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  1. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    I'm not sure how else to explain this to you. I DO indeed have experience using trail cameras. However, there is a tremendous difference between cameras that transmit pictures in near real time and those that do not. If you cannot acknowledge this, then you're either in denial, naive, or...
  2. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    LMAO! You are the stereotype that literally proves the point. I harbor zero jealousy about the "giants" other guys are knocking down. I've killed more P&Y deer than the average guy without ever using a cell cam. I could buy a truckload of them today if I wanted to cheat and kill big bucks to...
  3. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    I quote myself, "...indeed I have used trail cams before. The only advantage I saw with cell cams was not having to go swap cards and get my scent all over every few weeks. Then guys started using them to track the movements of every deer on their places and to enable them to drop everything and...
  4. jjohnsonElknewbie

    Mammoths ....... in Yellowstone?

    Very good stuff indeed. Back in those days, they would likely have had a team of knappers to keep knives sharp and to make new ones. The farm I manage for my wife's family sits on a bluff over a river. The area was well known as a crossroads of sorts for several different tribes back in the...
  5. jjohnsonElknewbie

    Mammoths ....... in Yellowstone?

    My FIL and I skinned, caped, and butchered a couple bison with the aid of one guy at the locker just sharpening knives as they got dull. I cannot fathom how folks did this at scale with stone blades and without electric tools.
  6. jjohnsonElknewbie

    Snake bite

    Jaws had the same impact on me. LOL! I'm terrified of the ocean, even though I know how low the risk of getting bitten or killed by a shark are. I'd be that guy amongst hundreds or thousands of people that got hit.
  7. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    ^^^This right here!!!
  8. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    Gotta get that booty! Arrrrrr!
  9. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    Agree this is going to be a challenge. Like any LE officer, game wardens will have to use their discretion and determine "intent". Some will get it right and some will get it wrong. However, IME, if you don't come off as a dirtbag that is trying to "skirt" the law with loopholes, you may...
  10. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    AGAIN. I'm talking about using them during a hunt. Using them for monitoring access and trespassing is a great use of the tool.
  11. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    LOL! If you read my posts, you'd have seen that I indeed have used trail cams before. The only advantage I saw with cell cams was not having to go swap cards and get my scent all over every few weeks. Then guys started using them to track the movements of every deer on their places and to...
  12. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    So are you for or against using cell cams during a hunt? It sounds like you're against it if you're comfortable waiting 12 or 24 hours. To your point, it is difficult to enforce, thus a total ban during the season is the only effective way without jackasses leveraging every loophole there is...
  13. jjohnsonElknewbie

    Snake bite

    You're lucky there wasn't another snake chilling under the boat! LOL!
  14. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    ^^^ This right here. 💯
  15. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    Agree to disagree. I've been deer hunting in Iowa for more than 25 years, and there are lots of individuals and land owners that 100% treat the deer that frequent their property as "their" deer. This is especially evident when a neighbor kills one of "their" "hit list" bucks, which inevitably...
  16. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    I think you mean, “…leave me alone and let me hunt “my” deer.” The problem with your attitude and many other folks is that they’re NOT YOUR deer. Hunting the way you hunt gives an unfair advantage to you over your neighbors but most importantly the deer. Running cell cams to gain the...
  17. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    Not trying to save the world. Just trying to put a little chance, luck, and skill back into hunting in IA. I never owned a cell cam and stopped using regular cams 3 years ago. I’ve been fortunate to kill many very nice bucks on around 80 acres of private ground with bow, shotgun...
  18. jjohnsonElknewbie

    Snake bite

    Never been bit, but I've been "fostering" bull snakes in my basement since we moved into the place in 2003. I find their skins in the basement periodically, but they can't get upstairs. They do a great job with mice and we know spring has sprung the first time "big momma" slithers on the deck...
  19. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    Equipment/tactics that reduce fair chase should be limited/eliminated. For example, in IA, with few exceptions, there is rarely a shortage in quality food for whitetails. However, while the IADNR made baiting illegal years ago, maintaining a 5 acre "kill plot" is perfectly legal under the...
  20. jjohnsonElknewbie

    IADNR bans cell cam "scouting" during hunting season

    Interesting feedback from hunters during the 2023 Iowa deer hunter survey report. Support for cell cams was evenly split with 37% agreeing that trasmitting cams impact fair chase and 36% saying they do not.

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