Camera Misses Six Visits
Assuming trail cams reveal everything about bucks?
Jul 30, 2026 · 36 min · 13 segments
Every time a mature buck shows up on your trail camera, GPS collar research says he's probably been in that area six or seven times. That one stat changes how you think about cameras, bedding, and…
But we'll say two things from the GPS data about this is that if you have a camera in an area, if you see a buck one time, he's probably been in there six or seven times.
Yeah.
Yeah.
More often than not, especially with mature deer, they will avoid deer areas where other deer congregate a lot and they're just scent checking the area.
So people are like, "Oh, well I haven't seen that buck in this area and I expected to see him there and he wasn't on that camera." He probably just didn't go in front of the camera.
I was like, well, if I throw a mic on, then I can help others the way that these people have all helped me.
But we'll say two things from the GPS data about this is that if you have a camera in an area, if you see a buck one time, he's probably been in there six or seven times.
Yeah.
Yeah.
More often than not, especially with mature deer, they will avoid deer areas where other deer congregate a lot and they're just scent checking the area.
So people are like, "Oh, well I haven't seen that buck in this area and I expected to see him there and he wasn't on that camera." He probably just didn't go in front of the camera.
I was like, well, if I throw a mic on, then I can help others the way that these people have all helped me.
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