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Title: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 21, 2009, 02:48:54 PM
Not much, but I've been getting some pics.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 21, 2009, 02:52:27 PM
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24May20092-1.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 21, 2009, 02:56:51 PM
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/30May2009386.jpg)


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/June09_0931.jpg)


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24May200930.jpg)


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24May200930.jpg)


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/5_10_200918.jpg)


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/4_17_2009002.jpg)


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/4_17_2009001.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jul 23, 2009, 05:20:58 PM
Nice pics. Thanks for sharing
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 20, 2009, 12:54:14 PM
Here's a few more. This one does looks to be pretty old.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Aug0907.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Aug0909.jpg)


I dont know, Fox???


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Aug0935.jpg)


And no idea what this is maybe a martin or mink?

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Aug0931-1.jpg)

Good pic of a fawn

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Aug0925.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Stuck-on-Seven on Aug 20, 2009, 01:36:32 PM
nice pics looks like a fox and a fisher is my guess
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: SilentStalker on Sep 01, 2009, 07:40:55 AM
That's a pretty cool yote pic wioth his head curled back!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 01, 2009, 08:52:35 AM
Yeh I like that one, wish it wasn'r over exposed. Got to take some of those critters out this year. I chased a different one out of the field with the truck and yesterday got these pics of a third one. Can't tell me this pup didn't hear the camera (sound of IR filter closing over lense).


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/31Aug090009.jpg)



(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/31Aug090008.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 07, 2009, 10:53:30 PM
Here's a fisher, best I can tell. Bottom right of pic.


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01Sep0923.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 02, 2009, 08:39:45 AM
A few pics from last week.    ;D


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/26Sep09_0004.jpg)


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/26Sep09_0013.jpg)


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/26Sep09_0014.jpg)


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/26Sep09_0044.jpg)


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/26Sep09_0045.jpg)


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/26Sep09_0046.jpg)


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/26Sep09_0052.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Oct 02, 2009, 08:48:48 AM
SWEET..................
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Oct 02, 2009, 10:59:56 AM
Nice bucks stka good luck with them. I need to check my Moultrie it's been about a month.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Oct 02, 2009, 04:50:03 PM
Boy, Ther sure are some nice ones there!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 03, 2009, 07:44:49 PM
Got the stand up today, now it's got 14 days to settle. Also had some pictures in just two days.


Here's a nice big coyote, hope I get a shot at this big boy.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01Oct09_11.jpg)


And guess who came back again already.


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01Oct09_112.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 09, 2009, 10:28:41 AM
Here's buck number 4 at the new stand.


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0031.jpg)


And number 5, the biggest 3 point I've ever seen (wouldn't be legal in the pilot antler restriction area).

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0039.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 15, 2009, 08:16:55 AM
Here's a little 6 for the sixth buck at the same spot. He's safe for the beginning of the season, but not once my standards go down, this guy would be my biggest buck yet if I tagged him.


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/10Oct09_006.jpg)


He looks a little to comfortable under 10yds from my stand  ;D


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/10Oct09_007.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 16, 2009, 01:45:18 PM
I did get a pic of this one during shooting light. Either a big doe or small buck.


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/10Oct09_001.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Oct 16, 2009, 01:53:52 PM
Good luck on getting that six point stka.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 10, 2009, 11:35:36 AM
Out of curiosity I put some Code Blue doe in estrus urine on the tree with my camera that hasn't been getting much action. I guess the stuff works This pic was about two hours after I left. Not a good picture, but a good sign. I've been getting pretty discouraged not being able to hunt in the woods and the deer not getting to the field until right after dusk.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0001.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: johndeere540 on Nov 10, 2009, 01:50:39 PM
How come the pics are running so blurry? What you got for a cam, stka?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 10, 2009, 07:22:22 PM
Moultries, an IR40 and IR50. That last one was moving pretty fast, looks like. Some of the pics come out real nice, I'm not disapointed with the cameras but there are probably better ones out there.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 12, 2009, 07:50:43 PM
This odd buck is still hanging around. I think he's the one I had come by my stand last week, big body/neck but I didn't see much antler.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/11Nov09_1.jpg)

Here he is at noon. Hard to see in the picture but it is him.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/11Nov09_2.jpg)

here it is cropped.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/11Nov09_2-Copy.jpg)

I think this is the first spike I got a picture of.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/11Nov09_5.jpg)

And here's the picture of the buck I shot in the leg  :'(. This picture was within half an hour after I hit him, and the faint blood trail came into the trail leading to the camera about 15 yards back and this was the only trigger. He's just a 1.5yr, but I'm not seeing the deer during shooting light yet.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0001-1.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 12, 2009, 08:12:34 PM
I was wrong about that big three point. I have three different triggers that all look like him on the 10th (12:20am, 6:30am,and, noon) the same day I think he came by my sand. Sure seemed like a week ago... I kicked a deer out of the pasture on my way to my stand at 2pm that was probably him, it ran to the far side of the pasture did two circles and went into the woods. There was probably a hot doe in the area.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 16, 2010, 06:05:21 PM
First ever pictures of turkeys on my cameras. Here's a close up Tom profile shot.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_1103a.jpg)


Nice one of a buck and very pregnant doe.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_1487a.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on May 16, 2010, 06:11:52 PM
Nice pictures.. I just put mine out this morning on a well used trail...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on May 17, 2010, 09:32:29 AM
Thats a cool turkey pic stka. Keep them coming.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 17, 2010, 03:19:11 PM
I've got over a hundred from last two weeks, after I deleted all the false triggers and bad pics. I'll put a few more up, but I'll probably have to crop most of them.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 18, 2010, 08:34:32 AM
Here's a few more for you. First one is the guy and kid that ruined our morning on May 2nd, the time is wrong they walked right into the middle of the roosted birds at 4am. Set up right under them and proceeded to miss, twice  ;D.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_1010.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_164.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_207.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_240.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_1583.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_242.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_188.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_185.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on May 18, 2010, 10:16:00 AM
Nice looks like you caught a break from the trail camera gods on the turkey's. Must have caught them on a false trigger or another animal trigger it first. Gotta love that! Are you hunting private or public land when the father/son dual came thru?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 18, 2010, 10:48:40 AM
I had over 700 pictures on that camera in 2 weeks, triggering off a branch and set to 3 shot. The father and son have permission to be there from a different family member on the farm. If they would just tell the guy I hunt with that lives there we would not show up. I wouldn't mind so much but driving 45 minutes to get there at 4am and having someone barge into the middle of the only small patch of woods really gets me irritated. Sounds like we won't be seeing them much any more.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 29, 2010, 05:48:14 PM
I've had my cameras on two new stand sites I'm going to use this year. They've only been up for a week, but I got a few pics, not bad choices for stand locations. First pic is a peliated(sp?) woodpecker, I cropped it for the second pic.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/29May10_219.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/29May10_219-1.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/29May10_244.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/29May10_236.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/29May10_235.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/29May10_215.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/29May10_212.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/29May10_208.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/29May10_146.jpg)

Here's a bad pic of two blurry coyotes.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/29May10_143.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on May 30, 2010, 05:20:35 AM
Some more good pictures stka...Nice variety...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 30, 2010, 09:08:35 AM
Thanks, I don't know what's going on with the sizing. I resized all the pics on photobucket to 17" screen but some of them are still fullsized on MHF? I even went back and checked them all a few times and they are all sized right ???

I'm headed to Canada next week for walleyes on the Gouin Reservoir than we start our laker season when I get back, might be a few weeks before I check the camera again.

Just deleted my cookies, that fixed it, good to know for future reference.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on May 30, 2010, 05:46:26 PM
Nice pics stka. Good luck on the fishin trip.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 15, 2010, 09:48:02 PM
Arrgh !!! Why do the damn pictures show up the original size after I resize them and delete my cookies? I'll try to get all the pics back up, I'm getting close to giving up on posting pics on here, to much aggravation.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_101a.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_112.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_117.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_129.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_201.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_203a.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_207-1a.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_208a.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15May10_226.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jun 16, 2010, 05:02:15 AM
More great pictures STKA...  That buck is looking good...He has great growth so far and still has a few more months to go....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jun 16, 2010, 08:08:26 AM
Nice pics STKA.
I think your right on about the bucks age. Looks like his second set of antlers. Good genes though.
I gotta get me one of those cameras....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 16, 2010, 09:25:19 AM
Thanks guys. This picture thread is really getting under my skin. I think the sizing is right for everyone else, but on my laptop they show up the original size and I can't figure it out. I tried cutting all the ifo in the post and deleting the cookies, when I went to paste it back it had deleted my clipboard.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 16, 2010, 10:25:59 AM
Ah ha. It's not me, it's photobucket  >:(. Guess I have to resize before I upload  ???.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jun 16, 2010, 11:09:46 AM
Damn ants >:( there wont be one within a 100 yards of my camera now. ;D Nice pics stka.  Careful upstatehunter these things are addicting.

I always resize mine after I upload them into photobucket. Is that what you do as well?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 16, 2010, 12:13:09 PM
Yeh, I was but I get the sizing issue almost every time. If I buy another trail camera it'll be a Bushnell, the new ones are 6"x4"!!! They run on AA batteries and will take up to a 16gb SD card.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jun 16, 2010, 12:38:42 PM
If I buy another trail camera it'll be a Bushnell, the new ones are 6"x4"!!! They run on AA batteries and will take up to a 16gb SD card.

That's the exact same camera as my Covert II. Battery life is excellent it only runs on 4 AA but will hold 8 AA for longer life. Only thing is my covert will only take a 2 gb card. The new Covert model this year will handle a 16 gb and they are doing away with the wired remote to change the settings. Talk about a pain on several occasion I forgot the remote at home. The same guy that did them for Bushnell did them for Covert as well.There is one more company as well but I cant think of it off the top of my head.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 03, 2010, 08:15:11 PM
I checked the camera again today. Here's a couple cropped buck pics, I cropped them to keep the quality and reduce the size at the same time. If you back through my pics from last year I'm pretty sure the buck in the color pic is an eight from last year with the same angled brow tine.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/03Jul10019crop.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/03Jul10016crop.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/03Jul10031crop.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Jul 03, 2010, 08:30:53 PM
Nice pics!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jul 04, 2010, 07:20:14 AM
Lookin good. The last one should be special when his rack is finished growing in.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 06, 2010, 10:46:33 AM
Thanks guys, I'm hoping to get a better pic of that last one.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 25, 2010, 10:21:15 PM
Got a few more pics off the trail cams today. I'm headed to the Netherlands for 12 days, so I won't be checking them again to soon.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/25July10001.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/25July10019.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/25July10023.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/25July10024.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/25July10040.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/25July10058.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/25July10064.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/25July10070.jpg)


After checking the cameras we stopped to harass the pond bass with my friend and his kids. By measuring with my hands, I'm pretty sure this one was 20-22".


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/25July10085.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Jul 26, 2010, 05:38:32 AM
great pics, thanks!  Nice bucks, the pics are huge though you might want to shrink them down on photobucket or something!! :o
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jul 26, 2010, 06:27:53 AM
Nice pics. I like crooked brows and is that a fisher in the one pic? Nice bass did you catch him on a frog? Have a safe trip and you guys have inspired me to check may cams today.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 26, 2010, 08:08:41 AM
Thanks. That is a fisher that's the second pic I got of him, I got one last year. I've got a new ladder stand laying on the ground right behind the camera, I think that's going to be a great stand. It's on a rock wall about 15' from an over grown field, the stand will be right on the edge of the field in a clump of oaks. I got the bass on a white rubber worm when it started pulling drag I thought I had snagged one of his grass carp.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jul 26, 2010, 09:53:27 AM
Never seen a fisher in the wild. Dont know much about them but the claim the are here in MD. There is even a season for them here. It looks and sounds like a great spot for a stand.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Aug 05, 2010, 01:36:00 PM
Nice pictures STKA looks like you have a few bucks to chase around this year.  That's awesome you got a picture of a fisher, what part of the state are you in?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 05, 2010, 03:15:46 PM
My main spot where the cameras are is actually in 5R  ;D. I live in Colonie (4J) but have sole permission for two neighboring properties totaling over 60 acres (I think) adjacent to over 100 acres of unhunted woods. It's the type of spot you hope to find if you make the amount of effort in finding new spots I do. I'm going to move the cameras next time out to see if I can find some different bucks, especially the huge 3 from my pics last year earlier in the thread. And of course the two eights I never saw during last season. Just changed my reservations, I won't be back in the US until the 14th. Saw another group (herd???) of 15+ cottontails today, I'll try to get a pick before I leave.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 09, 2010, 02:53:24 PM
I know it's not hunting, but Here's a link to my album of pics from my day trip to Antwerp Belgium if anyone's interested. I'm clearly no photographer. All my pictures usually have an expired critter or a fish in them  ;D.

http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Netherlands/ (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Netherlands/)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 09, 2010, 06:57:54 PM
Lots of cool architecture over there. I'd say you have a pretty cool job. Thanks for sharing with us stka.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Aug 09, 2010, 08:44:27 PM
Very nice STKA!! All the pics are good. Great job you have to travel the world. Enjoy it, I'm sure you do.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 10, 2010, 06:32:44 AM
I don't take my job for granted, trust me. This trip is only my second, Tokyo ~18 months ago was my first. Sounds like more will be coming more frequently now. These two weeks are long, because I'm here with my boss, but he has his family with him so I've been on my own outside of work. But the weather's good (70's) the food is very good and the beer isn't bad either ;). Hopefully I'll get to check my trail cam this Sunday, traveling all day Saturday (overtime  ;D).
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 15, 2010, 02:57:49 PM
I'm back in the US finally. Not seeing any real monsters on the cameras yet, but there are several different bucks around my spot. I might not be to picky if it looks like I have to travel during the bow season. I moved a camera to a different area of the property I hadn't been on, already plan to move a stand there it's a nice transition area between two over grown fields and a thicket with a heavily used run coming out. Notice the time on the pictures, most are during daylight. I'll have a stand there by the bow opener.




(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Aug1020sm.jpg)
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Aug1019sm.jpg)
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Aug1009sm.jpg)
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Aug1005sm.jpg)
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Aug1004sm.jpg)
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Aug1003sm.jpg)
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Aug1002sm.jpg)
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Aug1016sm.jpg)
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Aug107sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 15, 2010, 07:56:42 PM
Nice pics stka. The buck in the third pic has some palmation going on the right side.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 16, 2010, 06:08:32 AM
Don't laugh, if I have a short season that might be my three points for the year  8), although I'd like to wait for a 7-8, which would be my biggest. I might be on a machine install during the season at Notre Dame. Or back to Holland to ship the second prototype over here. I plan on taking at least two for the freezer this year. I'd rather take a small buck than a doe with a fawn, but that's just a preference.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 16, 2010, 08:28:47 AM
Wont hear a laugh out of me stka. What you will hear is a congrats and pat on the back. Along with a good ribbing from me and Raquette if there are no pics. ;D I always say do what makes you happy as long as it legal. If your time is limited and meat is the agenda give it the dirt nap. ;) As for me when the spots are gone on the fawns momma's fair game.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 16, 2010, 10:23:28 AM
No ribbing from me..  If I see one like that I think hes going down.... ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 16, 2010, 01:30:44 PM
Okay maybe just a ribbing from me if there are no pics. ;) ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 16, 2010, 01:33:48 PM
I'll get pics of anything I tag. I got a pic of the monster doe last year, wish I got a weight since it was the biggest deer I've taken so far.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 16, 2010, 01:38:54 PM
I'll get pics of anything I tag. I got a pic of the monster doe last year, wish I got a weight since it was the biggest deer I've taken so far.

I used to not care about taking pics. Over the last few years I take a pics of every deer. I even go as far as taking a bottle of water to clean the blood off and push the tongue back in(I know I'm weird). They are all trophies in my mind.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 16, 2010, 01:51:25 PM
Taking pictures is a good thing.. They will be around longer than you will.. I have boxes of fishing and hunting pictures.. And many hour's of video... Going fishing right now and just made sure I had my camera.. ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 21, 2010, 09:53:48 PM
Two different cams, two different days, same 3pt? I think they're different.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/21Aug102016sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/21Aug101009sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: adkRoy on Aug 22, 2010, 01:38:49 AM
great pictures!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Aug 22, 2010, 08:38:10 AM
It looks like two different deer. Hard to tell, but one looks like it has a small brow tine on the one side. Don't see that on the other.
Either way, hope you can get a shot at either or that deer with your bow!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 22, 2010, 08:52:44 AM
I'm hoping to let these little skippers walk through bow season. I'd like to take a bigger six or better, but we'll see what happens.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 22, 2010, 10:38:22 AM
After staring at the pics for several minutes I think it is the same deer. The first pic was taken several days(3) before the second one in that pic the fork on the left is more pronounced. It is possible he got a little more growth on the main beam on the right side in that 3 day time period. Upstatehunter I thought that to about the browtine on the left side but that is just the tip of his ear pointing forward. Stka I am sure you already know but the month stamp on the IR40 is off. Nice pics I have not seen a buck on either of my cams for quite some time.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Bill Dance on Aug 22, 2010, 08:08:40 PM
I agree with drobertsinMaryland, it the same deer.  ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 28, 2010, 06:58:13 PM
Went back to set up a treestand and had a few more pics on the camera.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/28Aug103.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/28Aug108.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/28Aug109.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/28Aug1014.jpg)

I saw this pic and told my girlfriend I'd be more than happy with a big six.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/28Aug1015.jpg)

Then I got home and saw this video, looks like a 7 with a G3 almost measurable on it's left. Might not be big to some of you guys but this one would make my year.

Video, click to open

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_28Aug1015-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=28Aug1015-1.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 28, 2010, 07:07:59 PM
Sorry for the huge pics. I forgot to resize before I uploaded. When Photobucket updates the size they should be right.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Aug 28, 2010, 07:12:26 PM
Um, doesn't have to big enough for anyone, except you STKA!!!
Don't think I would pass him with the bow. May with the gun, but only if I was sure no one else was hunting there.
I seem to make the decision on the spot, in the woods, with the deer in front of me. Then a lot of the time I may kick myself
later. But in the end, you do whats best for you!! Hope you get a crack at him!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Aug 28, 2010, 07:22:03 PM
I wouldn't pass on either of them. Nice
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Aug 28, 2010, 08:36:55 PM
Nice pics!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 28, 2010, 10:16:35 PM
Poke a hole in them stka.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 29, 2010, 08:25:03 AM
Those last two bucks are actually the same deer, second one is a video. I'm real happy with the time stamps ( I fixed the date), I hope they stay on the same pattern through bow season. Now that I've got that area good and stunk up from putting the stand up I'm going to try to stay out and let it settle back down. There are quite a few acorns dropping there, it's a red oak in front of the camera/stand, but there is a good mix of red and white oaks. A lot of beechnut as well, not sure if the deer eat the beechnut since they're so hard.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/acorns.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 29, 2010, 06:37:29 PM
Those acorns look way better then mine.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 29, 2010, 06:41:29 PM
Now that is a good thing... ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Aug 29, 2010, 07:18:34 PM
Beechnut or Butternut STKA? Beechnuts are deer candy...I've never seen them eat Butternut though.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 29, 2010, 07:20:31 PM
Check out these whoppers.LOL I picked some up today so you guys can see I'm not kidding. Not even fit enough for a squirrel to eat.
(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg137/drobertsinMaryland/DSCN0363.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 29, 2010, 07:26:32 PM
Check out these whoppers.LOL I picked some up today so you guys can see I'm not kidding. Not even fit enough for a squirrel to eat.
(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg137/drobertsinMaryland/DSCN0363.jpg)


      So you are telling us you have small  N@%'$????       ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 29, 2010, 07:28:39 PM
hehe No just acorns.LOL ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Aug 29, 2010, 07:32:51 PM
They have always told me I was a little nuts...
OH wait your talking about something completely different....
Nice nuts DRob... :o
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 29, 2010, 07:37:22 PM
I even hate admitting that I had to use the zoom on the camera to make them look that big.LOL ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 30, 2010, 06:58:01 AM
I'm not sure if they're beech, they look like little walnuts with a green outer hull that splits into four pieces. That pic was just a random spot under 10yds from the new stand, the ground is covered like that all over. I was at a little party in Guilderland yesterday and they have a good acorn crop too.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Aug 30, 2010, 10:48:13 AM
Sounds like Beechnuts. They are a favorite of deer. I sit a lot in the beech areas, with the winter beech that usually is around them the deer feel comfortable and will wander around at any time of the day. You've got it all there by the sounds....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 30, 2010, 12:47:23 PM
So here's what the area looks like. The wooded land to the south has no hunting at this time. The dots are my current stands. I would like to put a stand near the pond in the strip of woods next to the power lines, but NiMo is going to widen the lines and cut all that down. I didn't realize until I looked at the tax map today how much woods they owned on the north, that blue stand is where I got the pic/vid of the 7-8pt. The light blue on the east is a new road and neighborhood not shown yet.


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Misc/MikesStandlocations.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Aug 30, 2010, 03:02:17 PM
Looks like a prime bedding area to the north east. I would investigate that strip of trees across from the yellow dot. There looks like a good acess to the field without
walking through open areas. Even though the border is right next to the field. Any possibilty of getting permission to that land?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 30, 2010, 03:26:34 PM
I've been working on the property to the north and south, the north was owned by someone I had indirect access to, but it's been sold and I don't know who owns it now. There's someone "hunting" in the woods on the south that's trespassing, hoping to use that to get sole permission and kick them out. I currently have permission to recover deer from that land. Those woods are up for sale now, so it might be easier to gain permission from the current owner. The two northern fields where it looks blotchy are densely over grown and there are deer bedding all over the place in the fields and the woods. It's a very hard place to hunt in the morning. My current plan is to hunt 4J in the mornings for does and here in the pm.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 04, 2010, 07:00:22 PM
My girlfriend was with me the fist time I walked into this spot and I told her right then I was going to put a treestand there. Now the stand has been there for a week and I can't wait to hunt it. The camera is mounted within 2 feet of the ladder. Not sure if I got them all represented, but where are at least four bucks in a week. I had 100 triggers, maybe 20 wind and a ton of a doe and her fawn. There's a video for each pic, except the last one

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_04Sep1014.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=04Sep1014.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/04Sep1014sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_04Sep1015.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=04Sep1015.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/04Sep1015sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_04Sep10164.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=04Sep10164.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/04Sep10164sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_04Sep10192.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=04Sep10192.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/04Sep10192sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_04Sep10193.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=04Sep10193.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/04Sep10193sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_04Sep10196.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=04Sep10196.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/04Sep10196sm.jpg)

I cropped this pic to try to keep some size to it.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/04Sep1022crop.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Sep 04, 2010, 07:07:00 PM
Looks like a hot spot. Nice buch there too.

Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 04, 2010, 07:11:35 PM
Here's two slightly better videos of the two bucks together, the one looks like a decent eight. Big enough for me anyway.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_04Sep1016.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=04Sep1016.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_04Sep1017.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=04Sep1017.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Sep 04, 2010, 07:27:47 PM
Nice pics...!!! Thanks!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Sep 04, 2010, 08:15:20 PM
Looks like your in business!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 04, 2010, 10:15:51 PM
Thats a nice one stka! Hope to see the glory shots with him.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 05, 2010, 06:26:54 AM
I couldn't be happier with what I'm seeing. The biggest thing the trail cameras do for me is to give me the ability to pass on some of those smaller bucks for a while. There's three bucks I would shoot without a second thought, but for some reason that big seven is the one that's stuck in my head. My father and I both think he looks like he's out of velvet already but it's hard to tell without a color pic.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Sep 05, 2010, 07:22:39 AM
I think you are right...looks like solid antler...he wouldbe a great bow kill...!  Hope to see him in a different photo!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: howesfc on Sep 05, 2010, 07:48:16 AM
Nice Pics, any good trails leading to the ponds?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 05, 2010, 07:51:33 AM
Those are some good pictures...  NICE...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 05, 2010, 01:12:37 PM
Nice Pics, any good trails leading to the ponds?

There isn't anything real beat down, but I'm going to move a stand there so I can sneak into it  in the am.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 05, 2010, 01:21:08 PM
Cool STKA!! Hope he shows himself on the opener of bow season!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 06, 2010, 06:50:03 AM
I'm pretty pumped on that stand, I just hope the deer hold this pattern into bow season. You can see the field through the opening in front of the camera, it's a few years over grown and perfect bedding area. The other field behind the camera is the same, the stand is at the end of the hedge row between them and on the hard wood line. I wanted to put my new Bushnell trophy cam in the field to get their direction down better, but the display was dead when I moved it saturday. I went back yesterday to get it and check it out. Turns out the batteries were dead, after one week  >:(.  I have another stand on the south side of the back field too, this one is on the north.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 06, 2010, 11:42:39 AM
Went back to put the second camera out and changed the cards. Two 7's in two days again, not sure if the one made it to an 8. Not going back for two weeks. Here's just the videos.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_06Sep1013.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=06Sep1013.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_06Sep1016.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=06Sep1016.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_06Sep1017.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=06Sep1017.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_06Sep1018.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=06Sep1018.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 06, 2010, 12:22:54 PM
Looks good STKA...  One of these times I should try the video on mine.. I just thought it would kill the batteries a lot faster...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 06, 2010, 01:43:25 PM
Nice buck!!
It almost looked like something was going into the bushes on the right in the first one. May have just been the wind, but looks like a animal.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 06, 2010, 02:39:23 PM
Looks good STKA...  One of these times I should try the video on mine.. I just thought it would kill the batteries a lot faster...

Doesn't seem to, also takes a still picture after the video on the Moultrie.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 07, 2010, 08:11:38 AM
I mounted the new Bushnell trophy cam in front of this camera looking into the field, set it to 30 second video. Hoping to get a better pattern of where and when they're moving so I know when I can sneak into the stand. If the batteries die in two weeks again I'm going to flip, they claim six months of battery life.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 09, 2010, 06:48:01 PM
Had a bad feeling about the Bushnell so I went to check it since I wasn't going to go back over the weekend. It was full of 30 second videos of wind, and the batteries were low >:(. I figure the video must be draining the batteries. I filled it with eight lithiums and changed the sensor from normal to low, hope it helps. I did get a few videos off the Moultrie at my new favorite stand. and I moved the second Moultrie to the field side of another ladder stand facing the white oak the stand is in.

Here's a coyote vid.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_09Sep1019.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=09Sep1019.mp4)

And this one looks like three racoons running from a small predator, I'm thinking it might be the Fischer or fox.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_09Sep10110.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=09Sep10110.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 09, 2010, 09:41:46 PM
Neat STKA...Could be that coyote??  Takes real good vids after dark though. Thats a good size dog!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Sep 10, 2010, 05:21:50 AM
Great vids!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 10, 2010, 06:34:27 PM
There's some big coyotes there, hopefully there will be less by December, I saw up to five at the same time there last year. The eyes in the video looked small and low for a coyote, but it could be. There's a video of a fox in that spot too.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 13, 2010, 07:16:25 AM
Just a skipper.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_11Sep1022-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=11Sep1022-1.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 14, 2010, 05:33:44 PM
Some more pics and videos. The smaller ones are videos, click to watch.

Another big coyote

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_14Sep1011-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=14Sep1011-1.mp4)

Twelve minutes later. I see four raccoons in this one, two in the brush.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_14Sep1012.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=14Sep1012.mp4)

Momma and twins.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/14Sep1029.jpg)

Same little three with the cork screw spike.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/14Sep1021.jpg)

This one is safe from me unless my season gets desperate near the end.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/14Sep1024.jpg)

I'd like to see what this guy looks like next year, but if he's hanging around while I'm in the stand it'll really test my will power ;D
Pics
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/14Sep1013.jpg)
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/14Sep1014.jpg)
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/14Sep1015.jpg)

Vids
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_14Sep1013-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=14Sep1013-1.mp4)
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_14Sep1014-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=14Sep1014-1.mp4)
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_14Sep1015-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=14Sep1015-1.mp4)

I can't tell what this one is, looks like a decent sized body but I don't see antlers in the video. The picture looks like it could have a rack though.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/14Sep1016-2.jpg)
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_14Sep1016-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=14Sep1016-1.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 14, 2010, 05:43:18 PM
Nice pics and videos stka.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 14, 2010, 07:45:55 PM
Thanks, I'm ready to get out there  ;D. When is the first day you'll get out? It must be getting close.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 14, 2010, 07:50:16 PM
Thanks, I'm ready to get out there  ;D. When is the first day you'll get out? It must be getting close.
hehe Just posted it. Tomorrow. ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 19, 2010, 08:57:35 AM
On my way to check them, what will last week bring ???
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 19, 2010, 09:03:11 AM
Great pics and video STKA!! Boy, that 8 would be in trouble under my stand.....Will be interesting to see how you handle not taking the shot if he gives you one.
I know myself, the arrow would be flying.....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 20, 2010, 02:38:59 PM
My biggest buck so far is only a 1.5yr 5-6pt. I doubt I'll be able to pass on any buck that's 2.5yr or older. Some genius forgot to delete the old pictures from the SD cards last week, so no pictures from the main cam. Just a blurry basket 6-8 and a doe. Still fighting the damn Bushnell Trophy cam, it might be going back.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 07, 2010, 12:50:57 PM
Had this forwarded to me, it's only second hand so I'm sure it was actually taken in NY. I think he told me it was in the Catskills. Subject on the email was "Now my camera is broken".

Video, click to watch.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Misc/th_MDGC0025.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Misc/?action=view&current=MDGC0025.mp4)

Camera was found on the ground mangled near by.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Oct 07, 2010, 06:54:55 PM
Man...next time he's going to have to have one of those security boxes for the camera.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Oct 07, 2010, 07:02:01 PM
That's quite common. Bears are inquisitive and they use their mouth to check things out to see if it fits the bill as food.
Still sucks to lose a dang cam. to it, I say pay back is necessary....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Oct 07, 2010, 08:00:11 PM
Talk about up close and personal. ;D 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 09, 2010, 04:24:48 PM
Being the genius that I am, I forgot to turn my camera on in my good spot. I'd swear I had set it but can't be sure. Someone may have been trespassing and deleted the pics, at least they left it there if that's what happened. The front cover was up, so who knows. The second camera had 8 videos, all deer nice to see a buck walk through in the daylight even if it wasn't huge. The ceder right in front of the camera looked more rubbed than last week, but no videos of it happening ??? Here's some videos.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_MDGC0005.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=MDGC0005.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_MDGC0007.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=MDGC0007.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_MDGC0009.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=MDGC0009.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_MDGC0015.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=MDGC0015.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Oct 09, 2010, 05:06:23 PM
Little guy just didn't like to be on cam huh????
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 09, 2010, 05:12:34 PM
I get that same little guy on every camera spot I set up, I call him corkscrew because his left side does a spiral. He'll be flirting with fate if my season goes real slow.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 10, 2010, 05:48:40 PM
I had to go out on the river with my friend in his new old boat so I checked the camera I forgot to turn on last week. 19 wind pics and one deer in 24 hours. Here's the only video with a deer.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_10Oct101.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=10Oct101.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Oct 10, 2010, 06:01:50 PM
Thats a nice one!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Oct 10, 2010, 06:08:36 PM
Yup,, hes a shooter.. That deer has a big body...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 10, 2010, 06:36:33 PM
Yup, him and the other bigger 7 are who I'm hoping to get a shot at, but I'll take what I can get. Two backstraps in hand are worth any horns in the bush ;).
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Oct 10, 2010, 06:44:13 PM
Yep he's a good one...nice big body!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 10, 2010, 07:30:49 PM
They don't seem to have good antler genetics there, but I'm more than happy with what I'm seeing.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Oct 12, 2010, 08:34:11 AM
I would be happy with what your seeing on cam.....Thats a good deer!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Oct 12, 2010, 09:12:05 AM
Looks like a good one to me. Nice video.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Oct 12, 2010, 06:58:50 PM
That's a good buck!  Good luck man
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 12, 2010, 07:37:52 PM
I'm looking forward to getting out there. I've only taken three bucks so far. I've seen some nice 8's but never got a shot them, except for one I missed two years ago when I underestimated the distance. I'm hoping to add a big seven to my little guys, then I'll work on getting a board to mount them on.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Misc/IMG_0340.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Oct 12, 2010, 07:53:09 PM
Not a bad start stka congrats. Cant wait to see the finished product when you add that 7 to them.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Oct 12, 2010, 08:00:30 PM
I went a lot of years with a spike and a five....Then went through the "trophy" stage with the bow, and then one day a friend asked me why I hunted.
I said to be outdoors with my family and friends. He said then shoot a dang deer and be done with it. I then started just filling tags.
Ended up with my best deer 2 years ago.
Guess what that all means is, enjoy being there and shoot what you want to shoot. If it's a three point and your happy, fill the tag.
That wall hanger will come. And all the experiences of the deer your shooting in the mean time will help you tag him....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Oct 12, 2010, 08:09:41 PM
Thats what I say upstatehunter. If it makes you happy and its legal shoot it. I like to shoot big bucks but that does not happen every year. Having fun and meat comes first to me. I am just as happy to shoot a doe than a big buck. You dont believe me come on down and see.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 12, 2010, 08:25:49 PM
I agree, I'd like to have two in the freezer before I start buck hunting but it never seems to work out that way. The place with the bucks I'm after doesn't seem to have a lot of does, all the 'yotes might be why, but I'd rather not take them from there if I don't have to. The two places I could go and fill doe tags pretty easily both guys are iffy on shooting does. They tell me I can, but I know they aren't real big on it, so I have to find them elsewhere. I spent a few years hunting these places with antler restrictions too. It really helped my stand hunting having deer around almost every time on stand and learning what you can and can't get away with, but I got sick of watching deer every day and never filling a tag. We are venison lovers and that comes first now, we could easily go through three a year, just my girlfriend and I.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 20, 2010, 08:19:17 PM
Pulled the card from the camera when I went out for an afternoon stand (still haven't seen a deer on stand). The card had 67 videos, it had been pretty windy. I went through the list and watched the ones with a time gap before them. Didn't get any good pics or videos, except for 2-3 does/fawns. I did get some chasing, but none of them are very good. In each video there's a deer chasing another, some are hard to see. All are from this morning 4AM and 7:30AM.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_10Oct10163.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=10Oct10163.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_10Oct10164.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=10Oct10164.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_10Oct10165.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=10Oct10165.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_10Oct10166.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=10Oct10166.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: maineduckhunter on Oct 20, 2010, 08:23:54 PM
That seems like a VERY nice camera...and that last one looked like a buck!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 20, 2010, 08:35:06 PM
I've gotten pics of several bucks there. On my computer after many watches There is one deer chasing another in each clip. only see antlers on the last one, most are running full bore and the resolution just isn't good enough. That's a Moultrie I-40, I just got my replacement Bushnell when I got home, I'll put it out in the field in front of this one on my next time over there.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 24, 2010, 08:19:47 PM
Mature buck, maybe the same 7-8 from previous pics? Looks like a decent beam.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0004sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0005sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0004.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Oct 24, 2010, 08:22:42 PM
Hard to tell but it looks like a good one.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Oct 28, 2010, 08:24:01 PM
Good one stka!! You'll catch up to one soon!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 28, 2010, 08:42:13 PM
I have a hunch he's the same big bodied 7 (maybe just 8 ) that I've been getting, he's on pages 8 and 9 too. Looks like he's coming from the woods to the right almost every time I get a pic in the afternoon. For some reason I'd favor the other 7 with the mass and long tine, but I'd be ecstatic to get either. I fear I'll see the young eight first, he'd be real nice next year if he makes it. This one looks like he's the oldest I'm seeing, but I have no doubt there's a bigger buck there I haven't seen on camera yet.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 01, 2010, 08:33:43 AM
A few pics from last week.

This little guy is new to the area, must know he's safe under my stand for now.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/30Oct101231a.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/30Oct101232a.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/30Oct101233a.jpg)

Looks like a decent body, but no good shot of his head. Two hours after I got done hunting and set the camera.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/30Oct1024.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/30Oct1025.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/30Oct1026.jpg)

Now I know whose rub line this is.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/30Oct10225.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/30Oct10226.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/30Oct10227.jpg)


The replacement Bushnell seems to be working for now.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: SilentStalker on Nov 01, 2010, 08:40:19 AM
Cool pics Stka!! He'll make a mistake sooner or later. Never saw a pic of a deer making a rub. pretty neet that you got it.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 01, 2010, 09:04:03 AM
That rub line just showed up two weeks ago 30 yards from my stand, so I figured I'd get a pic of him.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Nov 01, 2010, 09:12:12 AM
Very nice!! Good place to spend some time.... ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Nov 01, 2010, 09:16:32 AM
Nice pictures Steve... I hope the new cam keeps working for you...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 01, 2010, 10:59:05 AM
I'm going to try to get out there tomorrow PM. Just need them to come out 30 minutes earlier that Saturday PM.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Bill Dance on Nov 01, 2010, 11:02:12 PM
You'll get one there, it's just a matter of time.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Nov 02, 2010, 05:06:09 AM
They are there thats for sure, they'll come out during light real soon.

Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 02, 2010, 08:11:27 AM
Hopefully tonight. This weather is getting good for a change, I'm going to take advantage.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 10, 2010, 06:04:31 PM
Took the afternoon off work and got the card out of the bushnell before getting on stand. It's set to video so I wasn't able to check it on my cannon, had to wait until I got home. Here's a few videos, had about one a day.

Small buck
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0002.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0002.mp4)

Theres a new rub about five yards in front of the camera to the left. I was anxious to check to videos because the bottom of it is three feet off the ground. Here's the video  :'(.
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0003.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0003.mp4)

Even better, this one was taken at 3:20pm yesterday, I was there at 2:00pm today.
My stand is about 50 yards off camera on the left.
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0007.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0007.mp4)
Go figure.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Nov 10, 2010, 06:40:31 PM
Nice videos stka...   Looks like you should go out at noon and stay till dark... ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Nov 10, 2010, 06:46:16 PM
Nice video's. nice to see some deer there.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 10, 2010, 06:54:04 PM
The problem there is that most of the action on camera seems to be in the morning, plus I'm just seeing any movement in the afternoons. My only access is to walk through my friends pasture and then follow the hedge row between the two overgrown fields. I might try it this weekend, don't know what else to do there. The only one of five stands I can get to without going through the pasture is the coyote stand, but I have to walk just in from the edge of the pasture to get to that one. I just have to put more time in, it isn't a super high density area, but it seems to have a real good buck to doe ratio.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Nov 11, 2010, 07:01:46 AM
Nice videos. The one color video looks like a 6 point.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 11, 2010, 08:33:50 AM
I didn't see brow tines on it, but at this point it's big enough. I haven't seen a buck there yet, just three button bucks and a couple does. Anything that comes into range that's a fork or bigger is on the menu. I've only seen one buck so far and that was at my uncles house, wasn't very big either. I'm either a real bad bow hunter or I've got some incredibly bad luck. I'm leaning towards both  8).

A couple doe videos from the same card.

Another button buck.
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0004.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0004.mp4)

Doe.
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0005.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0005.mp4)

Another doe a few minutes later.
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0006.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0006.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Nov 12, 2010, 09:27:17 AM
From the looks, now is a good time to get in the stand in the morning and stay until dark when ever possible.
I'm starting my day long sits tomorrow.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 20, 2010, 06:35:48 PM
So this guy is new in town. I can't tell for sure what he is, but he'd look much better with my tag on him  8).

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_MDGC0009-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=MDGC0009-1.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Nov 20, 2010, 06:52:32 PM
Boy that looks like a good one... I wish you luck with him...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Nov 21, 2010, 06:24:32 PM
He's a good one!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 05, 2011, 06:50:12 PM
Made a run after work and pulled my last trail camera. It's been out since 27th of November, almost 100 trips (x3 pics each) lots of does/fawns up to 5-6 in a pic. At least three different small bucks left. And a picture of a scumbag hunting posted property, to bad his face wasn't in the pic.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jan 05, 2011, 08:52:47 PM
Made a run after work and pulled my last trail camera. It's been out since 27th of November, almost 100 trips (x3 pics each) lots of does/fawns up to 5-6 in a pic. At least three different small bucks left. And a picture of a scumbag hunting posted property, to bad his face wasn't in the pic.
Let's see the pics Steve. Sorry to hear about the poacher. Let's have a looksee at him too.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 05, 2011, 09:32:29 PM
Here's a few.

D.B. is walking straight towards my friends house.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/PICT0013sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/PICT0032sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/PICT0105sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/PICT0149sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/PICT0206sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/PICT0212sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/PICT0214sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/PICT0224sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jan 06, 2011, 06:54:31 AM
Nice pics stka. Did you show that trespasser pics to your friend to see if he may know who it is? I notice he was not even wearing orange.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 06, 2011, 07:34:26 AM
I will when I get to work. We don't need orange, but we do need a backtag (but that would have got him caught). How much longer in your season Drobs?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jan 06, 2011, 07:39:55 AM
We have the last two days of firearm starting tomorrow. Then its bow season thru Jan. 31. I will be honest I dont look to do any bowhunting after these next two days unless I get skunked.

Really? I cant believe you dont have to wear orange.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jan 06, 2011, 07:43:53 AM
No laws in NY regarding orange"yet".
Hope you find out who the guy was STKA. People just don't care about others property anymore.
Some good looking deer left there, love the nose pics!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 06, 2011, 09:03:42 AM
My friend is going to put the picture up in the Stewarts down the road, he was on the center of three properties (~175 acres) that I have sole permission to hunt. I have over a dozen pics of the doe up close. The one broadside pics I thought might be a buck that dropped his antlers, but I have huge does there too, what do you think?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 06, 2011, 09:44:52 AM
The text he put on the picture was:

Is this you?  You were caught illegally hunting on our cameras!  Please stay out of our posted property.  This and additional images have been forwarded on to Local, State and Federal authorities for investigation.

His wife sent me and email saying they owe me dinner. I might put the cameras back out for them if snowmobiles start cruising through again.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jan 06, 2011, 11:27:34 AM
That's funny stka I hope the culprit see it in there. I think they are doe's at first I thought the last one may have been. Now I just think it is a giant doe.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 06, 2011, 12:11:04 PM
They actually know a girl that works a lot of hours at the Stewarts, so when she sees someone rip it down they'll know who it is ;D. I know there's plenty of bucks around, just not when I'm hunting. The one walking in from the left in front of the herd is a small 4 with a real ugly rack, I'm hoping he might turn into a cool nontypical. Got a few pics of the herd, I think it's the big doe with three button bucks I saw from the stand right there. Should be plenty of little bucks around next year especially with the lack of snow we have here now.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 12, 2011, 08:53:48 AM
Here's some warm water memories. Not ice fishing, but lakers, and warm.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Fishing/14June2009_0026noback.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Fishing/20Jun09_0037-1.jpg)

Took us a while, but we got my friends daughter one, actually two.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Fishing/28Jun09_00066sm.jpg)

How do you like my bait ;D

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Fishing/27Jun10Hague00020sm.jpg)

A few for the smoker.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Fishing/27Jun10Hague00027sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 12, 2011, 08:56:23 AM
My new portable GPS/Sonar/Flasher (Dual Beam).

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Misc/IMG_0120.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Chucker on Jan 12, 2011, 09:10:50 AM
My new portable GPS/Sonar/Flasher (Dual Beam).

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Misc/IMG_0120.jpg)

I think we all might be seeing a bit more of that place very soon.....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jan 12, 2011, 10:58:48 AM
Really cool!! I figure by the time I can afford todays technology, I won't be able to get out there..... :'(
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jan 12, 2011, 11:25:11 AM
Great pictures Steve..  Love the GPS/Sonar/Flasher...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 12, 2011, 11:32:00 AM
I see one spot on the map shown that looks good for lakers.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: halfrack33 on Jan 12, 2011, 01:15:13 PM
Nice fish. Whose boat is that on LG?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 12, 2011, 01:22:58 PM
Ours, my uncle bought it new in '82-'84. Don't need an expensive boat to fish 8).
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Jan 12, 2011, 02:43:28 PM
Couple of real good one's steve.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jan 12, 2011, 04:12:55 PM
Nice ones Steve. No need to distort the background your spot is safe with me. ;) ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jan 13, 2011, 06:41:47 AM
Big lakers!! Some people wonder why we spend hours trolling around to catch them. Until they get one on.... ;D  Congrats to all on some great fish!
So much for your attempt to hide the location.... :o   LOL Way to go Halfrack.... :P  At least it isn't on MFF in the middle of June...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: halfrack33 on Jan 13, 2011, 07:38:21 AM
Ours, my uncle bought it new in '82-'84. Don't need an expensive boat to fish 8).

Oh alright, i thought it was a charter boat with the numbered riggers.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 13, 2011, 08:19:46 AM
So much for your attempt to hide the location.... :o   LOL Way to go Halfrack.... :P  At least it isn't on MFF in the middle of June...

Some of the spots we troll are small and I don't want a bunch of guys on them. Plus I don't want people killing the bigger fish.

Oh alright, i thought it was a charter boat with the numbered riggers.

We used to fish with four riggers, but didn't fish lakers for around 15 years. I got the urge to go back, so we got two "new" riggers that had been in my fathers basement for 20+years, and I got two used ones we made long (~5'). We go up for weekends in the summer,camp on an island and fish. It's a great inexpensive trip.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 13, 2011, 08:24:03 AM
So much for your attempt to hide the location.... :o   LOL Way to go Halfrack.... :P  At least it isn't on MFF in the middle of June...


I don't care if people know it's LG, just a few of the spots. Some of the spots we troll are small and I don't want a bunch of guys on them. Plus I don't want people killing the bigger fish. I have no problem telling some one where they can go troll up 20+ lakers a day, they're just not very big maybe 4:1 keepers, where we usually fish it's closer to 4:3.5.

Oh alright, i thought it was a charter boat with the numbered riggers.

We used to fish with four riggers, but didn't fish lakers for around 15 years. I got the urge to go back, so we got two "new" riggers that had been in my fathers basement for 20+years, and I got two used ones we made long (~5'). We go up for weekends in the summer,camp on an island and fish. It's a great inexpensive trip. And all the fishing gear stays set up so we can just jump in the boat and be fishing instantly ;).
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: halfrack33 on Jan 16, 2011, 06:16:34 PM
So much for your attempt to hide the location.... :o   LOL Way to go Halfrack.... :P  At least it isn't on MFF in the middle of June...

Sorry, I didn't realize the lake was being kept secret. I just saw a lake surrounding by mountains, good sized laketrout, and LGFD on the hat so kinda figured it wasn't a secret.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jan 16, 2011, 10:19:22 PM
I was kidding Half. No harm no foul... ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: halfrack33 on Jan 17, 2011, 05:31:48 PM
No no, that's fine. I just felt bad after. I didn't mean to give away anything. I HATE when people do that
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 17, 2011, 07:53:12 PM
Really didn't faze me at all. Like I said, I just don't want lurkers scoping out a couple summer time spots. We're heading up there Saturday to try and ice a few smaller ones if any one wants to stop out.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 17, 2011, 07:55:12 PM
I'm not a fireman, got the hat from a family member. I did work on a job for NASA (actually the Black Hawk) at my last job, so I earned that one 8).
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jan 17, 2011, 09:18:07 PM
Please be careful on Lake George. More snow coming tomorrow, will insulate the ice even more. With all the stuff going on last weekend, wouldn't be surprised to see something brewing with the legislature on ice safety. To many people just don't think.
Like I said on the shanty and in the local paper, just like we do with fire prevention programs we need to do more on ice safety.
I would much rather be proactive than see NYS start trying to regulate safety again.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 18, 2011, 06:39:52 AM
My brother lives close to the lake, he's going to check it out during the week. We don't push it, if there isn't four inches or more we don't go out. I have not gotten wet ice fishing, and I don't intend to.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Jan 18, 2011, 06:18:07 PM
My brother lives close to the lake, he's going to check it out during the week. We don't push it, if there isn't four inches or more we don't go out. I have not gotten wet ice fishing, and I don't intend to.

That's a good plan steve.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: adksavage on Jan 19, 2011, 09:18:40 AM
My brother lives close to the lake, he's going to check it out during the week. We don't push it, if there isn't four inches or more we don't go out. I have not gotten wet ice fishing, and I don't intend to.
 STKA... Lots of luck out there. And like Upstate said Please be careful. By the way great pic's of the lakers. ;D ;D Stay dry!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 19, 2011, 10:16:09 AM
Not sure if I'll even go now. The gate to Hearthstone is locked and it's going to be real cold. The hike up that hill dragging a heavy sled is no fun, and worse in the snow.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: adksavage on Jan 20, 2011, 06:56:48 AM
Not sure if I'll even go now. The gate to Hearthstone is locked and it's going to be real cold. The hike up that hill dragging a heavy sled is no fun, and worse in the snow.
No Doubt. Took a trip to a local lake the other day and where some other fisherman drilled, the snow pushed the ice down and water came up. Dragging the sled threw a foot of wet snow was terrible. The portable shacks are nice but when the ice builds on the bottom it feels like dragging a 200lb deer. Just with out all the excitement. lol Well if you do get out good luck. I'm thinking about hitting up north this weekend. I wanted to get on Otsego, but with a couple of inches of ice... :o :o I think i'll head up where I know there is a foot or better of ice. ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Jan 24, 2011, 06:21:04 PM
Here's some warm water memories. Not ice fishing, but lakers, and warm.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Fishing/14June2009_0026noback.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Fishing/20Jun09_0037-1.jpg)

Took us a while, but we got my friends daughter one, actually two.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Fishing/28Jun09_00066sm.jpg)

How do you like my bait ;D

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Fishing/27Jun10Hague00020sm.jpg)

A few for the smoker.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Fishing/27Jun10Hague00027sm.jpg)

I missed this when you posted it,  real nice Steve  8) 8) 8)      Those are some fine looking Lakers!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 24, 2011, 06:31:36 PM
Thanks, we spend several weekends each summer fishing them and camping on an island. I think the first one (Heathers) was 13lbs, the biggest one we've caught in recent years. We get quite a few in the 8-10lb range, they all get released over 27-28".
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Jan 24, 2011, 06:38:27 PM
I let almost all the ones I catch go too,  but I do like eating lake trout.  I find it to be a fine eating fish.  It amazes me how others dislike it so much, that always baffles me.  To each their own...   On the other hand I do not care much for King (Chinook) Salmon; and many others do...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 24, 2011, 06:47:03 PM
I agree, I don't like kings either. I think that icing down the lakers fast helps a lot, ours go straight in the 150qt cooler in crushed ice. I also remove all the gray fat before cooking. They make a great chowder too.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Chucker on Jan 24, 2011, 07:02:17 PM
I made gravlax out of the last chinook I kept.  Real simple to do.  Easy recipe follows -
http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/132/Gravlax (http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/132/Gravlax)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 24, 2011, 07:10:16 PM
I wouldn't keep another king (or anything else) out of Ontario after reading the DOH's health advisory.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jan 25, 2011, 07:14:28 AM
I wouldn't keep another king (or anything else) out of Ontario after reading the DOH's health advisory.
Sounds like the Potomac down here.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jan 25, 2011, 09:00:37 AM
Pretty sad that the great lakes are so polluted.

Lake Ontario [8]
- Whole lake
Harvest/possession of Lake Ontario American eel is prohibited per NYS DEC Regulations.    
Channel catfish, carp, lake trout over 25" and brown trout over 20"
    Don't eat    PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin

Chinook salmon, rainbow trout, white sucker, smaller lake trout, smaller brown trout and coho salmon over 25"
   Eat up to one meal per month    PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 16, 2011, 02:07:51 PM
Lots of different critters in one week. Looks like the plot is in a good spot.


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/16April201107sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/16April201116sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/16April201131sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/16April201147sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/16April201149sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/16April201152sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/16April201158sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/16April201164sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Apr 16, 2011, 02:18:29 PM
Great pic's Steve, That tom will do nicely won't he.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 16, 2011, 08:40:18 PM
I'm hesitant to shoot any turkeys there, there are so many predators the turkeys have a tough life. I have the little trail camera there set on video, if I see more toms or jakes I might try hunting it this year but I'm not going to shoot the only tom if I don't know there's more around.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Apr 16, 2011, 08:54:48 PM
Nice pics stka. You guys and your pics of strutter's make me jealous. Four years of owning a trail camera and not one strutter.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 16, 2011, 09:09:41 PM
This one is cool with the view through the fan. It took me a long time to get a decent turkey pic. Make sure your cameras are pretty low.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/16April201151sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Apr 16, 2011, 09:56:29 PM
I would be there..you might be able to reduce the predators doing some calling for turkeys... ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Apr 17, 2011, 05:39:12 AM
That one is pretty cool. I had an awesome gobbler video on my old computer from my Covert II.  He wasnt srtutting but it still was cool.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 17, 2011, 06:50:46 AM
I would be there..you might be able to reduce the predators doing some calling for turkeys... ;)

First thing I ever called in turkey hunting was a coyote. We have the O.K. from the DEC to shoot 'yotes all year there. I'd still like to make sure the hens get done breeding if there's only one tom. Only about six of last years 20+ chicks were still there last time we saw them, and that was last fall.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Apr 17, 2011, 06:56:14 AM
Cool...two years ago Cheeks and I called in a fisher...he got about 5 feet away and that was close enough...I had to move to get him to turn away...wish we had the cameras rolling then, it was pretty neat...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Apr 17, 2011, 07:14:26 AM
I've had many coyotes stalk me while calling through the years. One lieutenant of the ECO in this area told me, shoot them...I just don't want to hear about it.. ;)  NY is still debating opening the season statewide, year round...Problem lies in areas of high tourist activity. They don't want people hunting yotes while they are in the woods and on the waters...They did discuss a lengthened season to the end of May last year...I think some areas did change, but then they are still having opposition from the animals rights groups as it is when they are having pups. They tend to overestimate the number of people who would actually hunt them...Even a lot of Turkey hunters wouldn't shoot them, so as not to ruin a hunt.   
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Apr 17, 2011, 07:40:24 AM
I have had a few coyote's come in to the decoy over the last few years. Season closes here in march and I would never do anything illegal...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 18, 2011, 06:50:50 AM
Went back and reseeded yesterday. I won't be back there for a few weeks. I wish I had made the plot bigger, It's only about 15x20 yards I think the deer are going to mow it right down. I'll just have to expand it in the summer on the second planting. Here's a bad cell phone pic of most of it.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/IMG00363-20110416-1223.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Apr 18, 2011, 07:19:35 AM
Anything that supplements their diet is a positive!!  ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: ramrod on Apr 18, 2011, 10:35:08 AM
awesome pics stka!  once the canopy of all those little trees fills in will there b enough sunlight  hitting the food plot to keep it growing all threw the summer?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 18, 2011, 01:01:11 PM
Depends on how many trees I cut down  ;). I was going to wait and see how it grows before I cut any down.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Apr 18, 2011, 01:03:07 PM
Depends on how many trees I cut down  ;). I was going to wait and see how it grows before I cut any down.
Now we are getting serious. ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 24, 2011, 01:37:07 PM
Plot is growing slowly, was there today so I changed the camera cards. Actually just the still left the one for the video in the truck ::). The hens are still around at 7-8am or 11-noon. a couple deer too.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24Apr118.jpg)

Video

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_24Apr11001.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=24Apr11001.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Apr 24, 2011, 06:15:02 PM
Nice pic and video stka, still not very green up that way.

 Is the Bass Pro in Foxboro better than the one down here?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Apr 24, 2011, 07:20:30 PM
Where there are hen's there are Tom's somewhere.

He told me the Foxboro BPS is the best one he has been to drobs. You can check it out when you come up to fish with Lh and I.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 24, 2011, 07:43:11 PM
Foxboro is much better, must be at least 2 times the size. It's starting to green up here now, it'll be a big difference by next weekend.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Apr 24, 2011, 07:56:26 PM
The next week will help with warmer evenings.
 
Sure is a bunch of birds around...must be a big Tom somewhere... ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: loonyone on Apr 25, 2011, 06:56:23 AM
nice pictures you got there.....makes getting ready for hunting even more exciting
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 13, 2011, 08:58:59 AM
Here's how the plot looks so far. I didn't fertilize it, figured I'd see how it works on it's own first. Got a bunch more pics and videos but have to do some work, even got another new species  ;D.

Video

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0010.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0010.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 13, 2011, 09:16:45 AM
Wonder what's going on here?

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_13May119.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=13May119.mp4)

I guess I should have cleaned the lens.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_13May118.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=13May118.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on May 13, 2011, 03:07:18 PM
Nice videos.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 28, 2011, 09:48:34 PM
Had 106 videos in four days, a lot of edge and off camera, but a lot of deer too. Had at least four different bucks, probably a lot more. The buck in the second video has the most growth I've seen so far, I think the other buck walking by is similar but a bit smaller.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_28May1129.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=28May1129.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_28May1166.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=28May1166.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on May 29, 2011, 06:54:06 PM
Looking good stka. I always like watching them grow there racks.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 29, 2011, 08:59:20 PM
Thanks. I'm pretty well packed. Off at 3:30am tomorrow I'll try to take a few pics during the week.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on May 30, 2011, 08:39:22 AM
Thanks. I'm pretty well packed. Off at 3:30am tomorrow I'll try to take a few pics during the week.
Pics are always good. Have a safe trip.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jun 03, 2011, 02:28:55 PM
Enjoy the week Steve, hope the fish are real hungry!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jun 03, 2011, 06:51:12 PM
Thanks. I'm pretty well packed. Off at 3:30am tomorrow I'll try to take a few pics during the week.


    Have a great time Steve.......
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 06, 2011, 08:55:42 PM
Looks like I have a resident small buck with warts. I'm going to have to look into if they're contagious and if I should try to shoot him this year.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0049s.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0097s.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0116s.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jun 06, 2011, 09:23:42 PM
Great shots!! They do have some irregularities don't they....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 08, 2011, 12:32:31 PM
Here's a video of the food plot, it's coming in pretty good now.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0004-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0004-1.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: SilentStalker on Jun 08, 2011, 12:46:35 PM
Sure is. Nice work STKA. Look slike you may have a good staging area. Thats a field in the backround if my memory serves me?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jun 08, 2011, 01:10:17 PM
Looks great Steve...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 08, 2011, 01:44:09 PM
Thanks. Yes it's a corner between three different over grown fields, one gets cut the other two don't.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Jun 08, 2011, 02:16:45 PM
Very nice steve.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Jun 08, 2011, 02:21:39 PM
Here we go again  ;D 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jun 08, 2011, 02:34:01 PM
Coming in very nice stka, looks great. Nice pics and video too.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 17, 2011, 10:07:33 AM
I'm going to set up my third camera to try to get some picks of the the two sevens that were around last year. Any one have experience with following the same buck from year to year? Should I expect to see them on the same trail camera location?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 17, 2011, 10:35:05 AM
This is the one I really want to see this year. Even though he was only a seven something about him just looks aweseome.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/04Sep10196sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jun 17, 2011, 07:30:01 PM
The big 8 on the wall was a three year proposition. My brother saw him first, and told me he was there. Then we kept seeing him around, mostly during bow, always out of range. He stayed pretty close to his home range. The snow finally was his down fall the year I shot him.
Found where he was staying during the day and just set up and waited. They don't usually move to much, unless someone keeps running them from their hiding spot. But even then it might not be to far away, just where people don't go... ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: ramrod on Jun 18, 2011, 05:21:57 AM
This is the one I really want to see this year. Even though he was only a seven something about him just looks aweseome.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/04Sep10196sm.jpg)

must b the big crotch ;D 
he's a good one steve hope you get some pics of him soon to confirm his survival. 
all but 1 of the nice deer i got on camera las yr are confirmed dead. but i heard an adjoining land owner shot a decent 8 so that prob accounts for that one too.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jun 18, 2011, 09:22:39 AM
I'm going to set up my third camera to try to get some picks of the the two sevens that were around last year. Any one have experience with following the same buck from year to year? Should I expect to see them on the same trail camera location?
That is a great question. Guess there are a few variables to think about. First one is he still alive(only way to answer that is with a pic or see him with your own eyes)? Do you believe this property to be the bucks core area?  Also, if there was a bigger buck around on another property and he is now gone will that 7 go and inhibit that area. Crops in an area from year to year can play a big roll in patterning him. Did you get any pics of him after September? That being said I rarely catch a big buck on the same trail. They may come thru that same area just on another trail close by. That was the case with Tiny Tim(had two pic of him using the same trail). Of course my property is more of a pass thru than a core area for a big buck. I would say you cant go wrong trying the camera on the same trails for a few weeks and see what happens. I hope he is still alive and you put your tag on him this season.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 18, 2011, 09:46:37 AM
I didn't see any of those bucks once bow season started. I'm going to put the trail camera in the same spot for a while, but I'm going to move that treestand this summer.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jun 18, 2011, 12:30:05 PM
I didn't see any of those bucks once bow season started. I'm going to put the trail camera in the same spot for a while, but I'm going to move that treestand this summer.
I know the feeling stka. Those bucks didnt get that big for no reason, thats why I love to hunt them. I just recently put my camera on the trail I caught Tiny on a few times. I couldnt find him in any of the other spots I hung the cameras so far.

During hunting season I will hunt different stand locations every couple of days rather than hunt one area all season. Provided the wind is right for that particular spot.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 18, 2011, 03:58:39 PM
I may leave the stand in where I got all the pictures last year and move my chain in into the woods behind it. I'll hunt the ladder for a while and then try to catch them skirting it in the 2nd stand  ;). Here's a few of the 232 pictures and 29 videos from the last two weeks.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/18Jun1118crop.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/18Jun11191crop.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/18Jun11121crop.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/18Jun1155crop.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/18Jun11136crop.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/18Jun11137crop.jpg)

One of the best videos I got so far

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_18Jun11vid13.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=18Jun11vid13.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: brace on Jun 18, 2011, 04:08:41 PM
Great pics STKA!!  Some nice healthy looking deer.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 18, 2011, 04:12:55 PM
I do my management different, I only shoot small bucks  ;D.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: brace on Jun 18, 2011, 05:04:47 PM
I do my management different, I only shoot small bucks  ;D.

They normally taste better that way...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jun 18, 2011, 07:42:07 PM
LOL...We should name him Ali!! He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee...He got the bob and weave down....
As long as he doesn't give you the rope a dope.... ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jun 19, 2011, 07:18:32 AM
Great pictures and video Steve...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Jun 19, 2011, 07:25:10 AM
All great stuff Steve.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: ramrod on Jun 20, 2011, 08:16:16 AM
 almost looks like the buck u have planned to shoot this year.  ;)  awesome vid stka.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jun 20, 2011, 12:13:10 PM
Lookin good stka.  Buck in the 4th pic same one thats on the video? Looks like they like the No Plow.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 20, 2011, 01:21:29 PM
Thanks guys. I think that buck in the 4th picture is older. he has a gut hanging. plus his antlers are bigger He may be the same as the one in the two pictures after, but I can't tell. Any of those bucks that already have brow tines and are out near their ears will be plenty big for me this season. Figure they still have about three months to grow.

If deer learn to do that bobbing thing when we're trying to shoot them, archery season is going to get much harder.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jun 20, 2011, 02:45:37 PM
LOL....They do....High speed photos show they can drop over 12" to start their escape. That's why quiet is better than fast any day.  ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Jun 20, 2011, 02:50:16 PM
You definitelty look to be in good shape this year,  bet those racks have a bit of growin to do.   Noticed some mass to the bodies as well...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 20, 2011, 03:18:49 PM
Here's a few more videos from the last batch. The first one was taken right after the bobbing buck, so there must have been two together. The second one is dark but it is two or three bucks.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_18Jun11vid14.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=18Jun11vid14.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_18Jun11vid12.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=18Jun11vid12.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_18Jun11vid3.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=18Jun11vid3.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_18Jun11vid20.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=18Jun11vid20.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jun 20, 2011, 09:12:41 PM
They sure do like the new grub!!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 21, 2011, 07:43:29 AM
I thought it wasn't growing, doesn't look like it's getting a chance to though.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Jun 21, 2011, 08:10:04 AM
I think your "lawn mower's" are stunting it. You have a couple with some nice potential.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jun 21, 2011, 03:17:38 PM
You will be re-planting in the fall like me. ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jun 21, 2011, 09:25:44 PM
Try fencing a 2' round in it to see how badly they are mowing it. Bet it will show you could double it easy.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Jun 22, 2011, 06:31:41 AM
Making me want to get my cam out Steve...great vids...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 22, 2011, 08:35:11 AM
I actually have an old piece of fence down, but if off on the edge where it isn't growing as well. I may move it next time I go out. I'll probably end up with a picture of it stuck in a bucks antlers.

You definitelty look to be in good shape this year,  bet those racks have a bit of growin to do.   Noticed some mass to the bodies as well...

I know there are older deer on the property I just don't see them on stand, yet. I'll get them figured out eventually, I'm getting a little closer every year.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: gunner on Jun 22, 2011, 08:55:20 AM
StKA--- I just bought a trail cam and was wondering how long between shots should I set my camera for ?? It can be 15,30 sec. or  1min. or more between shots.  Any help from anyone would be very much appreciated .  Gunner
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jun 22, 2011, 09:09:23 AM
I like to set mine to 1 minute, I also have it set on 3 shots per trigger. If you have it set up in a place where the deer might be hanging around a lot like a food plot you might want to go with a longer wait to cut back on pictures of the same deer walking around for ten minutes. I don't mind looking through a lot of pictures and have 2 gigabyte SD cards in mine so they can hold 2000 pictures. I also don't recommend checking them to often. That's something we all do when we first start using them, 2 weeks seems like a good wait, but it'll take a little playing with to get it set up how you want it. Watch out for weeds and small branches that will sway in the wind and trigger the camera. About 4 feet high seems to be a good height. It's not uncommon for my cameras to have no pictures for a few days straight, even in a great spot like I have them now. Good luck, I look forward to seeing some of your pictures.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 02, 2011, 09:32:47 AM
Here's a bunch from the last set. Some of the bucks look like they have some age on them but are hard to tell apart at this point.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July1158.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July1170.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July1180.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11241.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11277.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11165.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11117.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11101.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July1194.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11376.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11369.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11365.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11355.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11310.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11307.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11530.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11526.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11442.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11418.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01July11390.jpg)

And one video, nice buck at the end.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_01July11v18.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=01July11v18.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Jul 02, 2011, 09:43:48 AM
Looks like nice racks are on the way  8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Jul 02, 2011, 09:56:36 AM
Awesome pics Steve...June 20th 7:32 PM is a NICE big buck!  You are the TOP trailcammer thus far, thanks for sharing!!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Jul 02, 2011, 10:07:05 AM
Looking real good Steve.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 02, 2011, 10:15:35 AM
Thanks guys, I figured everyone could use some trailcam porn  ;D. I actually had over 500 (3 per so 150+) pics this time. I didn't check the one where I was seeing the big 7 last year. I don't want to stink that one up. There are at least 2 big bucks like that one with heavy bodies and a hanging gut.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jul 02, 2011, 12:07:00 PM
SWEET.................
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jul 03, 2011, 04:25:07 AM
Shazaam! Alright everyone we are going to stka to hunt big bucks. ;D Nice pics.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 03, 2011, 08:56:56 AM
Shazaam! Alright everyone we are going to stka to hunt big bucks. ;D Nice pics.

Thanks, but most guys see more bucks on stand than me. I only saw 1-2 bucks last year on stand there and shot the only one that came close.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Jul 03, 2011, 10:49:16 AM
I think he's trying to steer us toward albany and not Maryland for our massacre.  ::) ::)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 03, 2011, 11:09:59 AM
What did he do last year, ten deer? I got two, and worked hard for them  :o.

Here's a link to a bunch of full sized buck pics from the last set if anyone needs more  8).
http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Recent%20%20Bucks/ (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Recent%20%20Bucks/)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Jul 03, 2011, 11:49:57 AM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jul 04, 2011, 07:49:12 AM
You must have something that pulls those summer deer out in the fall Steve. There is no shortage in the summer though... ;)
Maybe the food plots will help keep a few more there... 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: ramrod on Jul 05, 2011, 11:56:10 AM
You must have something that pulls those summer deer out in the fall Steve. There is no shortage in the summer though... ;)
Maybe the food plots will help keep a few more there... 8)

thats what i was thinking also. is there a stand of oaks on neighboring land that you know of? good lookin crop you got there stka. just knowing they are/were there is a motivation booster.

you def have won the trail cam blue ribbon for june!  ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: loonyone on Jul 05, 2011, 12:37:16 PM
nice pics and videos///thanks for sharing
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 05, 2011, 12:53:48 PM
Thanks. All the food is on the property I can hunt, there are still white/red oak acorns from last year. There were so many acorns they didn't even go through them all. I think the main issue is that they are bedding on the land no one can hunt (except the trespasser/poacher). Even the does there don't come out until right at dusk typically. I don't think they leave the area, they just hang in the woods too long and I only have a small sliver of woods I can hunt. That's where I shot the buck last year. I'm learning  ;). I do see some does pop up that are bedded in the overgrown field, but they don't move to far, so the only way I'm getting one out there is to dial the in-line in real good and hope they come close enough. I'm going to make a point to not stink the place up this year checking the trail cameras. The only ones I go to are near the food plot. I'll go in to set stands once and be done, no return trips to clear lanes this time I'll do it all at once and leave it alone.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: howesfc on Jul 19, 2011, 06:29:56 PM
 :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 20, 2011, 05:46:24 PM
I've got a bunch of new pics. Now my laptop won't boot up  :-\.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jul 20, 2011, 06:56:21 PM
 :( I know that feeling.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: howesfc on Jul 20, 2011, 07:09:17 PM
 :-[
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 20, 2011, 08:12:15 PM
I dug out the old lap burner laptop so I could check the videos. There were 300 videos, I have to turn down the sensitivity next time. I'll put more up tomorrow, but check this one out  ;D.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0287.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0287.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: howesfc on Jul 20, 2011, 08:15:24 PM
Nice! :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jul 20, 2011, 08:30:51 PM
Holy cow Steve...   Great video......
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Jul 20, 2011, 08:35:20 PM
That was sweet!..Nice video man!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 20, 2011, 08:47:19 PM
Thanks guys. I've got two more, same buck? I'm not sure but this laptop is melting my legs, so I'm done until tomorrow.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0015.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0015.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0066.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0066.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 20, 2011, 08:50:00 PM
You can see my food plot doesn't look to great, but it's hard to complain with pics and videos like I'm getting  ;).
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jul 20, 2011, 09:42:54 PM
First and third video are the same buck. Not sure about the one in ir mode but it looks like the brow tines a a little bigger on that one. Nice videos.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jul 20, 2011, 10:10:48 PM
Sure looks like Mr. 7 is alive and well.... ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Jul 20, 2011, 11:06:28 PM
nice buck hope u get a shot at him this year ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 21, 2011, 07:55:57 PM
I'm pretty sure that isn't the big seven. I think it's one of the smaller ones from last year.

I have a general question for everyone; Do deer get mange? I've got a pic of a small buck I thought was a piebald, but turned out to be loosing a lot of hair. I'll post the pic when I get my laptop back.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Jul 21, 2011, 08:06:53 PM
Great videos steve!  There is a small buck in both my last group of pics that was almost white on his sides as well...not sure what it is...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 22, 2011, 10:13:16 AM
OK, I uploaded 33 pics for you trail cam porn junkies ;D. I may have got the big seven on the corner camera, time will tell. One thing I don't have many pics of is fawns. I've got to kill off some coyotes.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July11113.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July11129.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July11178.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July11179.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July11190.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July11198.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111109.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111140.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111142.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 22, 2011, 10:22:17 AM
More...

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111158.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111163.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111220.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111253.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111254.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111264.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111265.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111281.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111299.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111301.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111319.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111326.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 22, 2011, 10:24:39 AM
And More......

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111364.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111394.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July111406.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July1121.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July11228.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July11234.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July11252.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July11256.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July11257.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July11258.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July11270.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20July11295.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jul 22, 2011, 11:19:25 AM
Nice plethora of game you got there skta. Never got a pic of breeding coons before. ;D Looks like the seven point from last year is coming along nicely. 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Chucker on Jul 22, 2011, 11:26:53 AM
Real nice shots there, Steve.  How long did it take you to go through them all?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 22, 2011, 11:33:29 AM
Probably over an hour to get through all 800+ pics and videos. Had a fair amount of wind trips, but the majority were critters. After looking again I think that buck is the other big bodied 7 with the short tines.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jul 22, 2011, 08:20:48 PM
Wow!! Great sets for your cameras.... ;)  Hope they hang around till the killing season... ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Bill Dance on Jul 22, 2011, 10:45:53 PM
Love the coon porn! LOL!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Jul 23, 2011, 04:45:39 AM
Mess of pictures man! Nice ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 25, 2011, 05:33:45 AM
I almost didn't put the coon pic up. I really liked the airborn buck pic. I changed the video camera to still but it's only 30yds from the other one. I'm going to move it to where I shot the buck last year next time out.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Jul 25, 2011, 06:05:07 AM
Great ones Steve...very good cam year for you!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: ramrod on Jul 26, 2011, 12:21:49 PM
Awesome collection of shots Ur gettin this yr. Boy that one guy sure does look mangy. Never heard of deer gettin it tho.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 06, 2011, 04:15:32 PM
If I get a shot at him I'll take the one loosing his fur, he won't do well over the winter cold. No big ones this time. I want to move 2/3 cams but one died and it started raining. Here's a few.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/06Aug11215.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0074.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0119.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0136.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0154.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0235.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0286.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0289.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0318.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Aug 06, 2011, 04:36:50 PM
Some nice shots. I like the last one, can't believe you got a pic of that hawk!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: aquaassassin on Aug 06, 2011, 04:39:30 PM
Yup that last pic is very cool! about a month and those little B*st*rds will be dive bombing me in my tree again >:(
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Aug 06, 2011, 05:17:36 PM
Great Pics   decent bucks   Hawk and Fox pics are really cool
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Aug 06, 2011, 05:22:02 PM
Wow!!  I missed the last batch Steve   Big Bucks, Fisher, Coons ect  ect     That's incredible keep em comin   looks like some great land ur on!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 06, 2011, 07:54:46 PM
Nice pics stka. The big ones are around.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 06, 2011, 08:26:42 PM
Thats a great spot Steve.................
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Aug 06, 2011, 10:52:27 PM
awsemoe pics stka lots of bucks to choose from
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 07, 2011, 08:09:21 AM
Thanks guys, that hawk actually stayed for all three shots of 3-shot burst. The spot is great, I gained permission from my friend who didn't allow hunting previously. And shortly after I got in with the neighbors who had no one hunting either. After three years I'm starting to figure the bucks out, there isn't great genetics but big sevens if fine by me. There's tons of food and light pressure in a 300+ acre suburban woodlot. Proof that unrelenting searching for spots does pay off in the long run.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 07, 2011, 10:03:42 AM
Cant say that I got a hawk on camera before. 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Aug 08, 2011, 07:39:51 AM
It's going to take me all day to get caught up............Great pic's Steve.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 09, 2011, 10:21:43 AM
Steve i have been meaning to post this for the past week...    ;D ;D
Video..
 
(http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp237/raquettedacker/th_101_1582.jpg) (http://s415.photobucket.com/albums/pp237/raquettedacker/?action=view&current=101_1582.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 09, 2011, 11:07:02 AM
Cool. What's the white stuff?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 09, 2011, 11:14:05 AM
The white stuff is styrofoam...   Ya put a bunch of that in there because the beetles make holes in and lay eggs to produce more larva..  Its the larva that eat 99% of the flesh not the adult beetles..   The adult beetles actually only live for 3 to 4 weeks..
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Cheeks13 on Aug 09, 2011, 12:21:10 PM
Great pics! Looks like a productive spot. Cheeks out!!! 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Aug 09, 2011, 03:10:23 PM
Silence of the lambs thing goin on in Dom's basement  :o ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 09, 2011, 03:30:35 PM
I thought something was wrong with the sound on my computer. ;D Kept waiting to hear some narration Raquette.lol ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 09, 2011, 04:30:27 PM
WHAT I DONT SOUND GOOG WHEN I TYPE?? :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 09, 2011, 05:19:52 PM
Not sure I cant hear your key strokes. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Aug 09, 2011, 05:40:43 PM
You sound plenty GOOG!!! 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 09, 2011, 05:53:51 PM
You sound plenty GOOG!!! 8)


     AS LONG AS I SOUND GOOG IM GOOD................. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 09, 2011, 06:04:25 PM
WHAT I DONT SOUND GOOG WHEN I TYPE?? :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X....



   I could fix that but its to funny............................................... ;D ;D ;D
I hope I made someone laugh tonight.................... 8) 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Aug 09, 2011, 06:33:05 PM
There is no way I would get away with keeping that in the house..........Does Mindy know that's down there?  ::) 
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 09, 2011, 07:54:06 PM
There is no way I would get away with keeping that in the house..........Does Mindy know that's down there?  ::)


    Right now the beetles are in the basement/work zone/man cave/  "Doms pit"/        and doing fine....  They will be moved to the shed in a 55 gal fish tank...
Steves skulls are hanging in a tree "curring"............   Than they will be frozen again than put in the beetles..

The beetles have a "Disitink" smell , but its not to bad.. :P 8) :o
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 09, 2011, 08:33:01 PM
I think you need to come down and take back a sika skull. ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 09, 2011, 08:36:56 PM
I think you need to come down and take back a sika skull. ;)


    That would be a shoulder mount if I ever shot one.............. ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 09, 2011, 08:38:01 PM

    That would be a shoulder mount if I ever shot one.............. ;D
I want to harvest one of those delicious little buggers so bad.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 09, 2011, 08:38:22 PM


The beetles have a "Disitink" smell , but its not to bad.. :P 8) :o

Until you put the seasoned skulls in it  :o.

Looks like I'm down to two trail cameras again. the display went out on the Bushnell. I couldn't find anything obviously wrong and don't have time to do it at work, so it's getting sent back. That makes three out of three with no display, but I can still use the two Moultries.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 09, 2011, 08:46:45 PM
Yea thats why there in the shed... You should smell that Coors cooler haning in the tree.. :P
I cant wait to open it it up......... ::) ::) :o :o
Something smells like lake trout.        :P :P
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 09, 2011, 08:47:09 PM
Looks like I'm down to two trail cameras again. the display went out on the Bushnell. I couldn't find anything obviously wrong and don't have time to do it at work, so it's getting sent back. That makes three out of three with no display, but I can still use the two Moultries.

Dayum displays! >:( I think I am going to try and build a homebrew camera next. I have been doing some research on building them.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 09, 2011, 08:51:31 PM
The cheep Moultrees are the way to go......................
 Mine is 8 years old and still works.. ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 09, 2011, 08:55:34 PM
The cheep Moultrees are the way to go......................
 Mine is 8 years old and still works.. ;D ;D
Trust me they dont build them like the use too.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 14, 2011, 02:05:59 PM
Not much on the cameras, I figured it was time to move them into the cover more for buck pics. Moved the two I have working now. Here's a couple pics, not much to write home about.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0022sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0032sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0052sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0061sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Aug 14, 2011, 02:41:05 PM
better than my cameras this week... only one deer in the distance, a bear, and me.... :-\
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 14, 2011, 02:46:34 PM
better than my cameras this week... only one deer in the distance, a bear, and me.... :-\


                Post the bear picture.............. ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Aug 14, 2011, 03:24:12 PM
Cute pic of the little raccoons.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 14, 2011, 03:42:54 PM
Nice pics.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Aug 14, 2011, 05:13:33 PM

                Post the bear picture.............. ;D


ok I will start my own picture thread :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Aug 17, 2011, 03:17:18 PM
Ive got a 6 just like that last one you posted that likes getting his picture taken.   Very similar, good crotch horn with small brow tines
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 17, 2011, 03:28:41 PM
I think I've got several 5-6's this year. May have one less by the end of bow season  ;D.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Aug 17, 2011, 03:34:49 PM
LOL  Hear yah  Same here
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 19, 2011, 02:39:37 PM
Left work early and ran over to get a couple soil samples. Checked the trail cam near the first plot. Had a great pic of the little warty buck. What a great pic, to bad it wasn't the huge seven (if he's still around).

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0082small.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Aug 19, 2011, 06:35:06 PM
That is a nice pic Steve
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Aug 19, 2011, 06:35:57 PM
Great picture.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Aug 19, 2011, 09:46:31 PM
love those high racks let him have it 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 19, 2011, 09:52:35 PM
Great pic, love the sun beaming off his rack.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 19, 2011, 10:22:50 PM
Cool picture Steve..
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: buckblaster on Aug 20, 2011, 07:41:47 AM
Nice picture. Good looking buck like the tall rack.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 21, 2011, 09:42:16 AM
Looks like I need to trim around the coyote stand, you can see my 260yd target on the post straight out. Brush hogging is taking for ever we have about 15 hours in and are to the short green strip. Got a few camera pics at the new location, looks like another different six.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/IMG_0002sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20Aug1112sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20Aug1106sm.jpg)

I've got to thin these out.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20Aug1116sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 21, 2011, 10:00:23 AM
Lots of nice bucks so far Steve....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 21, 2011, 10:52:31 AM
Seems like lots of sixes this year. I'd be more than happy to take one of them, but they'll get passes for a few weeks if I can resist temptation  ;D.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Aug 21, 2011, 06:19:15 PM
Great pics as always Steve...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hunts2long on Aug 22, 2011, 06:06:47 AM
You have some nice ones in your area...keep the pictures coming....hunts2long
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 22, 2011, 06:09:42 AM
Thanks guys. I made a tripod for my third trail cam (when it comes back) so I can put it on the new plot. I used a broken set of poles (3/4) from my blind. I just put a 1/4-20 stun in the middle, should work good for a free standing camera.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: brace on Aug 22, 2011, 06:34:48 AM
Great pics STKA - I really like that B/W photo of the doe and her fawn.   Any of this pics near your new food plot?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: maineduckhunter on Aug 22, 2011, 06:40:05 AM
Lookin' Good!!!  :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Aug 22, 2011, 07:12:14 AM
Looking good STKA!! Hope a couple of those canines come in close during bow season for you....put a hole in'em!!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 22, 2011, 07:37:30 AM
Great pics STKA - I really like that B/W photo of the doe and her fawn.   Any of this pics near your new food plot?

No, those are where I'm planning to move a stand. It's on the far side of the neighboring property where I got the pics of the two big sevens last year. I heard deer walking by me almost every time I was in the stand, but saw very few. So I'm moving the stand into the woods about fifty yards, about ten from camera. There's a small hardwood with two small pines right next to it that looks like a good covered spot with natural lanes in place. I probably won't check that camera again until I move the stand over.

Looking good STKA!! Hope a couple of those canines come in close during bow season for you....put a hole in'em!!!

I'm hoping to get on some before SZ archery opens. I don't see bait mentioned on the DEC website any more, but I was planning on bringing some old freezer burnt fish every time I went over setting stands to get them checking the pasture regularly. The way I read it though I can bring the 22lr with me bow hunting. I probably won't get to recover them, but I can take them down. I'll have to work on my semi-auto shooting, not something I usually do. I had five or more come out in a pack last year close to me but not in bow range.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 22, 2011, 06:45:53 PM
So we're spending all this time brush hogging, it'll be three days by the time we're done. I just talked to my uncle who said "You should have told me, we could have trailer my small tractor and 5' finishing PTO hog down". I can also use the york rake to turn the soil for the plot and get some of the grass out. I know what I'm doing after turkey season next spring.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 27, 2011, 06:08:17 PM
Brush hogging is DONE (enough). Not a ton of pics but here's a few. Looks like a decent little seven, I'd be happy to get a shot at him.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/27Aug11238s.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/27Aug113s.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/27Aug115s.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/27Aug1110s.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/27Aug1111s.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: brace on Aug 27, 2011, 06:12:55 PM
Glad to hear you had a successful day.  Great pics BTW!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Aug 27, 2011, 06:13:26 PM
That's a good one
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 27, 2011, 06:33:56 PM
Nice pics stka. Is that the food plot you planted last Spring?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 28, 2011, 07:57:01 AM
No that's just grass growing in the hard woods inside the corner stand where I was getting pics of the big seven. I heard a lot of deer moving in there from the stand last year, so I'm planning to move the stand in there. That one fawn is big and almost out of spots all ready, I moved that camera from the pasture to where I plan to put the stand near the new big plot. With this water I won"t be back there for at least two weekends.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: buckblaster on Aug 28, 2011, 06:40:18 PM
He's a nice one
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 02, 2011, 03:08:21 PM
I think I picked a good spot to move the corner stand to  ;). Not sure what this little guy on the tree is, flying squirrel maybe?

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/02Sep11230sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/02Sep11227sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/02Sep11215sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/02Sep11110sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/02Sep11112sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 02, 2011, 03:17:09 PM
Might be hard to tell with the smaller pics, but the eight in the first pic is the farther one in the second.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 02, 2011, 03:25:06 PM
I think I picked a good spot to move the corner stand to  ;). Not sure what this little guy on the tree is, flying squirrel maybe?

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/02Sep11230sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/02Sep11227sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/02Sep11215sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/02Sep11110sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/02Sep11112sm.jpg)

Sweet, bet that made you forget about the truck for the time being. They both have about the same size rack, second one looks a little bigger. Looks like the second one has bigger brow tines too.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: halfrack33 on Sep 02, 2011, 03:33:09 PM
Whoaaa buck city. That's awesome
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Sep 02, 2011, 04:00:31 PM
Man that a good buck.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 02, 2011, 04:49:01 PM
Hope you get to see one or both this year!! Good deal...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 02, 2011, 04:49:13 PM
Man I'm moving out of the country.....   I wish I can get pictures like that...

Great ones Steve...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Sep 02, 2011, 04:54:34 PM
Nice!  You look to be in fine shape, those are good bucks...    Another Fisher Pic!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: brace on Sep 02, 2011, 05:09:11 PM
Terrific pics STKA!!  I'm wondering if you've got Noah's Arc parked somewhere close by with that many animals passing by....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Sep 03, 2011, 12:07:25 AM
More good ones!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 03, 2011, 06:18:58 AM
Forgot to add that it looks like a Flying Squirrel to me.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 03, 2011, 11:17:00 AM
Thanks guys, real excited about the season again. I think I'm slowly learning the properties and getting closer to one of these nice bucks. Not seeing the numbers on acorns I had last year so the patterns might be a little different. Trying to decide if I should leave the corner stand where it is or move it since it's had a year to get settled in and get forgotten about and use a second one here. Never saw a buck out of it last year, but I probably ruined it early.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Sep 03, 2011, 03:37:46 PM
if it is an inside corner of a field i would leave it there another year. lots of bucks are shot on inside corners scent checking does and staging before going to feed. i have the same dilema thinking of moving a stand but not sure :-\wish i had money to buy another >:( maybe next year ::)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 03, 2011, 05:59:19 PM
Yeah it's on the end of a hedge row between two over grown fields. There's pics of a big seven there on my trail cam thread several times last year before the season opened.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Sep 03, 2011, 06:00:48 PM
Leave it and put up another...that way you have options based on wind and what ever else is going on...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 03, 2011, 06:10:46 PM
I have more locations than stands, but I'll probably put the chain in in there and leave the ladder.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Sep 03, 2011, 06:30:19 PM
I prep several trees for my climber and then put in my Ladder and Hangon in regular locations...that keeps me versatile and I'm always looking for a new tree...looks like you have plenty of deer so your placement will be fun...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 03, 2011, 06:47:55 PM
That's a good idea, I have a climber too.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 05, 2011, 02:25:26 PM
Well after a few calls and an email, the status on my Trophy Cam was updated to "replacement ordered". It would be nice to have it by October, but I'm not holding my breath. If they replace it with a 2011 it will have the plot watcher function and that could be real helpful to be able to see where they're coming out to the plot or pasture.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 05, 2011, 03:28:50 PM
As long as they have been giving you the run around you should get a brand new model.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 09, 2011, 07:28:53 AM
My replacement TrophtCam shipped yesterday, scheduled to arrive tuesday ;D.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 09, 2011, 07:39:05 AM
Cool!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 09, 2011, 08:19:28 AM
Nice stka.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 09, 2011, 08:57:05 AM
Good news Steve.....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 09, 2011, 09:20:29 AM
Just have to decide where to put it, Apple trees, food plot or in the thick stuff??
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 09, 2011, 10:10:05 AM
in the thick stuff??
 
Gets my vote.... ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 09, 2011, 10:25:51 AM
To early for the apples....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 09, 2011, 10:34:46 AM
I'm leaning towards the thick stuff too. I moved one to where a runoff goes through the rock wall on near the new plot.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 10, 2011, 09:20:59 PM
Got a nice little six, moved the cam to the corner I was seeing the big seven last year (~50yds away).

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/20Sep1124-1.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 10, 2011, 09:23:48 PM
Pics not working bud.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 10, 2011, 09:26:13 PM
Been having issues with photobucket, trying flickr, but can't find the IMGCode??
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Sep 10, 2011, 09:35:31 PM
im having issues too, trying to change my avatar to a personal picture...not working... look forward to seeing your 6
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 10, 2011, 10:36:30 PM
Got a nice little six, moved the cam to the corner I was seeing the big seven last year (~50yds away).

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/20Sep1124-1.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 11, 2011, 04:55:17 AM
Your looking to have a good year!! ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 11, 2011, 08:11:05 AM
Looks like a great early season spot. He's the fourth or fifth buck there, and the smallest  ;D. He'll be safe until later in the season  ;). better view of the lil skipper.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/20Sep1124crop.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 11, 2011, 08:20:55 AM
He is young!! Nice, some good genes around the area!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Sep 11, 2011, 08:49:21 AM
yah really young deer, next year should be a giant...look how small his face is! happy you are at least getting pictures of bucks
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 11, 2011, 08:58:27 AM
I'm hoping the one in my avatar is still around, he'd be a slammer seven this year.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Sep 11, 2011, 09:19:20 AM
I'm hoping the one in my avatar is still around, he'd be a slammer seven this year.


uh yah, maybe he added a point or two, either way a monster
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 11, 2011, 09:26:23 AM
Nice, he's still holding onto the velvet too.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 13, 2011, 08:04:29 PM
Got my Trophy Cam back today. I got a 2011 replacement for the 2010. This one has audio on the videos and the time lapse feature ;D. Plus they're supposed to be much more reliable than the 2010's.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: halfrack33 on Sep 13, 2011, 08:38:34 PM
Got my Trophy Cam back today. I got a 2011 replacement for the 2010. This one has audio on the videos and the time lapse feature ;D. Plus they're supposed to be much more reliable than the 2010's.

Can you order the 2011? Everything on Cabela's says either 2010 or the bonecollector edition???
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 13, 2011, 08:47:09 PM
This site has them. I like their reviews and tests.

http://www.trailcampro.com/ (http://www.trailcampro.com/)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 13, 2011, 08:49:36 PM
Sweet Steve...  Cant wait to see some videos from it....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 13, 2011, 09:05:56 PM
Me too.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Sep 13, 2011, 10:11:56 PM
good deal stka hopefully u have better luck with the new model
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 13, 2011, 10:26:03 PM
Howling yotes would be cool....
Grunting bucks....Gobbling turkeys....
Sweet!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 17, 2011, 03:01:19 PM
Not a ton of pics this week, but the corner stand still looks hot. Had several does in the spot just inside the woods from the new food plot (first pic). I won't be driving the truck to the corner stand again, until I need to load a buck in it  ;D. Looks like the velvet came off last week. Not sure if these are the same two six's or not, but the 7-8 (can't see if the second brow tine is there) isn't getting a pass any day  ;D.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/17Sep11127sm.jpg)

Plenty of meat on feet in the corner too, but I'll be buck hunting this spot first  ;).

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/17Sep11240sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/17Sep112101sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/17Sep11216sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/17Sep11243sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/17Sep11237sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Sep 17, 2011, 03:57:10 PM
Great pics...nuf to get the blood pumping!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hunts2long on Sep 17, 2011, 04:19:06 PM
Nice pictures....hunts2long
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Sep 17, 2011, 05:56:29 PM
Thats a great spot.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 17, 2011, 06:01:36 PM
Thanks guys. The camera is almost touching the ladder to my stand. I'm looking forward to hunting it, if I'm allowed to climb the ladder by then.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 17, 2011, 07:29:27 PM
Nice pics. Thats a nice 7 in the last pic.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: buckblaster on Sep 17, 2011, 08:56:48 PM
The last pic is awesome with the sun shining behind him. Very nice looking buck
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Sep 18, 2011, 09:02:28 PM
Def a shooter   Hope you bag him Steve
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: loonyone on Sep 19, 2011, 06:55:11 AM
nice pics and gets your blood going but good...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 19, 2011, 07:04:58 AM
Good deal!!! He will fill the bill.... ;)  He kind of looks like a lucky#7..... ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 19, 2011, 07:15:44 AM
I thought he was one of the two eights I got on camera together, but after trying ti fix the pic a little I think it's a different buck. So there's plenty there, just have to get one close this year.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/17Sep11237fix.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: SilentStalker on Sep 19, 2011, 07:37:58 AM
That's a real nice buck!!! Good luck with him. He's got some size on him (little potbelly) by the looks of it. How old you think he is?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 19, 2011, 07:47:34 AM
I had a very similar but smaller buck last year in the same spot. I think it could be him again making him 3.5 but he was an eight last year. His hanging belly and the rack coming down a little makes him look that old to me but I'm real bad at judging age. I'll just have to shoot him and check his teeth  ;D.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: SilentStalker on Sep 19, 2011, 07:54:00 AM
I'm not good at it either. I'd say 3.5 but thats not knowing what the food is like by you. He's pretty slick either way and will be hog looking come mid-October!!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 19, 2011, 07:58:06 AM
I think this was him last year.

Pics

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/14Sep1013.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/14Sep1014.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/14Sep1015.jpg)

Vids

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_14Sep1013-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=14Sep1013-1.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_14Sep1014-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=14Sep1014-1.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_14Sep1015-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=14Sep1015-1.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: SilentStalker on Sep 19, 2011, 08:12:32 AM
Very well could be. if it is him he sported a nice set at 2.5. (if our calculations are correct of course)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 19, 2011, 08:17:34 AM
You can see how the rack just got a little bigger, but also angled down toward his nose. Who knows, I stink at aging he could be 4.5 just doesn't look like it in the face and back to me.

here he is on the same page.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/17Sep11237fix.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: ramrod on Sep 19, 2011, 09:03:36 AM
Awesome deer stka. Thats gotta get the blood boiling! I'd guess 3.5.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Sep 19, 2011, 09:36:56 AM
x2 a 4.5 year old deer would be broader in the chest and neck region imo. shoot him and then we will know for sure ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 19, 2011, 10:14:21 AM
The truth of the matter is it doesn't matter. If he were 1.5 sporting that rack where I hunt I'd shoot him without a second thought, and smile the whole way home  ;D.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 19, 2011, 10:16:46 AM
Not sure if its the same one but its a good one...... ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Sep 19, 2011, 05:41:36 PM
Yeah he is.............
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 19, 2011, 06:02:23 PM
The more I look at it the more I think it's the same buck. Looks like I'm going to back to work tomorrow, it's the best of three bad choices. I wasn't to happy today dealing with this BS.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Sep 19, 2011, 06:33:44 PM
It does look like the same buck to me...it is tough in my eyes to tell for sure
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Sep 19, 2011, 09:23:55 PM
handsome deer! great pics, havent pulled cards in weeks, guess we will see when I pull them after hunting the stands
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Sep 23, 2011, 02:38:30 PM
He's a good one  8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 23, 2011, 05:37:46 PM
My guess is 3 years and 3 months. ;) Choot'em
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Rage42 on Sep 23, 2011, 05:59:29 PM
IMO...not the same buck...good luck in your quest.....wait a minute, maybe it is the same buck  :-\
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 23, 2011, 06:01:20 PM
I really want to get over there tomorrow and move the bushnell but I'll be slinging mud. NiMo is redoing the power lines where the mud is so maybe I'll go I can't decide. I made a trail camera holder out of an old crutch from the garage so I can set the time lapse facing the edge of the tree line to figure out where they're coming out.

That buck is getting a hole if I get a chance, no question. I'm not a trophy hunter but he would be my biggest, I won't wait all season for a monster. I like eating them too much and don't hold enough value on antlers either.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 23, 2011, 06:16:38 PM
It would be nice to have a different perspective....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 24, 2011, 11:40:56 AM
Just stopped at BJs for trailcam batteries, no D'S ::) but got 40 AA's for $16 ;).
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 24, 2011, 04:52:56 PM
My prime spot cam had dead batteries, but the bushnell around the corner got one on time lapse.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24Sep112128crop.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24Sep112127crop.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24Sep112125crop.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24Sep112124crop.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24Sep112122crop.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 24, 2011, 04:59:37 PM
Hard to tell, I think it's bigger than the last one but it has a lot of the same characteristics. I'm pretty happy with my chances though.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Sep 24, 2011, 05:41:31 PM
He is a good one!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Sep 24, 2011, 05:47:44 PM
Great pics first one has a ghost on it...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Sep 24, 2011, 05:50:15 PM
Good one Steve
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 24, 2011, 06:02:17 PM
Sure looks like you should be able to get a look at him in that spot. He sure travels there a lot... ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Sep 24, 2011, 07:31:19 PM
good luck stka. looks like a good spot ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 25, 2011, 06:49:01 AM
I'm staying out of there now until I'm bringing my bow with me. I've got bucks there during shooting light, I'm not going to run them out until there's a hole in one of them. I may go in once to hang a stand though if the doctors clear me soon enough. When I go to check those trail cams I'll be walking in in my scentlocs, but it won't be often.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 25, 2011, 07:31:39 AM
That is a real good one Steve...   Nice pictures...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Sep 25, 2011, 07:48:55 AM
That is a real good one Steve...   Mice pictures...

OH...............................rats
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 25, 2011, 08:53:38 AM
By the way he was running in and looking behind, he either was getting away from one of three things....Coyotes, People, or....
 
A BIGGER BUCK!!!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 25, 2011, 09:34:06 AM
By the way he was running in and looking behind, he either was getting away from one of three things....Coyotes, People, or....
 
A BIGGER BUCK!!!!

I had a pic very close by of two 8's in velvet. I was guessing he was the smaller one ;).
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Oct 01, 2011, 06:46:04 AM
OH...............................rats



                                ;D ;D ;D ;D   Woops.............. ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Oct 01, 2011, 07:07:31 AM
YEP................. 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Oct 01, 2011, 07:12:11 AM
LMAO!!! 8) 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 01, 2011, 04:40:37 PM
Sporting my styling ride I checked the cams today.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/PICT0565sm.jpg)

CamoedChic has her eye on this guy as her first deer  ;D. I told her we have the tags shoot any one you want when you feel like  ;). Sounds like she's getting closer to pulling the trigger this year  8).

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01Oct11112sm.jpg)

I really dig the time lapse function. Not real happy about the number of trespassers that seem to feel at home wherever they want to go. I'll be calling the land owners tonight to let them know and ask if they want us to post their lines as well when we do my friends. Not sure if this is two different bucks or the same one.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_MotionFrames_0_640x480.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=MotionFrames_0_640x480.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Oct 01, 2011, 04:45:06 PM
Nice pics and ride.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 01, 2011, 04:48:28 PM
Trying to get the video working, stay tuned...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Oct 01, 2011, 04:48:57 PM
I like it............... ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: halfrack33 on Oct 01, 2011, 04:50:41 PM
Pimpin Ride!  How does that time lapse thing work? It sounded like it randomly takes video at certain times you set?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Oct 01, 2011, 05:04:34 PM
Still lookin good
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 01, 2011, 05:04:54 PM
The video link wasn't working for me, it does now try it again. The time lapse will shoot pics or videos every 1,5,10,30etc minutes and the software will turn them into a video. I have mine set to 5 minutes (3 shot burst) from 6pm to 8pm, but changed it today to 1 minute intervals.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 01, 2011, 05:07:14 PM
With the Bushnell it will still trigger with the sensor while in time lapse mode.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: halfrack33 on Oct 01, 2011, 05:10:01 PM
The video link wasn't working for me, it does now try it again. The time lapse will shoot pics or videos every 1,5,10,30etc minutes and the software will turn them into a video. I have mine set to 5 minutes (3 shot burst) from 6pm to 8pm, but changed it today to 1 minute intervals.

Ok that makes more sense. I knew what a time lapse was, but the write up in the booklet made it sound weird.

The first buck on the video is a good one. 
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 01, 2011, 05:19:00 PM
Yeh I'll be passing on the skippers for a while looking for one of these, there's at least 2-3 around the same area. Here's a still of him.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/PICT0096.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 02, 2011, 09:01:31 AM
Had these two bucks on camera too, second one might be big enough but the pic is real bad.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/PICT0370sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/PICT0371sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01Oct1115sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Oct 02, 2011, 09:19:31 AM
Wow that is a nice buck!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: loonyone on Oct 02, 2011, 10:33:59 AM
nice
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Oct 02, 2011, 07:45:30 PM
go get em!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Oct 03, 2011, 05:37:34 AM
Looks like they are staying were they should be. ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 08, 2011, 03:34:27 PM
Got the blind up today. It'll be hard to pass the new 6/7 that showed up. Got some little bucks in the food plot, I moved the bushnell over there on time lapse. Here some of what I got. I also got a small buck making a rub where the close up of the little six is, next to my stand.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/08Oct1123sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/08Oct1131sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/08Oct1132sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/PICT0742sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/PICT0744sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/PICT0745sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/PICT0747sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/PICT2071sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/PICT2072sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/PICT0754sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/PICT0755sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Oct 08, 2011, 03:36:56 PM
nice pics stka ...............good luck tagging him. will u be able to hunt opening day?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 08, 2011, 03:47:52 PM
I put my blind farther up the field where two big runs come out of the hardwoods into the field. If it cools down I'll probably hunt in it at least in the afternoons. Where I am if it doesn't cool down you only educate the deer by hunting when it's warm. I think the better buck in the IR pics is the same eight from last week.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Oct 08, 2011, 04:00:06 PM
Great pictures Steve...   You have many to choose from......
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 08, 2011, 04:04:47 PM
Thanks, just hope I can see some this year. Last year I got a lot of pics too, but only saw two small bucks. I shot the second one the last day of SZ bow.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Oct 08, 2011, 04:16:33 PM
I really need to get a second cam...   I just put mine close to the house now I dont have anything down in the woods.. :o
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Oct 08, 2011, 05:57:33 PM
Sweet!!  I like to think it looks like that around where I hunt.... ::)  I do know of a good one....But won't hold my breath....especially when ML opens....
The word is out about the muley I found the sheds of and will be crowded there I'm sure.....
Sure hope you get on one of the bigger ones!!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Oct 08, 2011, 06:55:28 PM
Looking good
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Oct 08, 2011, 07:54:32 PM
I put my blind farther up the field where two big runs come out of the hardwoods into the field. If it cools down I'll probably hunt in it at least in the afternoons. Where I am if it doesn't cool down you only educate the deer by hunting when it's warm. I think the better buck in the IR pics is the same eight from last week.
stka r u saying u dont hunt at all when its warm? or do u just hunt other locations? i understand your point about educating the deer but i would rather take my chances playing the wind on a warm day than not hunting :o  as they say " u cant kill em from the couch"
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 08, 2011, 08:12:36 PM
I can't hunt the woods where I am, I can recover deer from there but No one is allowed to hunt it. When It's hot they don't come out to where I can hunt until after dark normally. I hunted in the early warms days the past two years and never saw a deer but jumped them walking out. I figure I'm better off not pushing them unnecessarily when my odds are real low. That said, a lot of these pics are during shooting light so I'm on the fence a little. I set the blind up so I could get in and out pretty easily, because my foot is still real sore. So I might try to go, but may also try to get a doe somewhere else.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Oct 08, 2011, 08:21:42 PM
yeah having multiple stands on different properties opens up your options. i hate hunting in the heat it just doesnt feel like deer season to me when it is 75 outside :o last november we had unusually high temps as well. really messed up the daylight deer movement. hoping for cold with a few inches of snow this year ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: loonyone on Oct 10, 2011, 07:40:34 AM
nice pics good luck getting them
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 10, 2011, 04:25:47 PM
Went back today to clear a little brush around the blind. I went to take the third camera down and move it to the apple trees. After I got the camera and downloaded the timelapse from the Bushnell I took a ride around the edge of the pasture. Found at least three scrapes that just got made. Two of them are within 20yds of a stand I was going to move  ::). So I put the camera there with both scrapes (and the stand) in frame. Most likely small bucks made them at night, but I'm going to find out  ;). Bushnell had a few does and a small buck (6?) on the food plot, not bad for two days, but they were almost all at night.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Oct 10, 2011, 04:41:39 PM
Nice pics stka. Never know about scrapes one buck could use them or multiple bucks could. Should be interesting to see what you get pics of.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Oct 10, 2011, 05:41:28 PM
Steve you are really getting some great pics this year!  Awesome!!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 10, 2011, 05:57:51 PM
Thanks, I'm stuck hunting out of a blind for a while too Scott. My foot just isn't getting better fast enough. It's not to bad but it really limits your view being in a blind. I guess it'll keep me from stinking up my stands before they really start moving. I haven't even seen two of my stands since I walked by them turkey hunting in May.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Oct 10, 2011, 05:59:43 PM
I actually enjoyed hunting out of the blind...not the same as a stand but different and fun...I'll be having surgery again in a wekk so I will back off the boot for about 5 weeks... >:( :'(
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 10, 2011, 06:37:38 PM
That stinks, but it's a step towards the end of the process. It's definitely more comfortable in a blind, even more so when it gets cold. It's nice to be able to sit back with a cup of coffee  ;D. I've been shooting my bow sitting down the past few days and think I'm good to go.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 15, 2011, 01:47:04 PM
I'm not hunting this weekend, but I checked the trail cams today and got a little more ambitious for next weekend. In under a week I've got pics of bucks rubbing, scraping, in my food plot and even sparring  ;D. They're all at night, but it's a good sign things are heating up a little.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Oct 15, 2011, 01:53:30 PM
I'm not hunting this weekend, but I checked the trail cams today and got a little more ambitious for next weekend. In under a week I've got pics of bucks rubbing, scraping, in my food plot and even sparring  ;D. They're all at night, but it's a good sign things are heating up a little.


     So where are the pictures/videos ????          ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 15, 2011, 02:17:24 PM
I was watching over 2500 pics in time lapse. I'll put a few up in a minute.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 15, 2011, 02:49:26 PM
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Oct11201sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Oct11203sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Oct11204sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Oct11128sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Oct11144sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Oct11163sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Oct11143sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Oct11159sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Oct11110sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Oct11149sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Oct11137sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Oct11140sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Oct11155sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Oct 15, 2011, 02:57:09 PM
Great pictures...    Nothing better than having multiple bucks in one shot.....

Hope your foot is feeling better.... ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Oct 15, 2011, 03:09:25 PM
Great pics Steve!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Oct 15, 2011, 03:14:45 PM
bucks galore..............nice pics steve
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Post by: halfrack33 on Oct 15, 2011, 03:31:00 PM
Those are some great shots
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Post by: stka on Oct 15, 2011, 03:45:08 PM
Was nice to see this guy eating the food plot too  ;D.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/PICT0562sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/PICT0586sm.jpg)
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Post by: bogmanjr on Oct 15, 2011, 04:21:26 PM
Bunch of great pic's stka, hope the foot let's ya get out after them soon.
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Post by: Deposit on Oct 15, 2011, 06:30:14 PM
Nice pics
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Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Oct 15, 2011, 08:56:07 PM
Sweet stka. Its gonna happen for you and you deserve it. Remember that drobs wrist sling brings them in. ;) ;D ;D
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Post by: Issiah on Oct 15, 2011, 09:03:01 PM
Great Pics  you are def looking good!   Nice Sparring shot that's awesome!!
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Post by: NYSporty on Oct 15, 2011, 09:04:27 PM
I love the fight pic it will be a few week before the fight here.
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Post by: stka on Oct 15, 2011, 09:34:57 PM
The last pic was actually scraping, the second scrape is under the tree right in front of the camera.
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Post by: stka on Oct 15, 2011, 09:48:23 PM
Those little bucks really went at it too.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/15Oct11141sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Oct 16, 2011, 10:04:20 AM
Here's a clip of time lapse, takes a while to look over a week or two of clips, but I like it a lot.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_MotionFrames_0_640x480-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=MotionFrames_0_640x480-1.mp4)
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Post by: upstatehunter on Oct 17, 2011, 08:52:25 PM
Cool!! Good looking buck!!
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Post by: combsey on Oct 20, 2011, 07:50:44 PM
great video ;)   now get a pick with you holding his antlers
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Post by: stka on Oct 24, 2011, 08:24:01 PM
Almost forgot I had some more trailcam pics from last week. Haven't been to the third camera in a couple weeks, won't check that one until I hunt the stand. Won't hunt the stand until I have a north wind  ;).

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0011sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0023sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0029sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0047sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0054sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0057sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0065sm.jpg)
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Post by: upstatehunter on Oct 24, 2011, 08:42:49 PM
Nice!! I gotta get me one.... ;)  Found something the other day that I would love to get a picture of.... ;)
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Post by: bogmanjr on Oct 25, 2011, 05:26:15 AM
Nice stka.

Nice!! I gotta get me one.... ;)  Found something the other day that I would love to get a picture of.... ;)

If you shoot it we could have a picture.............. ;)
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Post by: loonyone on Oct 25, 2011, 07:04:14 AM
nice pics thanks for sharing.......buck bowing is pretty nice looking...good luck
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Post by: stka on Oct 25, 2011, 07:48:12 AM
I missed putting this one in the first time somehow. Just noticed it wasn't there  ::).

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/MDGC0020sm.jpg)
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Post by: loonyone on Oct 25, 2011, 08:03:33 AM
he is nice too...thanks for the addition
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Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Oct 26, 2011, 11:36:18 AM
Nice pics stka. Those bucks are hanging around for you.
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Post by: stka on Oct 28, 2011, 07:46:38 PM
There's a small scrape just to the right of the camera and the coyote bait was out in front to the right. Not the fist critter I expected over the rotting fish and meat, but I'm not complaining.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0006-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0006-1.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0031.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0031.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0033.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0033.mp4)
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Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Oct 28, 2011, 07:52:19 PM
Nice videos stka. The buck in the first one is a dandy. Is that a fox in the second vid? Hes a bigun if so.
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Post by: stka on Oct 28, 2011, 07:56:32 PM
Yup that's a fox. Looks big to me, but I haven't seen very many.
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Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Oct 28, 2011, 07:58:41 PM
That has to be a gray, no way its a red.
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Post by: upstatehunter on Oct 28, 2011, 08:12:04 PM
Those are great!!! I gotta get me one....been looking, can get a Bushnell at the shop for under 100.... :P
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Post by: huntny30 on Oct 28, 2011, 08:26:36 PM
Yeah great vids stkeve!
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Post by: stka on Nov 03, 2011, 08:23:48 PM
Got a few more videos. switched the camera back to stills and moved it to the new bigger scrape on the way out tonight. Looks like the 'yotes found the bait.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0008.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0008.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0010-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0010-1.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0015-1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0015-1.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0018.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0018.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0020.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0020.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0028.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0028.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0035.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0035.mp4)
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Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Nov 03, 2011, 08:29:30 PM
Nice vids. Thats the biggest bodied four pt I have ever seen. :o
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Post by: stka on Nov 03, 2011, 08:50:37 PM
The genetics there aren't very good, he could be a 2.5 year old. He is pretty wide too. If I go much longer without a deer in bow range, that big forker won't want to be the first :o.
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Post by: Raquettedacker on Nov 03, 2011, 08:58:01 PM
Nice vids Steve..
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Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Nov 03, 2011, 08:58:34 PM
Chootem. ;D I think he is 2 1/2 and chunky.
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Post by: halfrack33 on Nov 03, 2011, 09:09:03 PM
Nice... too bad you didn't see anything tonight.

Just loaded the software you sent me. Another 1500 pictures of nothing this morning when I grabbed the cam. Just read the cam manual which says "The Low sensor setting mat help in cold weather if the camera is being triggered too often by anything warmer than the surroundings." I didn't realize the sensor detected heat as well. Maybe the change in temps is making it go nuts? Also, I think I had the settings wrong. I walked by twice and it took 15 pictures. SO.. sorting out the mess and will give it another shot this weekend.
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Post by: stka on Nov 03, 2011, 09:20:10 PM
Halfrack33, After you get the software updated I would try getting it set up and turn it on. Leave it in a corner with nothing in front of it for a while and see if it takes pics for no reason. If it does, it's definitely got runaway pic disease.

I'm not surprised I'm not getting deer close. I have a stand I want to hunt, but it's probably 800 yards from where I have to park with the ground soft and muddy. I'm aggravating my foot with the couple hundred yards I'm walking now. Getting a deer out is going to be rough.
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Post by: halfrack33 on Nov 03, 2011, 09:27:14 PM
Halfrack33, After you get the software updated I would try getting it set up and turn it on. Leave it in a corner with nothing in front of it for a while and see if it takes pics for no reason. If it does, it's definitely got runaway pic disease.

I'm not surprised I'm not getting deer close. I have a stand I want to hunt, but it's probably 800 yards from where I have to park with the ground soft and muddy. I'm aggravating my foot with the couple hundred yards I'm walking now. Getting a deer out is going to be rough.

Did it and had no pics for 2 hours on normal sensitivity. Thanks for the help
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Post by: stka on Nov 04, 2011, 07:00:05 AM
Great news, glad the camera isn't dead.
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Post by: stka on Nov 13, 2011, 08:45:37 AM
Looks like a different eight point. And a pair of coyotes checking the scrape.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Nov11213sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Nov11216sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Nov1124sm.jpg)
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Post by: Deposit on Nov 13, 2011, 08:58:44 AM
Nice Buck on that camera!
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Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Nov 13, 2011, 01:00:56 PM
Nice pics.
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Post by: stka on Nov 17, 2011, 09:40:51 AM
A few pics from the food plot. No big bucks, but there were a few blurry chasing IR pics.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/17Nov11142sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/17Nov11135sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/17Nov11121sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/17Nov11113sm.jpg)
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Post by: halfrack33 on Nov 17, 2011, 10:32:00 AM
Is that last one a six or a big forker?
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Post by: stka on Nov 17, 2011, 11:32:00 AM
Looks like a 2.5 five, one brow tine on the left.
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Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Nov 17, 2011, 11:34:57 AM
Nice pics.
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Post by: stka on Nov 24, 2011, 10:22:07 AM
Some of the deer I don't see while hunting.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24Nov1112sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24Nov1124sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24Nov1131sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24Nov1134sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24Nov1145sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/24Nov1158sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 24, 2011, 10:25:19 AM
Camera is on the food plot. Time is 11.25 hours fast. I fixed it today.
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Post by: upstatehunter on Nov 24, 2011, 10:37:40 AM
Couple good ones in there!!! I would be camped out there with a scent bomb or something!!!
Keep at it...you'll see him!!! ;)
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Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Nov 24, 2011, 05:25:45 PM
Nice stka. I see a nice buck on his feet during daylight hours. 8)
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Post by: stka on Dec 13, 2011, 06:25:59 PM
"Hunted" for the first time since shooting my buck today. Apparantly my gear bin isn't totally water proof  :o. Not having enough warm cloths to get in the stand I wanted, I ended up sitting in the truck over looking the food plot since I've watched deer walk right by it from stand. Figured I could try to get out to take a shot if I saw something. Never saw a deer, but I could hear one in the woods behind the plot. Did pull the Bushnell while I was there 108 videos, it ran out of room yesterday. Mostly pics of the doe and twins that live right there. One series of the fork that was there earlier in the year.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0042.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0042.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0082.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0082.mp4)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_PICT0089.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=PICT0089.mp4)
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Post by: loonyone on Dec 13, 2011, 06:28:32 PM
wow you still got some awesome activity going on around you....great pics thanks for sharing them
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Post by: stka on Dec 13, 2011, 06:30:55 PM
They are actually videos, if you click on them they'll open. The three doe/fawns were in the plot pretty much all day yesterday.
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Post by: loonyone on Dec 13, 2011, 06:33:50 PM
They are actually videos, if you click on them they'll open. The three doe/fawns were in the plot pretty much all day yesterday.

awesome....love the buck picking on the ladies......sweet
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Post by: stka on Dec 13, 2011, 06:36:14 PM
Thanks, that was actually yesterday morning, first day to use my bow/muzz tag, I was at work  :-\.
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Post by: Raquettedacker on Dec 13, 2011, 06:38:02 PM
Great videos Steve...
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Post by: bogmanjr on Dec 13, 2011, 06:55:31 PM
Sweet
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Post by: Issiah on Dec 13, 2011, 07:07:58 PM
The 2.5yr 5  looks to be calling that location home   bet you can tag him this week if you get out a few times
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Post by: stka on Dec 13, 2011, 07:16:31 PM
That was the next spot I planned to put a stand, but never got to. I hope to get back out tomorrow afternoon.
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Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Dec 14, 2011, 10:19:34 AM
Nice videos. First one has a nice chunky doe drobs would like to shoot. ;D ;D Second video is cool when the buck charges in at the end.
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Post by: ramrod on Dec 15, 2011, 10:09:57 AM
def a shooter in my book. are you going to take him if given the opportunity?
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Post by: stka on Dec 15, 2011, 10:15:39 AM
I probably will. I want to put one more in the freezer and only have a few does around. I doubt I would pass on him.
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Post by: stka on Mar 30, 2012, 07:00:21 PM
Checked the Bushnell today, definitely a great tool for patterning over an open area on time lapse. Didn't expect good pics, got confirmation on one tom, hope there's more around. I jumped a hen walking out, I thinks she's nesting on the house side of the pasture. National Grid is going to start clearing trees on the house side of the pasture (left in pics), hoping they're done and gone by May but I know how that's going to  go  ::).

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/26Mar120646sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/28Mar120715sm.jpg)

A crop of him on the right after the previous pic.
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/28Mar120725crop.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/29Mar120710sm.jpg)


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Post by: eyehi on Mar 30, 2012, 07:11:45 PM
nice photos steve...i bet that bird brought a smile to your face
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Post by: upstatehunter on Mar 30, 2012, 07:15:02 PM
Good looking bird!!!
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Post by: stka on Mar 30, 2012, 07:17:09 PM
Sadly it didn't Abe. There were at least five toms/jakes last year. I'm wondering how many the F*#$ing scumbag poachers shot. Good chance of me getting into an altercation with them this year if I see or hear them.
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Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Mar 30, 2012, 07:22:19 PM
WoW you got it all in the 2nd pic sure is nice to see you had two deer make it ; Nice turkey pics as well   ;)
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Post by: stka on Mar 30, 2012, 07:24:27 PM
Had a few deer pics, a few came out under the stand the camera is in. Also got a fox.
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Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Mar 30, 2012, 07:33:45 PM
That's great ; Need to put mine out also , Haven't seen much game movement up here lately
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Mar 30, 2012, 08:28:39 PM
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/28Mar120650sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Mar 30, 2012, 08:34:52 PM
Nice picture Steve...  Did you set your cam up in your tree stand??     ;D ;D :o :o
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Post by: 30-30 on Mar 30, 2012, 08:53:52 PM

            Nice pic stka, got yourself a nice hunting spot! 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Mar 30, 2012, 09:31:24 PM
Nice picture Steve...  Did you set your cam up in your tree stand??     ;D ;D :o :o

Yup, best place I could find to get a lot of coverage of the pasture. That's the two man ladder stand I put up to coyote hunt out of. My friend hunts it occasionally with his daughter. The camera is on a small tree next to the bench seat. Set it up to use as a community stand, it's had many people in it target shooting and what not. And still I've shot at more things out of that stand than any other, shot a big doe, missed a doe, nicked a buck and missed a coyote. That's not counting all the deer I passed on and coyotes that were out of range. The tree in the center of the pasture to the right is where the nice buck was last fall, I was in a ladder on the right side by the pine. It is a cool spot, it's a secluded pasture in the outer suburbs. The genetics stink and the poachers are a constant pita. Spent opening day of gun season trampling through the whole area with my buddy and a cop looking for two of them.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Mar 30, 2012, 10:24:22 PM
I forgot I had a few pics from when I pulled the camera last year. Was to POed from the third getting stolen. This is a small buck rubbing a big tree (maybe 4"dia) then turns away from another buck but changes his mind and faces off with him. Real hard to see the second buck but it has better tine length than the first one. Should be plenty of ratty racked bucks around again. Really going to try staying out before the season this year, means no camera checking  :-\.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Recent%20%20Bucks/MDGC0019sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Recent%20%20Bucks/MDGC0020sm-1.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Recent%20%20Bucks/MDGC0021sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Recent%20%20Bucks/MDGC0022sm-1.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Recent%20%20Bucks/MDGC0023sm-1.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Recent%20%20Bucks/MDGC0024sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Recent%20%20Bucks/MDGC0025sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Recent%20%20Bucks/MDGC0028sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Recent%20%20Bucks/MDGC0031sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Recent%20%20Bucks/MDGC0032sm-1.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Recent%20%20Bucks/MDGC0033sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Mar 31, 2012, 05:38:02 AM
Great series of photos Steve...
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Post by: 30-30 on Mar 31, 2012, 05:45:38 AM

         Wow, great shots, imagine being in a tree stand & watching something like that. 8)
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Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Mar 31, 2012, 06:28:00 AM
Yes Sir body ; Got some great stuff there ; What a spot   ;) ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Mar 31, 2012, 08:14:07 AM
         Wow, great shots, imagine being in a tree stand & watching something like that. 8)

That's the same area I heard two bucks fighting right before I saw the nice one in the pasture, actually called it over with a grunt tube. He stood broadside at ~75yds in the wide open before heading back to the does.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Mar 31, 2012, 08:34:24 AM
awesome pics steve! great stories with that area too...might have to come down haha
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Mar 31, 2012, 08:49:08 AM
That's the same area I heard two bucks fighting right before I saw the nice one in the pasture, actually called it over with a grunt tube. He stood broadside at ~75yds in the wide open before heading back to the does.
  Be interesting to see if that tree gets worked on this fall ; Looks like territory post one buck one side & the other on the other side 
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: 30-30 on Mar 31, 2012, 09:22:28 AM
  Be interesting to see if that tree gets worked on this fall ; Looks like territory post one buck one side & the other on the other side
Sure it will, looks like in on their main runway.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Mar 31, 2012, 03:05:59 PM
Nice pics stka. You should have some nice ones running around this year.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Apr 01, 2012, 05:37:12 AM
That's a busy field Steve.  8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 01, 2012, 09:01:41 AM
That's a busy field Steve.  8)

Only when I'm not there  8).
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: 30-30 on Apr 01, 2012, 11:09:11 AM
Only when I'm not there  8).
Isn't that the way, that's the story of my life! ::)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Apr 01, 2012, 12:48:10 PM
Only when I'm not there  8).
   That sure sounds all to familiar ; We all need to find a way to be every where 24x7   ;) ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Apr 01, 2012, 03:21:31 PM
im predicting a good season for u this year steve  ;D...how is the foot healing?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 01, 2012, 03:47:53 PM
Foot is OK, thanks. Still isn't right but it's more tolerable. I can't complain to much on my hunting I get a (small) buck and a doe every year. Would be nice to finaly get a decent buck. Hard to let the first one walk after you've been hunting for three weeks  ;D.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Apr 01, 2012, 03:54:24 PM
Your able to get around a little better know ; That sounds real good  :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Apr 02, 2012, 11:30:41 AM
Foot is OK, thanks. Still isn't right but it's more tolerable. I can't complain to much on my hunting I get a (small) buck and a doe every year. Would be nice to finaly get a decent buck. Hard to let the first one walk after you've been hunting for three weeks  ;D.

isnt that the truth...I still cant believe I passed on a 6 point at my camp this year with rifle in hand doing a drive... I never do that, espially there under those conditions, but I did... still tough on passing up deer though, I usually hunt with a bow now and that makes it even harder to pass
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Apr 02, 2012, 04:55:21 PM
Glad to see your foot is getting better Steve,,  Looked like you had it pretty rough when we saw you in February
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 07, 2012, 04:08:05 PM
Second time checking the camera, second time pushing the hen out of the pasture. Here's a few from this week.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/31Mar121125sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01Apr120620sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01Apr120630sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/01Apr120635sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/02Apr120735sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/03Apr120625sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/04Apr120640sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/04Apr120645sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/04Apr120650sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/04Apr120655sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/04Apr120700sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 07, 2012, 04:10:43 PM
Glad to see your foot is getting better Steve,,  Looked like you had it pretty rough when we saw you in February

Thanks Issiah, it was usable but not to good then. Definitely getting better, albeit slowly.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Apr 07, 2012, 06:17:18 PM
Nice pictures Wildlife every where ; he-he last pic keeping an eye on the strut er   ;) ;) :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Apr 07, 2012, 08:01:18 PM
Should be a good season for ya!! Turkeys and Deer... 8) 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Apr 08, 2012, 06:54:33 AM
Nice pictures Steve..   Glad the foot is better...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Apr 08, 2012, 07:06:42 AM
Lot's of activity again Steve.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Apr 08, 2012, 08:06:11 AM
Looking good. Glad to hear the foot is healing up.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: 30-30 on Apr 08, 2012, 01:35:13 PM

          More nice pics from ya, you should have a good yr. What's the crop they are feeding on?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 09, 2012, 07:11:40 AM
There aren't any crops, it's just an old horse pasture. My friend sold his three horses, and the fence. It's just field grass and miscellaneous ground cover. There is a food plot I attempted off camera to the left, it's about 600 square yards but didn't do very good. I did shoot a doe off it though the end of last season. I really need a way to turn the dirt a little to get a plot to work there. The plot is to try to attract the deer away from all the houses with tastey gardens, feeders and landscaping.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 09, 2012, 07:16:19 AM
There's a picture here from when we brush hogged it last August.
http://www.myhuntingforum.com/hunting_forum/index.php?topic=3142.360 (http://www.myhuntingforum.com/hunting_forum/index.php?topic=3142.360)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 09, 2012, 07:42:47 AM
Just found out the owners on the other property I hunt next to this one bought a fleet of ATV's. That might mess up the turkey pattern a bit.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Apr 09, 2012, 05:30:16 PM
That not going to help you out at all depends on how much tarring around they do
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 11, 2012, 09:38:01 AM
Just sent out a letter to the land owner that has the third property, the one with all the scumbags on it. Hopefully I can lock up all three and have a better platform to drive the poachers out. Never tried obtaining permission via letter, just have to wait and see if I get a response.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Apr 11, 2012, 05:19:52 PM
Just sent out a letter to the land owner that has the third property, the one with all the scumbags on it. Hopefully I can lock up all three and have a better platform to drive the poachers out. Never tried obtaining permission via letter, just have to wait and see if I get a response.
That sure sounds like it will be a go for you ; Never around got to try something  ;) ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 14, 2012, 04:22:59 PM
Not much for turkeys this week, plenty of deer though.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/08Apr120630sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Apr 14, 2012, 04:47:46 PM
  Got a nice bunch of them there nice to see them out and about   ;) ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 15, 2012, 07:41:07 AM
My friends kids want a tree house so they started clearing the small island of woods next to my food plot. Probably explains the lack of turkey pics but they cross the pasture pretty fast, often only getting one pic on a five minute delay. So they can just be beating the timing too. I moved the camera, to where they were heading into the woods. When I got back the new SD cards were here so I could have got another camera out  ::).
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 28, 2012, 09:09:08 PM
Had three cams out last week. The one next to the blind got the most pics of turkeys. These pics are from one of the new cheap time lapse cameras.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey01sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey02sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey03sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey04sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey05sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey06sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey09sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey10sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey11sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey12sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey13sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey15sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey16sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey17sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey18sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey19sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey20sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey21sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey22sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey23sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey24sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey25sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 28, 2012, 09:12:08 PM
All the pics were before 11am  ;). Not much for toms, but I'm sure they're near by.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Apr 29, 2012, 07:05:51 AM
           8)    Pic's come out very nice ; How are the batteries holding up
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Apr 29, 2012, 07:29:25 AM
Nice...    What did you have the picture interval set at???
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Apr 29, 2012, 07:49:17 AM
Batteries are at 80% after 1680 pictures at full resolution. Here's a video of a tom from the bushnell trophy cam.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/th_Tom1.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/?action=view&current=Tom1.mp4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Apr 29, 2012, 08:30:02 AM
That's going to be great not going to be a battery hog , Takes some nice pic's as well   ;) ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 19, 2012, 01:38:05 PM
Here's a couple stolen borrowed trail camera pics. Nice to see this buck made it into February, not a lot have two brows there.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Buck08Feb121sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Buck08Feb122sm.jpg)

Stupid turkey  ;D

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey6sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/Turkey3sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 19, 2012, 01:40:42 PM
It's amazing how few deer I see from that stand when I'm actually in it  ::).
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on May 19, 2012, 01:57:21 PM
You have your blind any where near there ; Did you find his sheds ; Good little spot right in that area , Got plenty of action around there ;) ;) ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 19, 2012, 02:13:43 PM
The blind is about 200yds to the left. I haven't found a shed yet on those properties, not sure if the coyotes take them or what? I'm sure I would have better odds if I looked in the bedding areas but I make it a point not to go through them unless necessary. I think I have a picture of him after he shed, all I know is there are a few pics of big bodied deer but not with noticeable antler growth. There were hundreds of deer pics on the camera, a dog, a fisher and plenty of squirrels. Stand is in a beech and there is a big white oak just off camera on the right.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: 30-30 on May 19, 2012, 05:48:42 PM

              That's a nice buck, isn't it the way, the deer come through when you're not there. >:(
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on May 19, 2012, 06:21:47 PM
Hope he makes it to October.....he will do nicely!!!
Maybe you do need to get in there early.....and wait for him to come through...the tom that is... ;) ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 19, 2012, 06:22:34 PM
              That's a nice buck, isn't it the way, the deer come through when you're not there. >:(

Sadly that would be my biggest buck by a long shot if I got him. I've yet to see a buck while in that stand but have had one walk by an hour before dark on the day between two I was in it at the same time  ::). I've gotten a few nice bucks on camera there including a giant seven two years ago, but I will probably move that stand this year. When many acres look like this it's hard to pattern them. There's food everywhere.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/2012-05-19_10-41-06_551-1.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 19, 2012, 06:25:28 PM
Hope he makes it to October.....he will do nicely!!!
Maybe you do need to get in there early.....and wait for him to come through...the tom that is... ;) ;)

He seems to be in the same pattern from the preseason. I think I'm going to hunt with my father for daybreak and them go wait where I saw this one late morning. Every time he's gone through there it was 1100-1200 that I've seen. That's why I sat in that spot from dawn to noon the first day.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on May 19, 2012, 06:26:38 PM
Should be able to fill both tags the same day imo. Especially if they're two counties apart  :-\.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on May 20, 2012, 08:15:56 AM
Should be able to fill both tags the same day imo. Especially if they're two counties apart  :-\.
I agree it's legal for deer why not turkeys? ...sometimes a minor stand move makes a big difference
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on May 20, 2012, 02:22:11 PM
Nice pics stka.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 03, 2012, 06:24:20 PM
Here's my first batch of pics for the deer scouting.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/03Jul2012134sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/03Jul2012157sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/03Jul2012169sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/03Jul2012173sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/03Jul2012174sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/03Jul2012214sm.jpg)

To bad he decided to scratch an itch at the worst time (for me)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/03Jul2012231sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/03Jul2012232sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Jul 03, 2012, 06:36:02 PM
Looks like a couple that are stretching out to ear tips....nice!!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jul 03, 2012, 06:56:01 PM
Nice pics stka.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Jul 03, 2012, 06:56:39 PM
Looking good Steve lots of potential  ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Jul 04, 2012, 07:10:49 AM
Sure are some good pic's.... 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 04, 2012, 09:25:12 AM
Thanks guys. Hopefully this is my year for a greight buck finally  ;). I'm not going to ruin my tree stands with trail cams this year, going to set them and not check them until right before the season. I may put a couple where I can check them without getting the deer messed up though.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jul 04, 2012, 11:20:50 AM
Some good pictures there Steve...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Jul 24, 2012, 11:19:45 AM
great pics steve!  ;D that last one looks like a decent buck!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 24, 2012, 12:53:34 PM
This camera didn't work since I changed the card. Swapped it out for my bushnell. Also put out two time lapse cams.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Jul 24, 2012, 03:17:26 PM
how is that plot watcher one working?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 24, 2012, 03:31:21 PM
how is that plot watcher one working?

Those are the two time lapse I just put out. Find out in a week or two.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Jul 24, 2012, 07:07:33 PM
This camera didn't work since I changed the card. Swapped it out for my bushnell. Also put out two time lapse cams.


How are the time lapse working out for you
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Jul 24, 2012, 09:24:52 PM
I just got a stealth cam and a wildview 8mp...i need to stock up on batteries...just put the cuddebacks out today, once the wildview arrives ill have 4 more cams to put out...and I still want another hahaha
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Jul 25, 2012, 04:01:35 AM
I just got a stealth cam and a wildview 8mp...i need to stock up on batteries...just put the cuddebacks out today, once the wildview arrives ill have 4 more cams to put out...and I still want another hahaha


You can never have to many trail cams  ;) ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Cheeks13 on Jul 25, 2012, 06:36:58 AM
Great pictures Steve. That spot by the stone wall seems to get alot of traffic. Cheeks out!!! 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 25, 2012, 07:04:47 AM
Yeah, it's an inside corner with a bedding area next to it. Gets a lot more traffic in the summer than during the hunting season.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jul 25, 2012, 07:14:32 AM
How are the time lapse working out for you
He said he will know in a week or two. ;)


I just got a stealth cam and a wildview 8mp...i need to stock up on batteries...just put the cuddebacks out today, once the wildview arrives ill have 4 more cams to put out...and I still want another hahaha
Careful after so many you will start to forget where you put them. ;D ;D

Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: monk on Jul 25, 2012, 07:44:55 AM
Your season is looking better, nice...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 31, 2012, 08:32:25 AM
Got a six and an eight I'd like to run into this fall. Pics didn't come out to great though.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/30July12164sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/30July12169sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/30July121211sm.jpg)    (http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/30July121232sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/30July121238sm.jpg)    (http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/30July121249sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jul 31, 2012, 09:20:40 AM
Good luck with them stka. Did they stay back off the camera and you edited with the zoom?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 31, 2012, 09:26:31 AM
Yea, I had accidentally rotated the camera a little last time I checked it and all the pics were off in the corner of the frame. That's why the flash didn't get them well either.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Jul 31, 2012, 09:40:26 AM
Still came out well enough to see what you are working with.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Jul 31, 2012, 01:52:46 PM
Nice bucks Steve...... Anything on the plot watchers yet ?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 31, 2012, 02:20:41 PM
Yes, but nothing great I had the time set wrong on them so I have a lot of blacked out pics ::). Here's a few samples, from my plot.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC1930sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC3652sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC3653sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/Bunny3sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 31, 2012, 02:22:30 PM
I had the start/stop times wrong, the actual time stamps are right.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Jul 31, 2012, 03:33:44 PM
nice looking bucks you got there!! pumped for ya
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Jul 31, 2012, 04:34:26 PM
some nice bucks running around. good luck with them!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Jul 31, 2012, 05:40:37 PM
Nice pic's Stka ; Your going to have a lot of fun this year ; Nice bunnies around there as well keep them pic's coming in  ;) :) :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Jul 31, 2012, 08:07:38 PM
Nice pics Steve....they look nice and clear  ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Jul 31, 2012, 08:50:38 PM
Growing some good ones Buddy..... 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Spikehorn11 on Jul 31, 2012, 10:30:26 PM
nice pics
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 01, 2012, 06:24:35 PM
That food plot going to to a producer  ;) ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 05, 2012, 12:30:07 AM
Got a little more deer fix for you.  Had 198 pictures (66x3 shot burst) at least half was this guy playing to the camera. Had a doe or two and a smaller buck too. I won't lie or feel bad about saying I'd shoot this guy any day of the week and smile the whole way home  ;).

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/04Aug1243sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/04Aug1248sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/04Aug1254sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/04Aug1257sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/04Aug1263sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/04Aug1277sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/04Aug1296sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Aug 05, 2012, 04:46:58 AM
That is a decent buck. looks like the bugs were bothering him. The deer flies have been horrible this year.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Aug 05, 2012, 07:08:08 AM
I would shoot him to Steve....looks like he is teasing you  ::)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Aug 05, 2012, 07:32:34 AM
He isn't camera shy. You know what I would do...... ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 05, 2012, 07:42:25 AM
Don't that make you fell good to no how much he loves toying with you Steve  ;) ;D ;D Sure does have a nice pose though :D :D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Aug 05, 2012, 02:50:13 PM
great looking deer, hes got a couple points on his bases too!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: mookie on Aug 05, 2012, 03:01:28 PM
He isn't camera shy. You know what I would do...... ;D ;D
Let him walk and wait for a nice Button buck  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 05, 2012, 03:53:57 PM
What model is that cam Steve ; Your Bushnell
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 05, 2012, 05:16:50 PM
great looking deer, hes got a couple points on his bases too!!

Yea, I saw that. Boy he would be a monster in 2-3 years, but I hope to stop him from making it  ;D.

What model is that cam Steve ; Your Bushnell
That's a trophy cam 8mp 2011 model (I think)

Let him walk and wait for a nice Button buck  ;D ;D ;D

Only reason I don't shoot them is that they're a little light on meat .
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 05, 2012, 08:41:47 PM

That's a trophy cam 8mp 2011 model (I think)


Going to order another one from Cabala's like the one I had like $130 on sale mine was the 5mp trophy cam
will call Bushnell tomorrow then order a new one after that getting the same cam had real good luck with that one
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 09, 2012, 10:19:04 AM
Very good pull this week. I'm not sure if this first buck is 1.5 or 2.5, if he's a 1.5 he has some serious potential. Here he is with a big doe and then a 1.5 for comparison.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0077sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0083sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0117sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0137sm.jpg)

Here's the big six.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0158crop.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0159sm.jpg)

Little buck.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0172sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0174sm.jpg)

Nice 8.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0180sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0182sm.jpg)

Another nice 8.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0190sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0192sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0194sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0197sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 09, 2012, 10:23:52 AM
Yep..  I would say those are good....    LOTS of potentical there....   Something to look forward to.....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Aug 09, 2012, 11:18:01 AM
Nice herd Steve...... Hopefully they stick around till October ....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 09, 2012, 12:27:57 PM
Thanks guys. For where I hunt that is as good as I could hope for.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 09, 2012, 02:48:50 PM
Nice pics stka. Looking forward to seeing the after pics. ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Aug 09, 2012, 02:53:07 PM
Yep that is a good series of photos!!!!!!  Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Aug 09, 2012, 05:01:33 PM
Nice buck you have roaming around!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 09, 2012, 06:17:51 PM
Nice looking Looking bunch of head gear coming on strong ; Sure do hope you got a a spare bed for me hehehehe ;) ;) ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Aug 09, 2012, 07:45:44 PM
wow steve great pics, those 8s and that 6 are awesome!! I hope you put an arrow in one or 3 haha hope to get down and hunt with ya buddy
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 09, 2012, 08:13:51 PM
Thanks again. I'm sure there's at least one mature buck around, but I'm not getting invasive this year. I put one camera on a stand that I moved. I won't check that one until I go in descented. Still have 2-3 stands I'd like to move, but I'm not doing any more until the temps drop to at least below 80. I've been hurting pretty bad with a pinched nerve in my shoulder/neck again. It's been a good two weeks now so I'm giving up and going to a sports chiropractor tomorrow. I shot the bow the past two days and it isn't helping. Broke the sight today and have to get some hardware tomorrow to finish tuning it in.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: mookie on Aug 09, 2012, 08:15:40 PM



    Take it easy Old Man  :o :o :o :o :-* Hope ya get to feelin better  ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Aug 09, 2012, 08:32:14 PM
dang man, hope you feel better
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Aug 09, 2012, 09:01:13 PM
Great looking bucks!   Hope your feeling better soon! Know that feeling well..... :(
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 10, 2012, 03:47:05 AM
Thanks again. I'm sure there's at least one mature buck around, but I'm not getting invasive this year. I put one camera on a stand that I moved. I won't check that one until I go in descented. Still have 2-3 stands I'd like to move, but I'm not doing any more until the temps drop to at least below 80. I've been hurting pretty bad with a pinched nerve in my shoulder/neck again. It's been a good two weeks now so I'm giving up and going to a sports chiropractor tomorrow. I shot the bow the past two days and it isn't helping. Broke the sight today and have to get some hardware tomorrow to finish tuning it in.
Be careful Steve ,The bow nice getting the kink's out  :D :D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 10, 2012, 10:47:55 AM
Waiting for the chiropractor now. Would be nice if it helped.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 10, 2012, 11:08:28 AM
Good luck Steve.. Hope it works and you feel better...  Might take more than one appt..
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 10, 2012, 11:12:19 AM
Yeah I would think. No chiripractor in history has ever said " okay, I think your good now" lol. Not happy that the appointment was for 11:30 and I'm still waiting.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 10, 2012, 11:35:14 AM
Yeah I would think. No chiripractor in history has ever said " okay, I think your good now" lol. Not happy that the appointment was for 11:30 and I'm still waiting.
Waiting at the Doctor stinks.Sorry to hear about the shoulder/neck injury stka. Hope they can relieve the pain for you. I hear acupuncture works well but I personally haven't tried it.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 11, 2012, 07:16:40 AM
How you make out Steve , Hope something simple
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 11, 2012, 11:57:58 PM
I walked out of the chiropractors without getting any help. I was there on time for my appointment at 11:30 and walked out at 1:01. Did find out that it seems at least partially stress related though since it got noticeably worse by the time I got home. Shot my bow more today and I'm real happy with the grouping. Have to have the local shop retime my cam but they all out at an IBO shoot today so I'll bring it back during the week so I can continue fine tuning. Broad heads (Montacs) are hitting pretty close to my field points. Have to check them at 40yds but I can only get about a dozen shots at a time for now.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 12, 2012, 06:24:54 AM
Glad to hear that it helped ; Don't push it to hard a few are better than known work your way up   ;) ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 12, 2012, 07:15:56 AM
I walked out of the chiropractors without getting any help. I was there on time for my appointment at 11:30 and walked out at 1:01. Did find out that it seems at least partially stress related though since it got noticeably worse by the time I got home.

You probably tensed up after waiting for some smock to give you no results. Hope you can get it taken care of and don't push it to hard.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 12, 2012, 08:00:28 AM
I'm a pretty easy going and lenient guy, but I was getting close to flipping out. While I'm left sitting there to wait, the AH's I'm waiting on are wandering around in plain sight having a good old time. Twenty minutes after I left they tried to call me and left a message trying to reschedule

(http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae257/ProudDemocrat/Emoticons/vvvvv.gif).
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 12, 2012, 08:03:31 AM
Maybe its a blessing in disguise at least you found out how they were before they worked on you. I wouldn't let them touch me if it was the last guy in town.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 12, 2012, 08:13:14 AM
Maybe its a blessing in disguise at least you found out how they were before they worked on you. I wouldn't let them touch me if it was the last guy in town.


Sorry Steve not paying attention today miss read , Looks like they want your $$ , and not give straight answer , Make me want
to explode to
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 12, 2012, 10:17:17 AM
Having a guy over 300lbs tell be I have bad posture was kind of funny. Oh well... No trip to the trail cams this weekend, I'm broke enough to not want to burn the gas. To hot to move stands anyway, will go back next weekend hopefully.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 18, 2012, 08:41:54 PM
Some pics from a new stand site. The ladder is behind the camera on the left in a pine tree about 10 feet away.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0051sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0055sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0069sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0075sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0080sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0081sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0082sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0083sm-1.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0090sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0098sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0105sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/PICT0116sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Aug 18, 2012, 09:10:18 PM
Nothing wrong with that spot...great pics!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Aug 18, 2012, 09:46:00 PM
wow!! awesome man!  :o  I didnt even draw a 4j tag...maybe I can still come down haha
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 18, 2012, 10:22:00 PM
wow!! awesome man!  :o  I didnt even draw a 4j tag...maybe I can still come down haha

That's not 4J, all the pics have been from my primary spot. Amazes me how many deer are checking out the new stand, even the fawn. Glad I got it in early so they can adjust to it. I'm really digging the big six.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Aug 19, 2012, 05:38:31 AM
Sweet pics!!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Aug 19, 2012, 05:46:47 AM
Good plot! nice deer coming through there
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 19, 2012, 07:05:03 AM
There you go stka. 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 19, 2012, 07:39:12 AM
Very nice pictures Steve.....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 19, 2012, 07:39:43 AM
Awesome Steve ; Great spot got lot's of activity ;  You need help let me know   ;) :) :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Aug 19, 2012, 07:41:25 AM
Good spot Steve,  8) 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: ship of fools on Aug 19, 2012, 08:00:38 AM
wow!! awesome man!  :o  I didnt even draw a 4j tag...maybe I can still come down haha

did you try for 4J??

get declined??  1st or 2nd pick

i need to figure out what units to try for  :o
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 19, 2012, 08:32:35 AM
The last 2-3 years I've been denied 4J as a second choice, pretty aggravating since they reissue the tags. I'm putting in for 4J twice this year.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 19, 2012, 09:43:45 AM
Timelapse of all the deer checking out the new stand.

http://youtu.be/waFhqvYrtig (http://youtu.be/waFhqvYrtig)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: ship of fools on Aug 19, 2012, 10:08:30 AM
The last 2-3 years I've been denied 4J as a second choice, pretty aggravating since they reissue the tags. I'm putting in for 4J twice this year.

isn't that just nuts?   people that get one can take unlimited does but others get shut out ..... just wierd

i went with 4B first and 4J second last year and got B but not J

i think i am going to follow you and go for two in 4J .....  the way it works we could use one of the two for an extra buck i think??
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 19, 2012, 10:33:41 AM
isn't that just nuts?   people that get one can take unlimited does but others get shut out ..... just wierd

i went with 4B first and 4J second last year and got B but not J

i think i am going to follow you and go for two in 4J .....  the way it works we could use one of the two for an extra buck i think??

I figure I can still take a doe on the bow/ml antlerless so I I may as well make sure I get one 4J.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Aug 19, 2012, 01:09:12 PM
Nice pics Steve...that buck is waiting for you to use that sand and sink an arrow thru him he  keeps looking for you....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 19, 2012, 02:08:08 PM
He sure knows what is what trying to wind you Steve ; Want to see you with him  ;) :) :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Aug 19, 2012, 03:26:02 PM
Some great footage STKA! That sure is a nice buck coming through.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Cheeks13 on Aug 19, 2012, 05:31:07 PM
Some nice ones there for sure! Hope you get an shot at one. Cheeks out!!! 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hunts2long on Aug 19, 2012, 05:35:56 PM
STKA, great pictures. Looks like a good location. They will get use to it before season opens...hunts2long
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Aug 20, 2012, 06:45:15 AM
ya i did second choice, I was shocked, I usually just get 2 7H
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 20, 2012, 09:28:55 AM
The time lapse is pretty cool stka. Looks like that 8 is on to you.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 20, 2012, 10:01:06 AM
The time lapse is pretty cool stka. Looks like that 8 is on to you.

Yea, I'll see if he adjusts to the stand before the season. If not I have a climber option  ;).
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Aug 20, 2012, 10:11:14 AM
Always good to have options.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Aug 20, 2012, 12:19:13 PM
yup that 8 sure is nice  ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hickgtx600f4 on Aug 22, 2012, 06:12:49 PM
Great pics. that is deff.. a great 8 pt.  :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 01, 2012, 07:51:48 AM
Thanks guys. I have two that size around, would be nice to get a shot at one of them.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 02, 2012, 08:38:05 AM

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/Group4sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/Big92sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/Big93sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 02, 2012, 08:39:37 AM
Oh Boy Steve..  Is that first one a 10?    Sure looks swet....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Sep 02, 2012, 08:42:30 AM
Oh sure now that you want the team to have high spirits you pull these out of your sleeve..... ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 02, 2012, 08:42:55 AM
Pretty sure the first one is one of the 8's and the solo one is a 9, first one over 8 I've seen since I started hunting there. I thought the 9 was one of the two 8's from earlier in the year, but I'm not sure now.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 02, 2012, 08:45:01 AM
Oh sure now that you want the team to have high spirits you pull these out of your sleeve..... ;D ;D

Unfortunately they shouldn't get their hope up to high, I don't have the best restraint after 40+ hours on stand with out seeing a buck  ;). And that is very typical for me every year.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Sep 02, 2012, 08:45:15 AM
I'm sure you'll be able to tell once you have your hands around the bases though.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 02, 2012, 08:52:27 AM
I'm sure you'll be able to tell once you have your hands around the bases though.
That would be nice. That last one is by far the best buck I've ever gotten on camera, but once he spotted that cam I won't get another pic of him there. There should be another 8 with junk on his bases, I thought that was him but I don't remember seeing the notched ear  ;). The other one looked like it had eye guards starting to grow, but I doubt they made it to an inch.

Realistically though, if I get a shot at the big six I'll be pumped.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 02, 2012, 10:07:13 AM
Oh sure now that you want the team to have high spirits you pull these out of your sleeve..... ;D ;D
I got a sneak peak. ;D ;D ;D Again stka nice pics your persistance will pay off.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Sep 02, 2012, 10:08:46 AM
Yep all good buck...great pics...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Stuck-on-Seven on Sep 02, 2012, 12:49:57 PM
Glad to have ya on my team! Good luck hope ya seal the deal  8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Sep 02, 2012, 02:03:38 PM
Man! You have some good ones hanging around.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 02, 2012, 02:49:07 PM
That 9 looks like the big seven from a year ago I believe....Better odds than I'm seeing where I hunt... ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Sep 02, 2012, 03:26:26 PM
great pics steve!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Sep 02, 2012, 03:28:22 PM
Nice pics Steve.....hope you tag one for our team   ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Sep 02, 2012, 03:30:20 PM
Nice pic's Steve  ; They look like the pic's I got on my cam as well same spot two hehehe :) :) just joking  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: 30-30 on Sep 02, 2012, 06:29:16 PM

         Real nice, I'm sure you'll get your chance @ them!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 03, 2012, 04:13:10 PM
A few from the time lapse.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC0270sm.jpg)

I know where you live now  8).

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC0258sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC0256sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Sep 03, 2012, 04:22:09 PM
Looks like a shooter to me Steve  ;) ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 03, 2012, 04:36:34 PM
Hard to see on the shrunk pics, here he is cropped out and blown up.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC0256crop.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Sep 03, 2012, 04:42:50 PM
Boy don't he look  " SWEET" ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 03, 2012, 04:50:26 PM
Nice stka, you are getting him figured out. 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hickgtx600f4 on Sep 03, 2012, 06:37:36 PM
i thought i seen somethin in those last two pics. then i scrolled down some more. WOW.  that's nice.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Sep 03, 2012, 07:09:13 PM
Nice work Steve.....little under a month to figure out a plan for the kill  ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 03, 2012, 07:12:51 PM
Nice work Steve.....little under a month to figure out a plan for the kill  ;D

Already have a plan, stay the hell out  ;D. I've got two different nice bucks in daylight in front of two different stands. As long as I don't pressure them I have a snowballs chance. I will probably check the cameras in two weeks and then right before the 1st.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Sep 03, 2012, 07:16:14 PM
Good idea..... is the camera in your stand pointing down?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: brace on Sep 03, 2012, 07:22:02 PM
That's a dandy buck - Good plan limiting your time in that area until hunting season. 
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 03, 2012, 07:29:51 PM
Good idea..... is the camera in your stand pointing down?

Yup, it's mounted to a second trunk next to the ladder. That's the stand I shot my buck out of last year with the ML at 5yds. He jumped and ran 100yds straight out into that overgrown field. I looked for over an hour and could not find the spot on the ground after going up the stand 5-6 times and then trying to walk to a landmark. It all looks the same on the ground but different than from the stand. Had to leave him over night and go back with my father and uncle. Soon as it was bright enough to recognize the spot I saw him last we found him instantly right there lol.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Sep 03, 2012, 08:14:35 PM
Glad you ended up finding him  ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Sep 03, 2012, 08:48:36 PM
Things are looking up out there Steve. 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 04, 2012, 08:33:03 AM
Glad you ended up finding him  ;D
Thanks Abe, I wasn't sure what I'd find in the morning. I had a tuft of hair and never saw a drop of blood until we (they) were dragging him out.

Things are looking up out there Steve. 8)

I'm looking forward to getting out on stand. I always get them on camera, getting them to show up when I'm there is where I always fail  ::). I'll get a little more serious this year and hopefully it'll come together, I'm due.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 04, 2012, 08:34:49 AM
I forgot this weekend is "Gun Day" in the pasture so I'll check a couple of the cameras. I might move one to see if I can pattern that 8 farther from the stand, or on the other side where he's coming out in the afternoon.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Sep 04, 2012, 06:25:31 PM
that is great steve, hope you put him down, nice deer
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 16, 2012, 07:32:44 PM
Couple videos from the new stand. They started clearing the fields on me  ::).

http://youtu.be/scFj4PVVHzU (http://youtu.be/scFj4PVVHzU)

http://youtu.be/scPD6xATlAk (http://youtu.be/scFj4PVVHzU)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Sep 16, 2012, 07:50:21 PM
looking in great shape buddy!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 16, 2012, 07:54:53 PM
Had it doubled, try the second one again  ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 16, 2012, 07:57:38 PM
Nice videos stka. 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Sep 16, 2012, 08:07:04 PM
Great video!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hickgtx600f4 on Sep 16, 2012, 08:17:24 PM
cool vid's stka  ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Sep 16, 2012, 08:25:48 PM
Nice wide 6......hope you get him in bow range  ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 16, 2012, 08:35:40 PM
Is it just me or is the second link showing the same video? There are two different ones, so I'll try it again.

http://youtu.be/scPD6xATlAk (http://youtu.be/scPD6xATlAk)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: eyehi on Sep 16, 2012, 09:11:04 PM
Is it just me or is the second link showing the same video? There are two different ones, so I'll try it again.

http://youtu.be/scPD6xATlAk (http://youtu.be/scPD6xATlAk)
It's working now.....nice buck
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: L2 HUNT on Sep 17, 2012, 06:01:39 AM
Cool, hope you get a chance at one
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: huntny30 on Sep 17, 2012, 06:08:35 AM
Great video's..!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Cheeks13 on Sep 17, 2012, 06:23:40 AM
Those are neat videos. That buck is begging for an arrow. ;D Good luck. Cheeks out!!! 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Sep 17, 2012, 06:31:08 AM
man o man daylight and everything...everyone seems to be getting some nice bucks on cam this year...all but me hahaha
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 17, 2012, 07:31:30 AM
Anyone notice the other deer in the one video? Looks like a big body.


Got these from another stand.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC0008sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC0009sm.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 17, 2012, 07:39:14 AM
Nice ones Steve...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Sep 17, 2012, 08:10:16 AM
he is handsome
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 17, 2012, 08:32:18 AM
Thanks guys. That camera was on a tree next to my ladder maybe 10-12 high and he still got alerted by it, probably because the old Moultries make the clicking sound when the IR filter flips over.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hickgtx600f4 on Sep 17, 2012, 11:21:23 AM
nice pics !  8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: 30-30 on Sep 17, 2012, 12:55:52 PM

               Nice pics, that 1 not that small either. Looks like you have a choice of a couple nice 1's. Actually you could get the both of them. ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: ramrod on Sep 17, 2012, 02:04:46 PM
 nice looking inventory you got this year buddy.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 17, 2012, 03:47:18 PM
Nice pics stka. 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Sep 17, 2012, 04:49:52 PM
Nice pics!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Sep 17, 2012, 06:03:25 PM
Got a good one there  ;) Got any extra room for me to take over hehehe :) :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 22, 2012, 01:57:04 PM
Here's a couple time lapse from my buddy stand. I use this one as a "junk" stand for bad wind and coyote hunting  :o.

http://youtu.be/bQW3LLy-qKc (http://youtu.be/bQW3LLy-qKc)

http://youtu.be/i0LKNO_suE4 (http://youtu.be/i0LKNO_suE4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: mookie on Sep 22, 2012, 01:59:46 PM



     Junk eh  :o :o :o :o ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Sep 22, 2012, 02:03:30 PM
Got plenty of critters running around there ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 22, 2012, 02:04:12 PM
Yeh lol. We use it to practice out of and my friend hunts coyotes out of it with his daughter. I think having the two big over grown fields leveled may help me this year. The back field was completely cut when I was there today. I stuck a camera in the woods by a large group of giant red oaks too.

Most of those deer are bucks, not sure how easy it is to tell. They all seem to head in to the woods toward my new stand too. Not sure I want to risk getting into this stand in the morning but it's very tempting.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Sep 22, 2012, 03:14:10 PM
Nice! Lots of action on that stand!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Sep 22, 2012, 03:54:47 PM
Sounds very tempting but don't think it's worth the risk
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bucksnort on Sep 22, 2012, 03:58:01 PM
nice vidoes,not to bad for a junk stand some nice movement there.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hickgtx600f4 on Sep 22, 2012, 06:03:57 PM
some nice vids STKA.  8)  Nothing JUNK about that stand.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 22, 2012, 07:26:49 PM
Nice Steve..   That field is loaded....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 22, 2012, 09:27:18 PM
Thanks guys. Here's a few stills, the post is 45 yards out if I remember.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC4542sm_zpsffed9645.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC6865sm_zps8d6bf2c2.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC7058crop_zps01ef91e2.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC7058sm_zpsd9e5b43e.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC7059crop_zpsec7a1284.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC7059sm_zps518b8880.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC7068sm_zps6ea5cc96.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC7069sm_zps08f24b2e.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC7075sm_zpsa2f5ce61.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/MDGC7084sm_zps2b016682.jpg)


The time lapse isn't great for quality, but it is real good for patterning movement. I corrected the position of the cam to get more pasture in it next time. Also went from 30 second intervals to 10.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 22, 2012, 09:29:55 PM
How do you like that last one, three bucks all presenting clear shots inside 30yds ;D. That will all change when I'm in it .
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Sep 22, 2012, 09:39:09 PM
Nice pics stka. Cant view the videos my computer is acting up. That is one big doe in the first pic.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 22, 2012, 09:49:00 PM
That's the stand I shot the buck out of last year, I'm sure that's the same doe that was bedding right out in front of it that the buck was checking out. Same stand I had the 8pt bedding in front of before they cleared the brush last week. The does there do get a lot of age to them, I try to keep it that way and never shot more than one a year. Will leave them for Heather and his daughter to shoot now and take mine elsewhere. Now that the brush is cleared I'm hoping the coyotes will scatter farther away.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Sep 22, 2012, 11:22:44 PM
looking good for next week!!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: bogmanjr on Sep 23, 2012, 08:33:30 AM
Good stuff Steve. 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 13, 2013, 07:01:22 PM
Okay, I guess it's time for the 2013 pics  8).

---2013---
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 13, 2013, 07:06:16 PM
Two decent bucks so far.

I'm fairly sure this is the one I missed with the 10ga last season. I've only seen one tall racked buck in the five years I've been hunting this spot.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam110sm_zps591c5023.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam110sm_zps591c5023.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam18sm_zpse9719bce.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam18sm_zpse9719bce.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam17sm_zpsb0e8c7e8.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam17sm_zpsb0e8c7e8.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam118sm_zps61cf8c98.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam118sm_zps61cf8c98.jpg.html)

This one may be the widest buck I've even seen on camera here.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam126sm_zps5348ad5d.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam126sm_zps5348ad5d.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam123sm_zpsff3b9a23.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam123sm_zpsff3b9a23.jpg.html)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: oneshott on Jul 13, 2013, 07:10:18 PM
Thank you for sharing stka.  Are you fond of the Bushnell cameras?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Jul 13, 2013, 07:13:09 PM
Looks like he will be a nice one this season. Have not seen any velvet yet in my neck of the woods. I am wondering since I see so many doe with fawns if they don't chase them out of the area for a while.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 13, 2013, 07:13:50 PM
I do like them. the infrared pics blur easily with motion but that's the only disadvantage I've seen.

Thank you for sharing stka.  Are you fond of the Bushnell cameras?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 13, 2013, 07:17:50 PM
Looks like he will be a nice one this season. Have not seen any velvet yet in my neck of the woods. I am wondering since I see so many doe with fawns if they don't chase them out of the area for a while.

I'm sure they're not far. I bet that you would see them if you had a camera in that grassy area past where we found the doe on the far side of those pines. That seemed like a great quiet place for them to hang out without being disturbed.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jul 13, 2013, 07:45:54 PM
Wow Steve...   Great looking buck....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hesseltine32 on Jul 13, 2013, 08:04:36 PM
Nice pics Sitka
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Jul 14, 2013, 05:49:18 AM
Awesome looking up and coming big boy's there you got me a extra stand for me don't you Steve    hehehe   ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: chuckrudy on Jul 14, 2013, 06:18:18 AM
seeing those pictures gets heart pumping . :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: tubeslinger on Jul 14, 2013, 08:28:20 AM
Nice pics and bucks.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 16, 2013, 08:17:35 AM
Here's one of two younger bucks that shows the new corn field in the background. The small fork/six in the back could be a twin of the six point I shot last season next year.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam130sm_zps6859ef49.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam133sm_zps0ec55885.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: chuckrudy on Jul 16, 2013, 09:25:04 AM
Nice pic. Bet you can't wait to see him up close in the fall.. :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 16, 2013, 10:10:25 AM
I'm really hoping to see one of the new huntresses get any one of these bucks, I'll probably be a little picky at this spot (not so much near home). I had 5-8 different bucks on camera but with the blurry pics it's hard to be sure how many were different. I'll get a better count over the next two months.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: peddler on Jul 16, 2013, 10:35:36 AM
Nice Steve real nice.

 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jul 16, 2013, 02:15:09 PM
Looking good Steve...  Always nice to see velvet in pictures...   My cam had 1 doe and some turkeys and 100 wind pictures from a branch... 8)
Going to mow the apple tree field tomorrow and set it up over there....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: 30-30 on Jul 16, 2013, 05:16:47 PM

         Nice pics Steve, looks like the area is holding some nice deer. Should pay off in the fall. ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Jul 16, 2013, 05:27:33 PM
Need any help give me a holler Steve hehehe  got some real gooddies coming along  ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Jul 16, 2013, 08:05:30 PM
Nice ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: tubeslinger on Jul 16, 2013, 08:44:34 PM
He is coming along nicely.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 21, 2013, 03:33:22 PM
I noticed a similarity yesterday.


Last Year

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/Group4sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/Big92sm.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2012/Big93sm.jpg)

This Year

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam130sm_zps6859ef49.jpg)


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/13Jul13Cam130crop_zps54f4ebe5.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Jul 21, 2013, 04:04:12 PM


             :o :o    Oofah  How sweet he is    ;) 
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hesseltine32 on Jul 21, 2013, 06:28:08 PM
Looks like he is back or a son o his.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Jul 21, 2013, 07:37:45 PM
smaller rack this year is seems, I know he has a month to go and its almost been a month since that pic, so I hope he gets bigger than last year, nice buck. I got a picture of a 6 this year with a torn ear :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jul 21, 2013, 07:49:20 PM
Still looks sweet... ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 21, 2013, 08:11:34 PM
I'm sure he'll be big enough  ;). He has two months to grow, that could be a lot of growing.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: CAPTJJ on Jul 21, 2013, 09:02:49 PM
He doesn't look as wide as last year, but it could just be the angle of the pic; still a lot of growth left. He's a shooter. 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 21, 2013, 10:05:24 PM
Hard to tell but he sure isn't any wider. It'll be interesting to see how he grows, he wasn't even one of the two that I was most interested in from the first batch of pictures.

I bought a cheap stealth cam skout 7mp ir today for $80 at Dicks with a pair of scent blocker 50% marino wool base pants on clearance for 29.98. They had a clearance sale on hunting cloths that was 50% off lowest marked price, good time to pick up a jacket or bibs. I put the new camera and a moultrie over in my bow only spot. jumped at least two bucks together I could see plenty of antler on the one closest to me even through 50+yds of brush and trees.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Jul 22, 2013, 04:06:06 AM
 :o :o :o  Oh Oh that you found a spot they love to hang out around
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: tubeslinger on Jul 22, 2013, 08:39:05 PM
Nice, looks like the same one to me.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 25, 2013, 08:34:57 AM
Checked one of the cameras in the bow only spot after just a few days. Had a doe and twins come through twice. Hopefully I can find a fawnless doe or two over there before the season starts.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/MDGC0007sm_zpsae61718c.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/MDGC0006sm_zpscd0c8f86.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Jul 25, 2013, 04:53:42 PM
Hehehe them 2 look like there are full of salt & vinager I think you should not have to much of a problem getting one to come by and say   HI  Steve    ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 28, 2013, 11:46:22 AM
I think I found my solo doe. Got pics of a doe by herself three different days last week. Took the opportunity to go move the new camera in the rain today. I moved it farther from the higher traffic area where the path is, even though the path seems to be unused by people the past couple years. This is close to where I have my stand still from last season. New (cheap) camera seems to work as I expected, blurry IR and moving pics, but it does the job.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/SUNP0001sm_zps953a012a.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/SUNP0002sm_zps39aaa5af.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/SUNP0011sm_zps301d0e2b.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/SUNP0012sm_zps3ac67c39.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/SUNP0015sm_zpsa3db3368.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Jul 28, 2013, 12:49:46 PM
Sure does Steve ; Where did you pick up the stealth I thought that was a new brand for you , How the batteries holding up
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jul 28, 2013, 12:53:27 PM
Nice Steve...   Shes worth taking...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Jul 28, 2013, 12:59:09 PM
Need a doe for an extra buck tag, or two.

I got that Stealth Skout 7(mp) at dicks for $80.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Jul 28, 2013, 02:59:33 PM
I'll be interested to see how it holds up my 540 IR quit again 2 years ago for the 2nd time 
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hesseltine32 on Jul 28, 2013, 03:23:24 PM
Looks like a nice doe to put some meat in the freezer !
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hickgtx600f4 on Jul 28, 2013, 06:44:24 PM
Yup, she qualifies for the freezer.  ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: tubeslinger on Jul 28, 2013, 09:27:30 PM
Nice pics.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 03, 2013, 07:37:46 PM
Had a lot of pics in the past three weeks. The corn is crazy now too, a good 8' tall where it is in the background of the one camera.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13121sm_zpsa9fc4996.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13121sm_zpsa9fc4996.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13204sm_zpsc1bd1fdc.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13204sm_zpsc1bd1fdc.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13169sm_zps0a960ac6.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13169sm_zps0a960ac6.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13171sm_zpsee7769de.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13171sm_zpsee7769de.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13190sm_zps74dee158.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13190sm_zps74dee158.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13261sm_zps703ebe37.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13261sm_zps703ebe37.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug131100sm_zps2d053fbc.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug131100sm_zps2d053fbc.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug131134sm_zps13244f17.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug131134sm_zps13244f17.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13297sm_zpsfda987b6.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13297sm_zpsfda987b6.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13285sm_zpsf2eee6b5.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug13285sm_zpsf2eee6b5.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug131214sm_zps56d456e2.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug131214sm_zps56d456e2.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug131229sm_zpsefe76dff.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug131229sm_zpsefe76dff.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug131232sm_zps13507e0b.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/03Aug131232sm_zps13507e0b.jpg.html)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 03, 2013, 07:40:05 PM
Great pictures Steve...  Love the one under the stand...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 03, 2013, 08:19:06 PM
I call that the corner stand, it's actually 200yds or so in front of the other camera on the far side of the corn where the hedge row between two fields meets the woodline. Stand is in a beech and there is a huge oak right in front of it.

The acorns look to have all been aborted and gone, there were a ton started too and they are all gone. The crabapples and apples are loaded though and there looks to be a lot of beech.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: CAPTJJ on Aug 03, 2013, 08:43:12 PM
Looking good Steve. 8) Couldn't help but notice the two hens without any chicks. :-\
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 03, 2013, 09:03:21 PM
Actually three hens in the one picture. As far as I can tell there is only one fawn, but I haven't compared the pictures. There certainly isn't one fawn for each doe, probably a fawn for one out of 7-8+ pictures of a doe I got. I really have to thin out the coyotes a lot. Between the coyotes, fishers, hawks and foxes it's a rough life in that suburb for critters. I wanted to shoot some coyotes this past winter, but I was in Korea for most of it. I may break down and take the trapping course to try and have an immediate impact on them. Been looking to get an AR to hunt them, but the gun grab has put a hold on it. Usually when I see them bow hunting it's just to dark to shoot the bow.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: tubeslinger on Aug 04, 2013, 04:36:17 AM
Nice pics.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: 30-30 on Aug 04, 2013, 06:32:26 AM

           Great pics Steve, that sure is a nice set up. Just hope they don't harvest the crop till @ least bow opens. ::)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 04, 2013, 06:39:10 AM
Awesome pic's ; Got 2 really good one 's with one up and coming , you have plenty of head gear around there ; Nice one or the little guy taking a bath  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 04, 2013, 08:07:08 AM
Thanks guys. Looks like the bigger bucks are avoiding the camera. I'm not to worried about getting pictures of them, I'm trying to minimize my presence in the woods to keep them comfortable until the season  ;). I'll pull the camera by that stand next time I'm there too and maybe put it in the field by the crab apples. I'll be brush hogging soon too.

Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Aug 04, 2013, 08:56:24 AM
Some great pictures Steve!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 04, 2013, 01:47:20 PM
Thanks guys. Looks like the bigger bucks are avoiding the camera. I'm not to worried about getting pictures of them, I'm trying to minimize my presence in the woods to keep them comfortable until the season  ;). I'll pull the camera by that stand next time I'm there too and maybe put it in the field by the crab apples. I'll be brush hogging soon too.
They must be camera shy , They will show them self's soon for you Steve   ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 11, 2013, 10:28:23 PM
Spent the weekend brush hogging so I checked the camera today.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/11Aug13158sm_zps2f0d9a8b.jpg)

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(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/11Aug13161sm_zpsef5ccf34.jpg)

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Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Spikehorn11 on Aug 12, 2013, 03:43:26 AM
Nice bucks
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 12, 2013, 04:17:33 AM
Very impressive eight Steve    :o    I get first dibs on what stand I want  ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: peddler on Aug 12, 2013, 04:19:50 AM
That's two thumbs up !! Very nice.

 8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Aug 12, 2013, 05:04:20 AM
That is a good buck!  The sure are moving in that area.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hesseltine32 on Aug 12, 2013, 05:04:38 AM
Looks like you got a good one.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 12, 2013, 06:24:51 AM
Real nice Steve...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 12, 2013, 07:01:00 AM
Thanks guys, that's always a good summer spot. The blurry pic is a real nice buck for there, he was a 9pt last year, I can see a G4 in that pic. I'll see what he turns into hopefully this year once the velvet comes off. I moved the other camera to a crab apple tree, only had doe pics where it was last week.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 12, 2013, 07:03:22 AM
I can't tell if the 8's are the same deer or not.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: oneshott on Aug 12, 2013, 07:15:21 AM
I think you have 2 8's.   One has longer brows and a bit wider.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 12, 2013, 08:04:42 AM
Your right the brows are taller on the second one.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hickgtx600f4 on Aug 12, 2013, 10:13:38 AM
Great looking bucks there. Nice and healthy.  8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: 30-30 on Aug 12, 2013, 05:39:39 PM

         Nice bucks Steve, and you are thinking of going south! ::)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: ramrod on Aug 16, 2013, 06:48:24 AM
thems some fine lookin bucks right there. great pics
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Aug 16, 2013, 08:20:22 AM
good luck with those ones steve, great bucks for sure
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: tubeslinger on Aug 18, 2013, 06:59:38 PM
Nice pics, looks promising for you this season.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 18, 2013, 09:34:30 PM
Thanks guys, there's plenty of bucks around for sure, saw two fawns on the other camera so that's a good sign too. I finished the cutting today, didn't think I had any chance of finishing today this morning but I didn't have to much down time so it went pretty fast. It takes four full days to do 10 acres with this little brush hog. It's a decent enough little cutter but it isn't designed to cut hay so most of it was cut at a walking pace.

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(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Misc/IMG_0007sm_zps1b409951.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Misc/IMG_0007sm_zps1b409951.jpg.html)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: CAPTJJ on Aug 18, 2013, 10:20:32 PM
Looking good, that one buck is nice. Would be nice if they leave a few rows of corn up for you. ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 18, 2013, 10:34:23 PM
The deer actually seem to like the pasture grass, not that some standing corn wouldn't be nice. I've been hoping to run into the farm hand to find out when they hope to cut it. I think that the August grass cutting helps since there is more exposed new growth for September and October. I have two cameras in the crab apples, the deer should start hitting them pretty hard. Got pics of deer on them but just does and a small buck so far. I think I ran over a failed turkey nest in the grass, had a large egg break on the front tire that didn't smell to nice. I never found where it came from though.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 19, 2013, 04:01:16 AM
Great looking plot there Steve , You going to put a little lime out in front of your stands ...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Aug 19, 2013, 05:20:58 AM
That is a lot of mowing Steve! Looks good.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: chuckrudy on Aug 19, 2013, 07:16:17 AM
Hope all the hard work pays off for you. :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 19, 2013, 06:49:56 PM
Here's a couple ladies at one of the crabapple trees. The second pic is two fawns, not sure if they are twins or with these three does. I have two cameras in the crabapples now so they should come up with some good pics in the next month.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/MDGC0008sm_zps4b8e1129.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/MDGC0008sm_zps4b8e1129.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/MDGC0380sm_zps20beb444.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/MDGC0380sm_zps20beb444.jpg.html)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 19, 2013, 07:03:52 PM
Got 2 of them does keeping an eye out I'd almost say they are mama's to them ; Got some very nice prospects    ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 19, 2013, 07:12:00 PM



                    Oh almost forgot how do you like the Swisher Bush Hog ; Been looking at a  60 " inch mower real real cheap
                    Got a 14.5 Briggs motor with electric start ; But much rather have the bush hog ....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 19, 2013, 07:59:44 PM


                    Oh almost forgot how do you like the Swisher Bush Hog ; Been looking at a  60 " inch mower real real cheap
                    Got a 14.5 Briggs motor with electric start ; But much rather have the bush hog ....

After 120 hours with one so far I have plenty of opinions  ;D. Mechanically it's pretty well made and the only problem I remember having was the shroud getting loose and the recoil coming off. I used 15-20 gallons of gas between both for the whole job. The swisher ran for 1.5 hours per tank. As a brush hog it works very well; saplings, brush, vines type of stuff. For tall grass 3-4' it isn't ideal as I have to cut at a speed where I could have walked next to the mower for 80% of the field or it would bog down. That is probably a 48-50" machine, but it only really cuts the tall grass about 2/3 of the blade since it slides over the stuff that folds down the same direction as the rotation. As you probably know those units are belt driven, I have to replace a belt a day probably (10-12 hours). The belt is a bit difficult because of the guard and tension pulley, not to mention it all being very hot. The belts may last longer if you don't cook them like I do though. I had an idea last week actually, I saw an old saw mill blade and think that one the right diameter would work great in place of the two hinged brush blades as long as you only had it in the grass.

I can say from trying that the 12hp rider wouldn't cut the thick stuff even after the hog went over it. Either that or my buddies mower has something way out of balance.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hesseltine32 on Aug 19, 2013, 08:58:01 PM
nice pics lookingslike you got some nice does for the freezer  ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 24, 2013, 06:03:55 PM
Cleaned up this stand and the two man (junk) stand on the pasture today. I had at least two deer come in and watch me trimming on this one. I never saw them but there's no doubt they were deer and within 50yds of me. So I never actually touched the stand, just cleared a few lanes and left.



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Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deadeyez on Aug 24, 2013, 07:32:27 PM
Nice pics stka!  Looks like a good spot
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 24, 2013, 07:49:29 PM
I'd be happy to run into this buck for sure, but he's not the best one in the area.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/24Aug13CA120sm_zpse15d9482.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/24Aug13CA122sm_zps9c487811.jpg)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/24Aug13CA123sm_zpsc236ab73.jpg)


Not sure why this doe is so fat. I hope she doesn't drop a fawn now.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/24Aug13CA144sm_zps7af00ba0.jpg)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hesseltine32 on Aug 24, 2013, 07:55:16 PM
She's just rockin the beer gut lol
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: CAPTJJ on Aug 24, 2013, 10:32:55 PM
That bucks got a few years on him, the doe does look pregnant. :-\
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Aug 25, 2013, 05:13:30 AM
I hope that doe looking pregnant is just a trick of the camera light  :-\ :-\ :-\
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 25, 2013, 07:12:06 AM
Great job on the cleaning he sure is nice  ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: oneshott on Aug 25, 2013, 11:43:23 AM
She needs a C section.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 25, 2013, 02:25:08 PM
Two months today since I quit smoking. Walked down to the bar last night for a few drinks and it seemed like the whole place was smokers  ::). It actually was't that bad.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 25, 2013, 02:38:04 PM
Nice deer pictures and congratulations on no smokes....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 25, 2013, 02:46:15 PM
Thanks Dom. My friends daughter was out practicing with slugs today. He said she still wasn't sure if she wants to deer hunt or not. She does like going out for coyotes with her AR though. If she decides to deer hunt it will be cool to try to get another hunter her first deer this year. Apparently there was a bees nest in the target board that wasn't to happy once she started blasting 20ga hole in it  ;D.


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Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 25, 2013, 03:47:18 PM
hehe  hoping she took a bunch of them out & didn't get stung Awesome seeing the young ones getting involved  :) :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deadeyez on Aug 25, 2013, 06:39:21 PM
My brother has a doe on his trail cam that looks pregnant to!  Pretty weird
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: NYSporty on Aug 26, 2013, 05:32:47 AM
My brother has a doe on his trail cam that looks pregnant to!  Pretty weird

My dad has a doe on the trail cam that looks pregnant also, What is going on here?
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Aug 26, 2013, 05:25:12 PM
Pretty strange. I know this doe didn't have or lost her fawn last year and doesn't have one again. She has had that scar on her side for a while so she's easy to spot.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Aug 26, 2013, 06:22:31 PM


         Shoot Steve if I stay in Sachtiehcoke where I used to stay while working down that way only a 25min. ride
         I do have 2 ladder stands John want's me two pick up he called me Saturday ....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 08, 2013, 09:42:02 PM
I have all three trail cams in a small corner at my friends house to keep them out of the woods and not mess up the deer movement. You can even see the moultries flash on another crabapple in one of the pics. I know there are two eights around but they are avoiding the cameras. This buck was a 9pt last year so he must be at least 3.5 I'm guessing 4.5 though. Not sure if the last pic is the same buck but it probably is. Time is off a little om the moultrie (display is out so hard to adjust) but the picture are right after the stealths pics.

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(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/08Aug13CA2229sm_zpsccdb640d.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/08Aug13CA2229sm_zpsccdb640d.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/08Aug13CA2226sm_zps1c247170.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/08Aug13CA2226sm_zps1c247170.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/08Aug13CA2223sm_zpsef1828f5.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/08Aug13CA2223sm_zpsef1828f5.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/08Aug13CA2222sm_zps2759c3fb.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/08Aug13CA2222sm_zps2759c3fb.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/08Sep13CA1400sm_zpsbe144dd8.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/08Sep13CA1400sm_zpsbe144dd8.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/08Sep13CA1401sm_zps2102e8d2.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/08Sep13CA1401sm_zps2102e8d2.jpg.html)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Sep 09, 2013, 03:43:04 AM
    :o  Nice Steve ; Thanks for putting up the stand for me , Your such a nice guy hehehe    ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Sep 09, 2013, 05:00:44 AM
Wow, that is going to be a nice buck! Go get em!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 09, 2013, 05:53:31 AM
Great pictures..
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hesseltine32 on Sep 09, 2013, 06:16:55 AM
Nice buck good luck after him.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hickgtx600f4 on Sep 09, 2013, 06:34:01 AM
Great pics Stka .  8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 09, 2013, 06:50:14 AM
Thanks guys. I spent all day over there helping to build the treehouse. We have the floor and roof done. He has to put four railing boards up that were to short and then it's done for the year. Top platform is 17' high. Should be a real good spot for me to take him and his daughter for her first deer hunt.

This is what the crabapple all those deer are at looks like, there are 6-8 of them in that corner. And my new stand that's been airing out in the background, got to get that up next weekend.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/08Sep13CA1418sm_zps8d81ff67.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/08Sep13CA1418sm_zps8d81ff67.jpg.html)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: 30-30 on Sep 09, 2013, 07:28:21 AM

            Wow Steve, it doesn't look like you will not have any trouble getting a nice buck this year. Get'em ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: CAPTJJ on Sep 09, 2013, 09:32:51 AM
Looks like some nice deer are around. 8) And 30-30 is trying to jinx you. ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 09, 2013, 09:46:10 AM
Can't jinx me, I've got zero luck when it comes to hunting. I have never had a dumb luck deer give me a shot I didn't put a lot of work and planning into.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Sep 09, 2013, 09:50:39 AM
there you go steve  ;) cant wait to see you stick that guy!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: 30-30 on Sep 09, 2013, 12:30:49 PM
Looks like some nice deer are around. 8) And 30-30 is trying to jinx you. ;D
              Actually I'm a good luck charm. ::)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: CAPTJJ on Sep 09, 2013, 12:43:30 PM
I'll stick to my four leaf clover. ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: ship of fools on Sep 10, 2013, 06:20:09 AM
              Actually I'm a good luck charm. ::)

worked on the lakers  8)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 10, 2013, 09:08:28 AM
worked on the lakers  8)


        Stop it John...    Im going to try my hardest to make  it to LG this winter....
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 10, 2013, 09:12:53 AM


        Stop it John...    Im going to try my hardest to make  it to LG this winter....

We'll be pulling you away from the bass on the sunken islands the whole time  ;D. I should have a lot more time to ice fish this winter the way things are looking now, might not be able to afford the gas to get there though  ::).
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: ship of fools on Sep 10, 2013, 09:42:47 AM
We'll be pulling you away from the bass on the sunken islands the whole time  ;D. I should have a lot more time to ice fish this winter the way things are looking now, might not be able to afford the gas to get there though  ::).

you better make it  ...  the days when they are on fire are really hard to believe   ;)

we can definitely do some car pooling steve 

Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: 30-30 on Sep 10, 2013, 11:25:07 AM
worked on the lakers  8)
             Thank you, John ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: 30-30 on Sep 10, 2013, 11:27:18 AM
you better make it  ...  the days when they are on fire are really hard to believe   ;)

we can definitely do some car pooling steve
             I was going to suggest that. I'm sure you can ride up w/ someone Steve. ;)

              Dom, you better let me know when you'll be over, I will sure to be out there when you are!
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 10, 2013, 02:59:06 PM
I'll be driving. The snowmobile is paid for, so I'll still have that if there's enough ice. Haven't even had it on LG yet and it's been on schroon twice, and I've only fished schroon a handful of times  :o.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Step2Jimi on Sep 10, 2013, 04:22:15 PM
Another lg addict here always willing to drive. Those lakers are going to get a myhuntingforum work out this year it seems.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Sep 10, 2013, 05:30:56 PM


   Looking like a good spot closed in stand hide that movement just what the doctor ordered  ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: jlaclair on Sep 12, 2013, 11:53:05 AM
i too look forward to lg this winter especially once I get my vex
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hesseltine32 on Sep 12, 2013, 01:03:43 PM
i too look forward to lg this winter especially once I get my vex


Buuuuuzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 14, 2013, 07:39:08 PM
Got three stands trimmed and restrapped today, that's six good to go so far. I don't like going near them this close to the season but at least they're done. Was putting a camera in the tree next to a stand as soon as I got to it and look over to see a doe 20yds away. Fortunately she got into a swarm of bugs or something and wandered off after a little twitching fit. Not much on the trail cameras just daily does and a few blurry small bucks. They are hammering the crab apples now. Did get a few turkey pics and had six or so in one pic so at least one hen managed to get some of her chicks this far. That was real nice to see. The 16gb card from the time lapse is full and I can't get it to open to copy the images onto my laptop.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 14, 2013, 08:21:09 PM
Sounds like a productive day Steve...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Sep 15, 2013, 06:16:29 AM
You had a busy day Steve yesterday , Today is my turn to do the same  ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 15, 2013, 07:02:09 AM
It was nice that it was finally cool enough to work on the stands without sweating like mad. There's plenty of small bucks around, hopefully the two girls can each get close to one of them. I still have two more stands there to set up, not sure if I'll go back next weekend I'd rather let the woods settle back down.


(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/MDGC0031sm_zpsaf46679a.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/MDGC0031sm_zpsaf46679a.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/MDGC0038sm_zps37b79a70.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/MDGC0038sm_zps37b79a70.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/MDGC0075sm_zpsab86e2f7.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/MDGC0075sm_zpsab86e2f7.jpg.html)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 15, 2013, 07:46:47 AM
Nice pictures Steve...  I just put my cam back under the apple trees yesterday...   Hasn't been out in 4 weeks or so...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Sep 16, 2013, 06:21:05 PM

            Very nice Steve   ;D
   
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Sep 16, 2013, 06:35:03 PM
Nice pictures Steve.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 21, 2013, 07:45:08 PM
Spent a long time putting up a stand today to primarily use for coyotes and maybe some gun hunting. I thought the stand would be high enough to see the field over the sumac and other thick brush. I was wrong and spent a few hours clearing out  stuff so thick you can't move through it to get to be able to clear some tops down. Arms are tore up, burnt two finger tips and scratched my right eyeball. But I got two lanes open  ;D. New chainsaw worked well too.

Nice to see some hard antlers too. Only had the one camera left out in the pasture so that's the only one I checked.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/21Sep13115sm_zps6ab29833.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/21Sep13115sm_zps6ab29833.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/21Sep13113sm_zpsdc8f06e9.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/21Sep13113sm_zpsdc8f06e9.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/21Sep1377sm_zps9699c3b0.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/21Sep1377sm_zps9699c3b0.jpg.html)

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p265/skabrehl/Trail%20Camera/2013/21Sep1311sm_zps1abe19b2.jpg) (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/skabrehl/media/Trail%20Camera/2013/21Sep1311sm_zps1abe19b2.jpg.html)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: tubeslinger on Sep 21, 2013, 08:15:57 PM
Nice pics stks 8) Sounds like you got things ready to go
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: hesseltine32 on Sep 21, 2013, 11:40:08 PM
Nice pics. The one looks like he's got a big body.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 22, 2013, 06:16:30 AM
Your work will be rewarded I'm sure.  ;)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 22, 2013, 06:23:47 AM
Looking good...
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 22, 2013, 07:07:37 AM
Nice pics. The one looks like he's got a big body.

I think the first two might be the same deer, a bigger six. Looks a lot like the six I shot last year, going to be a little tough to let him walk if our paths cross.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Sep 22, 2013, 07:48:02 AM
Looking good! Not to much longer  ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Sep 22, 2013, 03:45:03 PM
       8)   Looking good for you Steve ; I don't no if I could let him walk either  :)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: 30-30 on Sep 22, 2013, 06:44:50 PM

         Looks good Steve, now you have wait till season opens and be there at the right time! ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Sep 22, 2013, 07:19:04 PM
I haven't been in the woods more than 3-4 times since last winter. I should be able to catch one of them moving in the daylight hopefully. Intentionally left my cameras where they would mostly get night pics to try to keep them comfortable where my stands are.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Sep 23, 2013, 04:46:54 PM



               Need help let me now hehehe  Going to be a good set up for you  ;D ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Issiah on Sep 26, 2013, 01:37:21 PM
Yup Lookin Good  ;)   Hope your hard work pays off for yah,,   Summer's been great man   Hope all is well 
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 09, 2013, 09:34:08 PM
Here's a few videos from the apple trees. I like the coyote taking a second to figure out the camera is there and then turning inside out.

http://youtu.be/7yEk5LTAC-A (http://youtu.be/7yEk5LTAC-A)

http://youtu.be/H61XrJaBegM (http://youtu.be/H61XrJaBegM)

http://youtu.be/BAmpw6shWC4 (http://youtu.be/BAmpw6shWC4)

http://youtu.be/0BKrpeLuDwc (http://youtu.be/0BKrpeLuDwc)

http://youtu.be/NhyJzG8hvPI (http://youtu.be/NhyJzG8hvPI)

http://youtu.be/XIs2ufugwlg (http://youtu.be/XIs2ufugwlg)

http://youtu.be/JkfydYF5iX4 (http://youtu.be/JkfydYF5iX4)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Deposit on Nov 10, 2013, 04:30:23 AM
Those are some nice video's Steve.
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: upstatehunter on Nov 10, 2013, 05:09:23 AM
Very nice....Had mine on an apple tree the last week...have to wait for Tyler to get it today... ::)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: Raquettedacker on Nov 10, 2013, 07:46:24 AM
That coyote didnt like it when that camera came on..... ;D
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: stka on Nov 14, 2013, 06:33:11 PM
Here's a few more videos. I think the broken fork is the only deer on camera during shooting light in the two weeks or so it was out. It's also the first buck with a broken rack I think I saw there. The 9pt would be nice to see, but I'm not holding my breath (or my trigger finger). Fisher video is cool too, to bad the quality is so bad.

http://youtu.be/GyJ4ZFLC8Xo (http://youtu.be/GyJ4ZFLC8Xo)

http://youtu.be/q1vPhcji8yg (http://youtu.be/q1vPhcji8yg)

http://youtu.be/YZVSr29WUOM (http://youtu.be/YZVSr29WUOM)

http://youtu.be/e-4pjWhPwBE (http://youtu.be/e-4pjWhPwBE)

http://youtu.be/eyfqBk1i1bk (http://youtu.be/eyfqBk1i1bk)
Title: Re: STKAs TrailCam
Post by: ship of fools on Nov 15, 2013, 03:35:02 AM
Fisher huh??    I had one too and wasn't sure if it was a house cat.
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