The early deer season is fast approaching and now is the time to spend time in the
field scouting and placing your deer scouting trail cameras. You should be planting
your fall food plots if you live in the North and be working the ground in preparation
if you live in the South. If you are managing established food plots cool season
perennials you may need to mow them to initiate new growth. It is a busy time of
year if you are a deer manager and hunter.

Deer Scouting trail cameras should be placed in all your survey locations to
determine your sex ratios as well as number of mature bucks that you have using
your habitat. Our biologists are busy this time of year determining the animal unit
months or carrying capacity for the habitat of our cooperators and clients. We try to
use the same locations each year for our surveys and we use the same attractant C'
mere Deer with same bait to get relatively consistent results. This information will
be used to set the antlerless harvest goals for property.

Deer Scouting Trail Cameras should also be used by hunters who are going to hunt
public lands as well. Establishing travel corridors that bucks use to and from
bedding areas will pay big dividends during the early bow season. Again you should
consider using a deer attractant like C'mere Deer that does not leave it presence on
the ground for other hunters to observe. In addition you should do a good job of
hiding your trail camera as camera thieves may take or destroy your equipment.
When purchasing new trail cameras you should select the camera with the highest
pixel count available. Even more important is to select a camera with infrared flash.
The use of white flash will alert more than deer and attract someone who may steal
or damage your camera. In addition flashless Deer Scouting trail cameras are also
useful in solving poaching and trespass problems.

Late summer is a busy time for the hunter and deer land manager. It is just another
phase of deer hunting. Get your trail cameras in the woods. For the dedicated deer
hunter the season never closes it just gets better and better.