Falling in love with a trail camera picture more often than not leads to heartbreak.
A buck shows up on camera or while you’re glassing one August night. He works his way into your brain. You wake up at night thinking about this G2s. You envision how he got in front of your camera. You build a hypothesis about which neighbor he is bedding on. Slowly, you adopt a myopic focus on this one deer that is going to make your season a success.
Four months later, you hunted 41 times, made 11 all-day sits and saw him exactly one time, almost a quarter mile away. He never showed up on your cameras again. You passed several deer you would have been happy with, if not for the ghost you’ve been obsessing about since July.
No season is a waste, but that is as close as it gets. Hunting A deer is a sure path to frustration. Don’t put yourself on that path. Want to have success, and a
