Should trail cams be legal?

[Bonasababy]

The biggest danger to hunting isn't anti hunters...it's losing the support from non hunters when we allow fair chase to go out the window.

 

[DHoldmeyer]

I'm OK with their use, just not to the extent they take away from the hunt.
Ex, the cell notification from the camera shouldn't wake you up to harvest the animal.

 

[RealMuddyboots]

I see trail cams no different than treestands left so long the tree is overlapping straps and chains. Someone is staking a claim on a specific public land area for their own use. Both create conflict on public land. Don't tell me you can't kill bucks on ground. I do it no problem and not in a pop up blind. On public land. Shooters know immediately of a camera or a stand, they're not looking at the camera to pose. On public land it doesn't take much to get a buck to change their movement. On ground you move with the deer and they can't pattern you easily if you just hunt. JMO, not right, not wrong, but its mine. My biggest on heavily hunted Michigan public land is 156 7/8 shot on ground. That is another story of course.

 

[whatnot]

What's the difference in leaving beer cans in the forest and trail cams?

 

[Stone_Ice_1]

What's the difference in leaving beer cans in the forest and trail cams?

Depends on if the beer cans are full or not!

 

[MTGomer]

I'm about tired of them. Like @brymoore, I jumped out of the truck this fall and offloaded some coffee, only to look up and see a camera staring back at me. Found one in AZ in December that looked like it might have been hanging there 10 years.

I did spot this one before it spotted me while elk hunting....

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That’s mine. The stickers do wonders to deter vandalism.