I have put out a 'deer/dog' camera and will post ^ here^

James, do your dogs like to run the deer?

I used to hunt hogs with a mountain man. He Lived in Blue Ridge Georgia. In Dec and Jan. We did it illegally on National Park Land. They used my truck as cover since i had bicycle racks on it. So we would get 3-6 dogs and 3-5 hunters all in my vehicle and leave their vehicles hidden off national land. We had airedales and pits and they are illegal on national land(used illegally for bear hunting). And Catahoulas for tracking.And the law was trying to catch those guys. So it was also a cat and mouse game and i did not mind being 'used' and i could long leg away from those guys.
We started at 5 AM and did on average 25 - 30 miles round trip and get back at 2-3 PM. Walk the ridge and let the cross wind bring the hog smell out of the bottoms and when they scented it was straight down. And when the hogs left the bottoms their escape route is always up the steepest slope. And when they got to the top the next route was down the steepest slope. So it was a wild run basically sliding and jumping long falls down and 200 pulse count going up.
If they bayed on top of the mountain your dogs were getting killed by a bear and you better hurry and kill the bear. If they bayed in the bottoms it was a hog. And you still got to get there fast to avoid dogs getting slaughtered. If they are baying and moving it is usually a russian dragging them like balls of cotton candy hanging off him. A 150 pound russian will destroy 5 dogs in a matter of minutes. A 300 pound wild hog can be taken and held by 2 dogs. The russian is x10 a bad dude. And if he is 250 pounds he is tall rangy and fast as hell and the dogs will suffer severe damages.
I quite going because of the cruelty to dogs. The wild animals continually mauled them. I liked it when we never bayed anything.

If a dog chased a deer Mark would catch the dog and get a small sappling and tap on his head making the dog's eye twitch for about 5 minutes. A humane way of discouraging the dog. Another method is to put the dog in a barrel w/deer meat and roll it down the hill. I told those guys if i knew about doing that to a dog i would report them.

Yep, that is maggot Jean. They are not heavy into chasing deer. But about every 3rd year i hear dogs running the deer. I visit neighboring hunters and show them photos of my dogs and explain to them they are my kids. Very rarely is there a hunter within a mile of my property. And the few that are are my neighbors and we are cool.

It is cruel Jean. Maybe more so than dog fighting in a sense. How can ya be abusive to a dog?

Where's your rack, buck? LOL!

You can always tell the size of the deer by the length of his horn...

yeah, I bought a couple of those cameras. Unless you spend big money they are difficult and quirky to set up.

There is a whole industry built around hacking a sony a320 with some cables and a $40 electronic brain to control it.

Dude, you look pissed. I better remember to not piss you off.

I had wondered what your ultimate purpose was for the game camera.  To see when your dogs were getting home?  To check on deer population on your property, see what's running around out there?  Or for getting pics of a not-too-happy camper, trying to get camera set?  (sorry, couldn't resist!)

While hunting limbcast on private ground [by invitation] this spring, we saw one of those cameras strapped to a tree. Made us wonder how many we didn't see, and how many featured pictures of us.

I had wondered how much those cameras cost. In terms of hunting gear, I have resisted utilizing any newer tech. than a small pair of binoculars I bought in 1982. My old wool clothes, knife, buck saw, drag rope and the ol' .270 have seen me through many adventures, and the simplicity helps keep the tracking skills honed.

I must admit It would be great to see what is working the game trails. And I see the value as a security measure as well.

James, you could make up some posters with that self-portrait, "(Have you seen this man?) to put on your border trees, doubt you would get many interlopers. . .