I have several spypoint cameras around my property in Tennessee because I'm gone a lot. They send the pictures to my cellphone and I can keep track of people trespassing or delivering packages, etc. I don't really use them for hunting, but can't help but see deer, turkeys, and varmits sometimes. The batteries last around 6 months or more, so once I put the camera up, I don't have to go back to it again for a long time. I don't use cameras on my property in Illinois, as I am so familiar with it, it doesn't make sense. Using cameras for hunting is counter productive sometimes, if you have to walk around and check the cards or replace batteries too much. I like to be surprised anyway when I see a nice buck.

Quote from: Terry Green on February 27, 2025, 10:38:44 AM
Wow, 200 cameras? That sounds like a full time job. Wonder how he finds time to hunt.

I've kill many of hogs at night with no camera and just a bow light.  However I was thinking about getting a couple for LTR so I can enjoy camp with the guys and get notified that there's an opportunity for a stalk. If I just stay out till 12 I miss a whole evening with the guys.

VERY COOL video Blake!!!

Thank you and I see a slow glow green light and camera in my future

I have about 10 or 12. I like seeing pics of the deer. Like others I have never shot a deer that I had on camera, but it's still fun to see them plus all the other critters, turkeys, coyotes, foxes, owls, etc.
And the ones I have out now I haven't checked the pics since sometime in November so not an assist for hunting.

I was given one and I did use it three or four times, years ago.  Don't use it at all now.

Zero.

Well, technically, I do own one, but I don't use it for hunting. I just use it to see what visits the edge of my yard.

I thought of buying a couple to see what was knocking down the bird feeders, but then my dog cornered the possum and I knew then.   I admit, I agreed with some of the reasons they are banned for hunting, in the following states:

"Trail cameras are legal in most states, but there are some restrictions on their use. For example, in Nevada and Arizona, trail cameras are banned for hunting purposes. In Montana, Utah, Kansas, New Hampshire and Alaska, the use of wireless or cellular cameras is prohibited during the hunting season"; that probably includes using drones.

Anyone that needs 50 or more, probably is using them for poaching.  A couple years ago, the authorities arrested a group of poachers in Cowlitz County, WA.  It was a costly experience on both sides.