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In days gone by, when I went to bed at night I would keep staring at the ceiling trying to picture how big and robust the bucks were that seemed to roam my property relentlessly after dark. And yet, upon awaking up in the morning there would be no trace of them!

That was a bitter disappointment, to be sure. My opportunity to uncover the mystery of these great nocturnal creatures finally dawned on me in the 1990s when I bought a scouting camera to see these deer for myself. However, the playful enthusiasm I had for spotting these and ‘taking’ them head on soon faded away, and stayed that way for a every bit of two years. I was just not able to make out the least bit of difference between these animals on the new camera, and those I had been spotting in the daytime.

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It was then that I finally realized that the problem lay neither in the camera nor in the deer (and to be fair, with myself), but with the way I was managing the deer on my ranch. It occurred to me by trial and error that I had to figure out how to use the camera more skillfully so that I could get to the heart of my curiosity.

A scouting camera just doesn’t miss the image of a moving object, even from the most remote locations. This is because they are tree-mountable. And more so, they are good enough to give a bird’s eye view of the total number of animals in the vicinity of my ranch. This could help me get number of male and female deer (bucks and does) that have moved onto my ranch.

So, if my camera was this precise, I needed to re-think about what I needed to do to find these beautiful, night-time guests. In the process, I devised a plan for a proper use of the scouting camera:

Since these cameras have the time and date, it is easy to study those tables and anticipate a buck’s arrival

Try not to place the camera at dawn or dusk because you will likely spook the deer

To get the best pictures of animals, make sure the vegetation that blocks the camera’s lens is cleared

Place the camera at a distance ranging from 3 to 30 feet from where the bucks will be photographed

Make sure that the life of your battery is long enough for a shooting session or you may be disappointed by incomplete pictures

Make sure your camera has the locking feature, for obvious reasons of safety

This is in no way the most comprehensive guide to buck watching, but these small observations can go a long way in making your wildlife watching more enjoyable.

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