AZ Trail Camera Ban

[DFA]

Public land/private land like comparing apples and oranges. There might be 50 cameras set up on only water source for miles and with that many cameras comes the non stop traffic to check cameras. Lots of pressure on wildlife. Managing wildlife on public land for mature animals not happening.

I didnt think of it like that. Hmmmm

[Bruiser]

dont want you to see illegals and the drug smuggling if you dont see it its not happening

[M16]

We quit using cameras at our ranch years ago. Puts the hunt back in hunting.

[6.5 shooter]

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[Passthrough]

Residents are still trying to fight it. For whatever good that’s worth?? I believe it goes into effect next year.

[Passthrough]

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[coker737]

What are these “trail cameras” of which you speak?

Seriously though, good grief.

Mine are SECURITY CAMERAS........lol

[Graysonhogs]

Funny how we used to not have them and still killed game back then.

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Kind of like when we didn't have compound bows or expandable broadheads and fancy scopes, etc.

It's just another tool in the bag.

[Geezy Rider]

We quit using cameras at our ranch years ago. Puts the hunt back in hunting.

Same here. Got tired of keeping up with them.

[cmwessels]

Wouldn't bother me if it happened everywhere. Cameras make hunters lazy and take away a big part of the hunting experience. When I was younger before cameras everyone was always fired up for opening morning and had no idea what may walk out. Now, if there isn't something special on the camera its hard to get motivated to even hunt. At our lease we use them throughout the summer but take all of them up once the season starts. If you want to kill a certain animal you will have to get out and find him.

[Bruiser]

ban tihngs i dont like!

[MadHatter]

Wouldn't bother me if it happened everywhere. Cameras make hunters lazy and take away a big part of the hunting experience. When I was younger before cameras everyone was always fired up for opening morning and had no idea what may walk out. Now, if there isn't something special on the camera its hard to get motivated to even hunt. At our lease we use them throughout the summer but take all of them up once the season starts. If you want to kill a certain animal you will have to get out and find him.

Copy that .
People have 0 skills anymore as far as a woodsman/hunter goes.

[DRT]

Kind of like when we didn't have compound bows or expandable broadheads and fancy scopes, etc.



It's just another tool in the bag.

Oh we use them at our place. Not all the time. Early August we'll get them up and se what we have for target animals.
Or what time pigs are coming in.
But I don't run them all the time and don't determine anything but that from them. And if one craps out or I don't replace a card I don't worry about not having it up.
They are a good management tool if used for that. That said I've hunted elk enough to know if you arrive a few days ahead of season, put a fee cameras on water seeps, trail along chutes and funnels and find the most active ones you could have an advantage.
There are a lot more people chasing elk than ever. More people encroaching into habitats building homes and less places for them to roam.
I don't know that this makes much of a positive difference for the animals but time will tell.

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[jdg13]

Banning them statewide is kind of knee jerk, but on public it makes sense. How many calls do you think they got that somebody's camera, left on public land, went missing? How many hunts do you think got ruined because bubba went to check the camera that marks "his" spot? Full disclosure, I've got cameras at my feeders. At some point it ain't hunting, it's just picking one to shoot. Now you'll actually have to put in the smallest amount of effort to scout public land? The horror...

[tx_basser]

all for it especially on public land. Ran into several people who in CO last year who said they ran cameras all year to locate the elk herds.