re: Trail Camera ban on LA WMA's

That’s awesome lmfao what a troll job

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We've been using rifles since the 1700's. Not exactly the same thing as cell phone cameras or electric bikes

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And you know what else we hunted with?

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They also hunted for pure survival. Most of the hard legs out there today are trying to get a pic of their basket rack 8 on the Gram.

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Agreed. We don’t do it for pics, it’s all about hearing the race for us. A deer is just a bonus.

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None

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I agree....though then there are these guys:

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The retired guy gets to hunt all he wants.

I get to hunt Saturday mornings.

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But I get it, you really really like cameras and don't care who knows.





Cameras are absolutely increasing kill numbers on public. Over the next decade the powers that be may decide to:

Ban cameras and other tracking devices. (difficult)
Implement a lottery or similar equal opportunity system (best)
Do nothing and let game numbers continue to fall (most likely)



fwiw, One of the whitetail management FB pages I peruse has mentioned a sort of "livescope" for deer. A 360* device that gets mounted 20-30ft in a tree and can "see" for as far as tree density or terrain allows . Actual photos may be antiquated in 10 years. iirc this works for things like Turkey as well. I might be in the minority I don't want these on public land.




eta I forgot this gem

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You are the one that keeps saying camera are unfair to other hunters

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Cameras will absolutely give an advantage to whoever buys and hangs the most.

Fyi, I've been using cameras since we were modifying outdoor motion light sensors and stuffing it with a 35mm camera in an ammo box then going to walmart to drop the film off. I still use them on public sometimes to stay competitive but would be glad to not mess them anymore if they were banned.

Keep it to private lands and keep running those hounds!

Some people in this thread are ridiculous. If it is not illegal, what’s the problem.

Do not worry about what other people do.

It’s the same thing with people who fuss about cross bows. If healthy people want to use them, fine, let them.

I guess you are one of the people who think you should only kill 150 inch deer, on public land, only using a recurve, 50 feet up a tree in a climber.


It doesn’t matter what other people do if it’s not illegal.

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I go to public lands to get away from what hunting has become.

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Me too

It’s why I regularly hike 2 miles back into public. It’s why I only bowhunt. I like the challenge. Using cameras hasn’t made my hunting any easier. My kill rate hasn’t increased at all.

I’ve never had a mature buck that predictably follows the same path or routine on public. They change their patterns too often due to pressure. This idea that you can pattern mature deer on pressured public land by hanging a camera on a trail is laughable IMO. Will it let you know if he is in the area? Sure. But that’s it. Observational sits do that too.

My biggest issue with your opinion is that you want to ban something simply because you don’t like it. I have lots of problems with that type of opinion.

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It’s why I regularly hike 2 miles back into public. It’s why I only bowhunt. I like the challenge. Using cameras hasn’t made my hunting any easier. My kill rate hasn’t increased at all. I’ve never had a mature buck that predictably follows the same path or routine on public. They change their patterns too often due to pressure. This idea that you can pattern mature deer on pressured public land by hanging a camera on a trail is laughable IMO. Will it let you know if he is in the area? Sure. But that’s it. Observational sits do that too.

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I have zero ability, and I mean ZERO ability to pattern mature bucks on public land. Like you, I only bowhunt as well. See sign, hunt sign is my mantra. Other than that, I just hope to get lucky. That’s why they call it hunting and not killing. Mature bucks on public Louisiana land (while few and far between) are a force to be reckoned with.

I hunt public land occasionally and have never used a camera but I still don't want them banned. Mainly because if the game wardens want it, I'm against it. Especially considering what their argument is for banning them.

About the cameras, I read an article years ago that stated cameras were the best and worse thing to ever happen to hunting. Best because now we are getting bigger deer. People are letting deer go because they know what's in the area. They've also seen what happens to deer if you let them mature. Before, people saw a deer, they shot. Also, it gets people excited about hunting. Worse because if you kill a hammer, people would be excited, patting you on the back, you'd be the king of the hunting club. Now when you kill that hammer, everyone is pissed because they all had the same deer on camera.

For those that are talking about not using technology on public land, I hope you aren't using xhunter and google earth to look at aerial maps to help narrow down a good place to start scouting. Go get you a paper map and do it the old school way