Why To Catalogue Your Buck Deer With a Good Trail Cam

By Ammoland

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- To learn more about the deer living on your hunting-club or hunting-lease lands, I’ve talked with Brian Murphy, a wildlife biologist and the executive director for the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) , about the effective use of motion-sensor cameras for better deer management and to better protect the deer. Murphy says that this type of deer census may capture photos of 95% of a deer herd in 10 days.

John E. Phillips: Brian, motion-sensor cameras have had a lot of publicity in the last few years for deer hunting. How can trail cameras be useful and effective for deer managers as well as deer hunters?

Brian Murphy: Obviously, motion-sensor cameras are highly effective when used to catalogue deer of various sexes and ages. Most hunters are interested in cataloguing the numbers or the sizes of bucks on their properties, but if they’ll spend more time looking at the deer and dividing them into age categories like yearling, 1-1/2, 2-1/2-, 3-1/2- and 4-years or older, the hunters will know each age class of deer living on the property. Too, this process can …Read the Rest

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