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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 215637" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>I don't put out cams until a week or so before bow season (3 cameras).&nbsp; I don't want the deer to adjust their daily patterns due to my intrusions into the area.&nbsp; Once I put the cameras up, I don't check them but once every 7 days or so.&nbsp; The idea is to keep the noise, scent, and general disturbance to a minimum.&nbsp; I've noticed that once I start sitting, no matter how hard I try, the deer figure out I've been there and start adjusting their movements.&nbsp; For example, if I sit in the same stand every 3 days on the same good wind, it takes the old does about 5 sits before they start coming out downwind and scent checking my stand.&nbsp; That's why I use two stand sites per hunting spot.&nbsp; It takes a few more sits before the Bucks start coming out later and later.&nbsp; I don't know if that is due to the does being skittish or because the bucks just figure it out.&nbsp; Either way I have about 10 sits total, 5 before the rut, the rut where all bets are off, and then 5 after the rut before the stand becomes &quot;known&quot; to the deer.&nbsp; The rut seems to &quot;reset&quot; their memory and movement patterns.&nbsp; I just hope I have one down before my 5 sits are over.&nbsp; Hope you keep your cams WELL hidden and don't get them stolen.&nbsp; 16 is a bunch on public land.&nbsp; Good Luck!!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 215637, member: 314"] I don't put out cams until a week or so before bow season (3 cameras). I don't want the deer to adjust their daily patterns due to my intrusions into the area. Once I put the cameras up, I don't check them but once every 7 days or so. The idea is to keep the noise, scent, and general disturbance to a minimum. I've noticed that once I start sitting, no matter how hard I try, the deer figure out I've been there and start adjusting their movements. For example, if I sit in the same stand every 3 days on the same good wind, it takes the old does about 5 sits before they start coming out downwind and scent checking my stand. That's why I use two stand sites per hunting spot. It takes a few more sits before the Bucks start coming out later and later. I don't know if that is due to the does being skittish or because the bucks just figure it out. Either way I have about 10 sits total, 5 before the rut, the rut where all bets are off, and then 5 after the rut before the stand becomes "known" to the deer. The rut seems to "reset" their memory and movement patterns. I just hope I have one down before my 5 sits are over. Hope you keep your cams WELL hidden and don't get them stolen. 16 is a bunch on public land. Good Luck!! [/QUOTE]

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