First pics of deer trail

[elnor]

I received a Moultrie Game Spy 100 as a Christmas present late last year and pressed it into service last month on a seismograph road that deer and hogs use going to/from a farm pond in the back part of our hunting area. I set the camera to take a series of three still photos each time it was triggered.

Out of the first 5 series of three photos each, I had eight pictures with deer in them. Pretty good for a first time out, IMO.

Below are four of the better pics, with some comments on them.

Photo #1: On the first day in the field the camera snapped a picture of this and one other deer in two separate series. Is this deer a buck that's already shed his antlers? I think I can make out pedestals and his neck and musculature seem to be "bucky", but I'm not sure.



Photo #2: These two deer below were the first to walk by on what proved to be a busy day (February 10th) for this trail.



Photo #3: Four more deer on Feb 10. Can you find the buck? The two deer in the foreground are easy to spy, but can you make out the antlers on the buck in the middle background (circled in red)? And the deer at the extreme right (blue circle)? One thing I've learned already is that taking a series of pictures helps me identify deer obscured in the brush by watching for "changes" from one picture to the next.



Photo #4: This little buck walked by about 1 hour 45 minutes after the previous two groups of deer passed through headed the other direction. It's hard to say for certain, but I think that's at least six and maybe seven different animals including two bucks in less than two hours.



I'm ecstatic that I had what I consider to be great results in the first few days with my first game camera. Can't wait to get two or three more to monitor goings-on in some other key spots on our land!

[wtnhunt]

Nice pics. Not so sure about the deer in the first pic, looks to me like it might be a doe.

[huntinsonovagun]

Hey....here's a suggestion I learned the hard way with a FILM camera! Turn your camera one way or the other so it's looking more up the trail, that way it has plenty of time to trigger before they leave the field of view. You'll be able to catch them coming or going this way. Try it and see what you think. I think you'll have more pictures with deer in them....

[hobie]

Nice pictures

[Shaun_300]

Those are great pictures!

[arrow32]

Good pics!!

[6sixpoint_nobrows]

really nice pics..in picture 3 i cannot see the buck though...maybe im not looking hard enough...good pics though

[beagleboy]

nice pics

[BIG_BUCK_1]

cool pics

[Jimfrompa]

Those are great pictures!!!! Thank you for sharing.

[Mirage]

awsome daytime movement

[slughunter]

nice

[elnor]

Thanks everyone for your comments.

6ptnb, here's a zoomed in view of photo #3. Blue rectangle is around the deer's lower rear legs, red rectangle is around head (deer facing to the left). I believe you can make out a fork in the antlers; maybe this is a little four point?



Note the little zoom window superimposed at lower right shows which portion of the original image the above is taken from.

[hoyt_hunter]

those are some great pictures, glad u are enjoying your new camera

[6sixpoint_nobrows]

oh i see it now..lol.thanks..yeah i agree with you, prolly a little four pointer or maybe 5 pointer..