camera out year round. I need another one! I love Sunday nights, that is "picture time", the time when I collect the card from the camera, take it home and see what is on it.



I get to monitor the antler growth and see how much they eat (I keep my camera at the protein feeders.)



The camera is a great thing. It helps me keep track of who is where. I had not seen these two stags in over two months. If it weren't for the camera, I would swear they were dead or gone.

Great pics, Wendell! Do you have other exotics on your ranch?

Thanks Vic. Along with the Stag, I have Mule Deer, Whitetail, Aoudad and Axis Deer.



Vic, If I remember correctly, you had some great pictures of Whitetail from last year ... didn't you? Or am I confused again?



I will get the current pictures this week. There should be some good Whitetail on it. The Stags develop quicker, so they are more impressive right now.



Here is a picture I took with a digital camera through a Leupold spotting scope of a different Stag taking a bath. They love to swim! What you don't see in the picture is the other hinds and even the one month old Red Deer calves swimming with him!

Yes, I got some pretty good pics last year. I usually start running my cameras early in July. By the time the season starts in September, I've had time to shuffle them around my farm enough to have a pretty good idea what to expect for the season. That said, each year we shoot deer that never showed themselves on film. Then again, it's always interesting to take one that matches with a pic from during the summer.
As for the roll of pics that I mentioned was in my pocket earlier today, I got it developed and it had all bucks in the 24 pictures. It was pretty much 3 deer in an assortment of time periods. They all looked like 3 and 4 year-old 8 pointers. Beautiful deer but no shooters in the bunch.
What inspired you to bring in all the exotic species? Do most of them handle our southern heat pretty well?

I bet that's a lot of fun seeing such a unique variety of animals on your place. I have a hard time explaining to people how special each trip around my farm is and I usually only see the same old routine things of deer, ducks, turkys, quail, and all the other assortment of creatures that you have in the Georgia woods. That said, each day is special, and as the seasons change, there's something truly awe inspiring if you take the time to look for it.
Anyway, just in case you're interested, here's a pic from the roll of deer cam pics I developed today. These are young bucks, but are still special to see in their orange summer coats. Hopefully I'll have some big bucks to show you in the days ahead.

I just got mine back out. Some hogs and a coyote so far in SoCal.

We're having a spring game cam pic contest if anyone wants to enter their pics.

Rules are at the top.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/index.php?showforum=265

Here's a wolf just posted by Brendan

That is cool!