Trail Cam Placement That Works
Fewer cams, better spots, less pressure — inventory your ground without spooking it.
Hunt the pinch, not the field
Field-edge cams get you a lot of after-dark pictures and little else. Pinch points — a fence gap, a creek crossing, a saddle between two ridges — funnel deer and tell you who's using the ground to travel, which is what you actually hunt.
Height and angle
Set the cam a little above deer-eye level and angle it slightly down, facing north when you can so the sun doesn't wash the frame at dawn and dusk. Clear the grass in front — a single waving stem will fill your card with empty triggers.
Get in and out clean
Every card pull is an intrusion. Run cams you can check on the way through, on the right wind, or go cellular over your best spots so you're not walking your core every week. Log each cam and the wind it likes right on your map.