Game Camera pic VS The Real Animal

[Toolman]

Have you killed a Buck that looked huge on Game Camera that was actually a lot smaller in person?

[Tall Tex]

Not killed but seen. Pic angles can make them look bigger based on the deer I have on camera. Especially looking at the rack from behind.

[ColinR]

Not killed but seen. Pic angles can make them look bigger based on the deer I have on camera. Especially looking at the rack from behind.

X2 I've had several that look huge on camera and then see them in person and there a lot smaller. I don't get too excited over game cam pics now until I see them in person.

[Greenheadless]

Not killed but seen as well.

It seems the nighttime IR pics always depict larger and/or older than reality.

[Smart]

I've seen it go both ways.

[PondPopper]

Yep

[NoFence]

Yes and I've killed one that actually looked bigger on the ground than in game camera pictures.

[Smart]

It seems the nighttime IR pics always depict larger and/or older than reality.

I get just the opposite. The IR to me always make the horns seem more pencilly, like its just reflecting off the round edge of the tines closest to the camera. We always are saying that the IR takes away from their mass.

[bphillips]

Camera height plays a big part in this

[Smart]

Camera height plays a big part in this

Agreed and so does distance from..

[Sleepy]

I get just the opposite. The IR to me always make the horns seem more pencilly, like its just reflecting off the round edge of the tines closest to the camera. We always are saying that the IR takes away from their mass.

Exactly what our Kansas outfit says

[gekko man]

Generally it’s been a situation of seeing a buck on camera that I thought would score well until I put my eyes on him!

The best bucks I have killed were bucks that I had never seen on camera or with my eyes. They did not disappoint! And they were not over a feeder but on hand thrown corn!

[Toolman]

Camera height plays a big part in this

Sure looked like a stud. Well it wasn't.

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[Greenheadless]

I am usually focused on determining age over horns, so very well could be what you guys are saying. My comment was focused more towards body mass and characteristics.

[deerwatcher51]

I was looking at some game cam pics that I had archived. On of them was of a deer my wife shot earlier this season and although it was an eight that scored 130....the pic on the game cam looked like he would have scored 140+...