re: Anybody here think the game cameras are cheating/unsportsmanlike?

Most land is public in Ak. You can't put cameras on public land, they will be confiscated. Less than 1/2 of 1% of all land is private, most of that is native. Only trappers can put cameras on public land.
In some districts, you can't use cell or satellite phones.

Yeah, I wouldn't think they would use Game cameras very much in Alaska, but what do I know.

It depends on what they are doing with them. They don't use them like we do for scouting a small area. There's not much reason for it. But for things like taking a census of bears coming to a kill, predators, or just a general what the hell is killing my chickens kinda thing, yeah they use them just like everyone else in spite of the obvious physical impediment of being dumb enough to live where the sun don't shine for that much of the year.

That would kinda fly in the face of "careful" don't ya think?

The middle.

Gotcha. I have land up near windy hills, well my ex wife has it. Mainly tundra and drunken spruce.

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Most land is public in Ak. You can't put cameras on public land, they will be confiscated. Less than 1/2 of 1% of all land is private, most of that is native. Only trappers can put cameras on public land.
In some districts, you can't use cell or satellite phones.

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Sounds like a silly place. They would be ridiculed and run out of real America.

There is a whole lot of name calling and under the table implication in this thread.


My 2 Cents

I have a use multiple game cameras. I use them to gauge the health and number of my herd, to monitor for human and animal trepassers, to evaluate the attraction of various supplemental feeds at which animals are eating it, to evaluate the few bucks that appear on the cams based on maturity and development, to monitor our predator population, to give my young sons another avenue to learn about wildlife, and for general enjoyment. (and to look for black panthers)

The 4 deer that were harvested this year on our property were all shot well away from any of the cameras. None of them were patterned by the cameras either.

About half of the 20 plus hogs we have killed were partially patterned with the cams.

The 5 coyotes and one bobcat were all well away from cams and not patterened with them.




As far as food plots, this is the first season we had them and the health of our herd already appears improved. It has been shown in multiple studies that the optimal diet for body mass and antler growth in deer is 16% crude protien, freely available carbs in winter, a good fat and mineral source in spring and early summer, and a widely varied diet. Although we have plenty of acorns, and natural browse for our deer, we were certainly lacking in some areas. The invasion of hogs has created further defecits in the natural food sources. Despite being labor intensive and costly I will continue to put in food plots and provide protien feed, corn, and minerals, as it is it provides the variety needed to improve the health of my herd and the desire for the population to stay on our property.

Very good post Bleeding.

The original post has obviously never stepped foot in the woods and experienced hunting. It is, as we all know, a very different game than just walking into the woods to shoot a B&C deer.

Now, different regions in the country hunt in very different ways based on what has best developed in that area over time.

Hunting in LA is going to be different than hunting in PA which will be different than WA.

Doesn't mean that any of it is better than another, it has just been adopted for the terrain.

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Anybody here think the game cameras are cheating/unsportsmanlike?

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I don't think they are what you speak of. Just my opionin. That is all.