Unread postby Stump » Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:33 am
My thinking is along of the lines of Stanley's. With as unpredictable as we "know" bucks are, I really don't think a person can really assume that just by having a camera in an area it will change their patterns. They most likely do these on their own.
I think of it this way, a camera picks up what? A 30' area give or take? So if a deer(buck, doe) happens to step on one side of some dead fall for whatever reason...you get them on cam. If they happen to start using the other side of the dead fall for no other reason than they do, you don't get them. I tend to believe it's not because the camera is there, I believe it's just what they started doing differently. But for zero reason.
Can you go into an area, bugger it all up and move a deer on purpose? I'm sure you could. Very low impact in checking cameras, hanging a quiet camera high, gloves...rubber boots, I believe does very little to relocate deer.