Plotwatcher Pro Game Camera: Must Have for Food Plots



A game camera compliments a high quality food plot. Each is great, but together they can elevate your deer hunting game. Day 6 Outdoors, the maker of the PlotWatcher Pro trail camera, knows that trail cameras can revolutionize whitetail hunting. Trail cameras allow you to scout every day without leaving scent or blowing deer off your fall food plot and hunting land. They let you see what the deer are doing, when they are doing it, and how many of them are there. For many serious trophy hunters, the PlotWatcher Pro is the critical component of discovering which deer are on their property and is therefore tremendously helpful in managing for trophy deer.

A Camera for Deer Hunting and Management

Not all trail cameras can take you to that ultimate level of buck scouting and herd management. With the wrong trail camera, the reality is that you’ll end up with 220 photos of crows and 4,300 photos of the wind blowing grass around, and one photo of the hindquarters of a deer – and no convenient way to sort through those photos. And the trail camera’s batteries will die two weeks before you check the camera.

The PlotWatcher Pro is rigorously designed to give you a much better reality. First, the batteries can last up to four months – longer than any other time-lapse camera on the market. Second, you decide the photo intervals, which can be set as often as one photo per second – faster than any other trail camera on the market. Third, the camera can store up to one million images, so you do not have check the camera and disturb your hunting location on a regular basis. Fourth, Day Six has developed and includes with the PlotWatcher Pro some easy-to-use software – GameFinder software with Motion Search -that allows you to watch 12 hours of photos in video form in about 3 minutes, and lets you quickly find frames in which movement is recorded.

Plotwatcher Tracks Deer Movement

The end result is that the PlotWatcher Pro not only gives you high-quality photos of deer, but the camera’s depth of field and generous angle of view mean that you end up watching videos of how those deer are behaving on your food plot or field. Where are those bucks entering the field? Where are they leaving? The PlotWatcher Pro allows you to see which direction the deer come from and which trails they use to move into and away from the area you’re watching.


To a unique degree in trail camera technology, the PlotWatcher Pro allows you to see how the deer actually interact with each other – which satellite bucks hang out with the trophy buck you’re hunting, which does hang out in which groups. You’ll be able to tell how the deer are using a field or food plot or other food source. The PlotWatcher Pro allows you to identify individual deer and pattern them. Is that mature buck no longer nocturnal?You’ll know when they move and when they feed, and you’ll know when they change their patterns and behavior over time.

Because the PlotWatcher Pro gives you time lapse images of each deer as it moves through the area, you are also much better able to judge the quality of individual bucks as well as their travel patterns. The long battery life and large storage capacity allow you to decide when and how often you enter the area, keeping disturbance to a minimum.

Go Pro with Your Game Camera

Serious deer hunters also quickly discover that the qualities of the PlotWatcher Pro give them the same information about other animals too, from turkeys to coyotes and even pesky feral hogs. The PlotWatcher Pro isn’t just for deer season, but it will definitely hep you pattern that mature buck you saw this past season.

If your goal is to achieve the ultimate understanding of the land you hunt and the game animals on it, you need the ultimate trail camera. You need the PlotWatcher Pro and the information it provides. It will help improve your deer management program and will make your next deer hunting season one to remember.


Moultrie A-10 & A-10i Game Cameras for Hunting

Moultrie Products has a couple of new game cameras for deer hunting enthusiast, like us. Moultrie Products, a leader in game camera design and innovation, introduces two new high-quality game cameras for hunters and game managers who want high-end performance without the high-end price tag.

Moultrie A10

The all-new A-10 and A-10i take everything Moultrie owners loved about the best-selling A-5 and make it better—and smaller! Featuring 10 MP image resolution and either iNVISIBLE (A-10i) or Long-Range (A-10) IR flash, these cameras are equipped to take high-quality images both day and night.

With a newly redesigned, super-small case, and a fast trigger speed of less than 1 second, the all-new A-10 and A-10i combine reliability and high-end performance with the kind of easy-to-use features that have made Moultrie the No. 1 selling brand of game cameras.


A10: Game Camera Specs

  • Highlighted A-10 And A-10i Features:
  • 10 MP image resolution
  • Less than 1-second trigger speed
  • 50-foot flash range
  • 16,000 images on 8 AA batteries
  • A-10i: iNVISIBLE 940nm IR LED flash technology
  • A-10: Long-Range 850nm IR LED flash technology
  • VGA video
  • Moultrie Mobile compatible
  • MSRP is $99.99/A-10i and $79.99/A-10.

For more information about the A-10, A-10i or any other Moultrie products, make sure to check out their official web site.

About Moultrie Products

As one of the leaders of game management, Moultrie is known for products that are reliable, durable, top-performing and affordable—offering a full line of high-quality game cameras and wildlife feeders designed, tested and used by hunters, game management professionals and outdoor enthusiasts. Their products are found in just about every aspect of deer hunting.

With an insight for innovation, a commitment to excellence and continuous improvement, Moultrie is driven to develop new and superior products, year after year. We look forward to seeing what they come up with next.

Persimmon Deer Attractant: Persuade & Crush ‘Em

White-tailed deer are attracted to persimmon fruits. In fact, persimmon trees are a great place to ambush whitetail early in the deer hunting season. Go to any location where these sweet, wild fruits ripen and hit the ground in fall and whitetail will move in from surrounding areas. Without a doubt, one of the best deer attractants is sweet fruit and persimmon is high on the list.

New Persimmon Attractant

For 2016, Wildgame Innovations has captured the “power of the persimmon” in its most potent deer attractant product to-date. Wildgame Innovations’ NEW Persimmon Crush combines the natural attracting fragrance and flavor of real persimmons with an ultra-high 16% fat content and carbohydrate blend to create a highly palatable attractant and nutritional supplement deer just can not resist.

The power of the NEW Persimmon Crush goes beyond its flavorful composition. The proprietary attractant is double screened to create a fine powder that maximizes scent release, flooding downwind areas with its powerful fragrance. Attract mature bucks and big does to your hunting hot spot.

Persimmon Crush for Deer

Use Persimmon Crush to attract deer to game camera sites, mineral sites or supplemental nutrition sites outside of the hunting season, or to actual hunting locations or bait stations, where legal of course. Its appealing aroma, exceptional fat content and high palatability make Persimmon Crush the perfect attractant and nutritional supplement, especially during the late season and winter stress periods.

Wildgame Innovations’ NEW Persimmon Crush can be placed by itself purely as an attractant, or as a supplement to feed or other Wildgame innovations products to help attract deer to new feeding sites or mineral sites that aren’t yet fully established.


Wildgame Innovations Persimmon Powder Specs

  • Mfg. Item # FG-00422
  • UPC 8-50695-00422-3
  • New, proprietary double-screened attractant
  • Double screening creates fine powder that absorbs & releases far more scent
  • Ultra High fat content (16%+) & carbohydrate blend
  • Perfect for late season when native browse is scarce
  • Real persimmons add natural attracting power
  • Our most potent attractant to-date delivers unrivaled fragrance
  • Highly palatable, based on ruminant science
  • 5 lb. bag
  • MSRP: $14.99

You can lead a deer to nutrition… And you can make him eat. It’s easy when you have the right attractant. So start showing your deer the love. Lead them to your cameras, mineral sites and feeding locations with the power of persimmon persuasion. Everything about this product makes sense, so I look forward to trying it this summer and during the next deer hunting season. I think it will be a winner!

Crush 20 LightsOut Game Camera: Worth a Review

The newest game camera to hit the market is the Wildgame Innovations NEW CRUSH 20 LightsOut Invisible IR Digital Scouting Camera. Just another game camera, right? Well, no. The Crush 20 LightsOut offers top technologies plus 20-megapixel resolution. That will allow you to check out every deer in the frame, whether close to the camera or way in the background.

Wildgame Innovations has a complete line-up of affordable scouting cameras available for deer hunting. From their new and economical Terra 5R Camera to the technologically advanced, these amazing tools have gotten better and better over the years.

Crush 20 LightsOut Has Got It

So, let’s say you want a game camera that has it all – a camera that has more DNA in common with professional photo and video production equipment than a scouting camera. Well hunters, look no further than Wildgame Innovations. Such a marvel of game-monitoring gadgetry exists in the form of the All-NEW Wildgame Innovations CRUSH 20 LightsOut Invisible IR Scouting Camera.

Of course, the CRUSH label signifies that two particular, elite whitetail hunters have contributed their minds to the design of this camera. Considering that the techno-geeks at Wildgame Innovations have a proven track record of creating scouting cameras that will far exceed anything that came before, why wouldn’t Lee and Tiffany Lakosky ask them to create the greatest scouting camera ever designed?

The result of this collaboration is nothing less than stunning. An awe-inspiring 20-megapixel processor produces gin-clear-perfect images with an available 16:9 option, ideal for capturing wide-angle images on food plots and other large, open areas. Need video? Of course you do. The CRUSH 20 LightsOutTM Invisible IR Scouting Camera also captures 30-second HD 720p video with full audio capability. Still images and videos are captured night or day with a stupid fast one-second trigger speed, courtesy of an incredible 54 pc Invisible LightsOut LED Infrared Flash that’ll push to 100 feet and won’t spook game. A full-color TFT display with Active View Technology allows users to view photos and videos right on the camera, eliminating the need to take a SD card back to the house for reviewing.

Videos: Crush 20 Can Get ‘Em

Videos are great for monitoring actual game behavior at camera sites, but repeated videos can negatively impact battery life. Wildgame Innovations has solved this dilemma in the CRUSH 20 LightsOutTM Invisible IR Scouting Camera using FlexTime +TM Time Lapse Technology, which provides a variety of different user-defined settings to capture still images or videos at predetermined intervals during key game movement periods with the included FlexTime software CD.

If you don’t already have a crush on this camera – which is expected to retail for less than $200 – consider the fact that all these amazing features are powered by just 8 AA batteries. The CRUSH 20 LightsOutTM Invisible IR Scouting Camera also includes an external battery port for full integration with Wildgame Innovations’ optional EBX external battery packs. Spend more time whitetail deer hunting and less time replacing batteries.

The compact CRUSH 20 Lightsout Invisible IR camera comes in the super stealthy TruBark finish and easily mounts with an included adjustable strap. Add Wildgame Innovations’ optional Security Cable locking security system, and you can rest assured that you’ll find your camera right where you left it.

Crush 20 LightsOut IR Camera Specs

  • Model No: L20B20
  • UPC: 6-16376-50806-6
  • 20MP Invisible IR Digital Scouting Camera
  • 54 pc Invisible LightsOut™ LED Infrared Flash
  • Lee and Tiffany CRUSH Branded
  • Includes FlexTime +™ Time Lapse Technology
  • Wide Angle 16:9 Option
  • Security Locking System with Security Cable Capability (optional security cable not included)
  • One Second Rapid Trigger Speed
  • Flash Range Up to 100 ft.
  • Photo and HD 720p Video (30sec) with Full Audio Capability
  • Full-Color TFT Viewing Capabilities
  • Active View Technology
  • Up to 32 GB SDHC Card (not included)
  • External Battery Port (for use with EBX – not included)
  • Uses 8 AA Batteries (not included)
  • Includes Adustable Mounting Strap
  • Retail: $199.99

Game Camera Photos: The Next Level

Hunters who appreciate the finer things in life are sure to crush hard on Wildgame Innovations’ CRUSH 20 Lightsout IR scouting camera. Made for monitoring your deer hunting grounds, this camera offers a 20-megapixel resolution, HD 720p video, FlexTime + time lapse technology, invisible LightsOut LED infrared flash, full-color Active Technology TFT onboard viewing, and a price below $200, this is one little beauty that will take your game scouting where it has never been before.

The deer hunting season may be over, but there is no better time to start scouting for next season than right now. Placing out cameras after hunting season allows you to see which bucks are still alive and the hoof. Bucks will respond readily to any available food source during the dead of winter, so get your game cameras out. You may even consider investing in the new Crush 20 LightsOut? I’ll definitely be seeing what this bad boy is all about.

Texas Deer Harvest Down, Buck Quality Up

Texas Whitetail Hunting 2015-16

Texas’ general deer hunting season has ended for the 2015-16 year, but there are still opportunities for hunters with the remaining youth weekend, late antlerless and spike season as well as those hunting on properties participating in the MLD Permit program. Despite favorable conditions for antler growth and fawn recruitment throughout 2015, it has been a challenge for many deer hunters. This is especially true of those in the eastern portions of Texas.

“It’s been an interesting hunting season, for sure,” Mitch Lockwood, big-game program director for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s wildlife division, said this past week. “We won’t have hard data until after deer season, but, anecdotally, it looks like whitetail hunters have had good success where they had access (to hunting areas), and overall buck quality has been exceptional. But in some areas, access has been a problem all season. Wet weather has played a big role this year, preventing many folks from accessing deer hunting grounds.”

And it’s true. There were many cases were the abundance of rain kept hunters from being able to the enter the gate. Not because they didn’t want to go, but because they couldn’t get to their stands. And it they could have, would the deer have been there? All of the rain led to an abundance of cool season forage so there was no need for deer to visit feeders, at least until later in the season when much colder weather set in.

Deer Harvest About Participation

Hunter participation is a huge factor when it comes to evaluating a deer hunting season in Texas. If hunters can’t get out they don’t shoot deer. “A lot of country in river basins has been inaccessible all season,” Lockwood said, noting East Texas has been especially hit hard with season-long flooding on rivers such as the Sabine, Sulphur and Trinity. I’m guessing harvest will probably be down this year because of the weather conditions,” Lockwood said.

If Lockwood’s predictions hold, private lands will not be the only places where fewer deer were harvested. Several public land deer hunts were shut down as well as a result of a lack of accessibility and public safety. “TPWD had to cancel 16 public deer hunts in East Texas because of flooding,” Lockwood said.

A Tale of Two Hunting Seasons

It appears in hindsight the 2015-16 deer hunting season will be memorable for many reason. “Body condition of deer has been phenomenal; they’re just so fat. Every deer I’ve seen has been in great shape. Antler quality has been just exceptional,” Lockwood said. Hunters able to tag bucks were all grins while others had reduced hunting opportunities as a result of of field conditions.

Moving Deer Decoy: Put Motion in Your Hunt

A moving deer decoy is a sure fire way to provide confidence and a target into an approaching deer. Giving the appearance of a real life deer next to your stand while deer hunting can help you close the distance on an amorous buck. A new motion deer decoy is now available that may be just the thing you need to fill your next buck tag.

Moving Doe Decoy: Bring ‘Em In!

With years of experience in crafting the most lifelike, durable and realistic archery targets in the industry, Rinehart Targets expands the scope of their brand with the introduction of the new Rinehart Deloma Series Doe Decoy. The new Doe Decoy, like all Rinehart targets, is hand-sculpted by world-class wildlife artists for unmatched realism.

Rinehart has built its reputation on using specialized, durable and life-like material—and the Deloma Series Doe Decoy is no exception. The moving doe decoy features a patented design, ultra-quiet Rinehart foam for silent transport and an easy-carry folding configuration for nimble treks to and from any deer hunting location.

The Key is a Lifelike Decoy

Aside from her stunningly realistic looks, the Doe Decoy’s strongest attribute is her natural head turning—and neck turning—abilities. The ability to naturally turn her head in the slightest breeze to simulate life-like movement will draw in the wariest of bucks. With the anchor rod strategically positioned behind the front legs, breeze-activated movement allows the entire body of the decoy to pivot in addition to the motion of the head and neck.

The patented Doe Decoy comes with a full-carry bag that’s crafted with a “quiet-tech” fabric that’s burr resistant and features a drawstring and a sling strap for comfortable and secure transport. The decoy is designed for deer hunting and is serious, field-ready.

Close the Distance Using a Deer Decoy

From the decoy design to the carry bag, Rinehart tweaked every detail in the field to create a moving deer decoy that’s designed and proven by hunters, for hunters. The key to a consistently successful decoy is realism and movement, and the Deloma Series Doe Decoy from Rinehart is turning heads in both these categories. Hunting the whitetail rut just got a lot more interesting! The MSRP for the Rinehart Deloma Series Doe Decoy is $159.99.

Scent Free Bug Spray for Deer Hunting

The use of scent free bug spray has allowed me to enjoy deer hunting more than ever. Hunting the early season is great: bucks can be patterned, cool weather, leaves are getting ready to change colors and it’s just a great time to be in the woods… except for those annoying BUGS! Now, you can take care of business while enjoying yourself in the woods with a newer, possibly even better product.

Scent Free and NO MORE BUGS

Lethal Scent Elimination, a leading provider of extremely effective and powerful odor eliminating products has finally created and produced a product that big game hunters have been waiting on for years, scent-free bug and tick repellent.

Lethal Bug and Tick Repellent was developed by the same in-house chemists who have spent the last 30 years researching and developing some of the most effective household, scent eliminating products on the market today. This unscented, non-greasy, quick-drying repellent is effective for up to eight hours and works well as part of the Lethal System or separately; either way, the scent-free repellent is the first on the market and undoubtedly will be the leader in the category in the future.

ProStaff Tested Bug Spray

Since September, Lethal has given the Bug and Tick Repellent to a few key dealers and the Lethal Pro-Staff to, not only test in the field, but in retail as well. Results were outstanding with sell-through numbers at 100% and feedback from the pro-staff supported the test results with the product being more effective than DEET.

“The scent elimination category is obviously one of the most saturated categories within the deer hunting industry,” said Steve Davison, President and CEO of Clean Control Corporation, Parent Company of Lethal. “We had to find and develop a product that made us stand out and be just as effective as all of our other products. I believe we hit a homerun with the Bug and Tick Repellent and foresee the product being used by not only hunters but everyone who commonly uses bug sprays and repellents.”

The Perfect Scent Free Bug Spray for Hunting?

Look for Lethal Bug and Tick Repellent to be “officially” introduced at this years ATA Show in Louisville, Kentucky. I will definitely be giving their scent free bug spray a shot when deer hunting season rolls around next year. In my part of the world, mosquitos and gnats can make a hunt downright miserable. Keep the bugs away and bring the bucks close!

Illegal Deer Hunting in Comal County

Deer Hunting Season Ends

The general deer hunting season has ended in Texas, but not before many were cited for hunting violations. One instance reported by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Wardens in Comal County sounded particularly bad. Two Comal County game wardens responded to a call for assistance from a Garden Ridge police officer who had stopped a vehicle for running a stop sign.

Are Those Your Deer Guns?

Over the course of the traffic stop, the officer saw a .22 caliber rifle, a .40 caliber pistol and spent shell casings inside the vehicle. While interviewing the occupants in the backseat of the car, the officer heard several thumps coming from the trunk. When he opened the trunk, the officer found a white-tailed deer that had been shot but was still alive. A little late night deer hunting?

Road Hunting in Comal County

The officer then called a game warden to investigate the circumstance of the deer and exactly what type of hunting had taken place. The vehicle occupants told the warden they shot the deer at about 11:30 p.m. while it stood in the street near a residential area.

Hunting at Night, Too

The warden arrested two of the suspects for hunting deer at night and charged the vehicle operator for unlawfully carrying a weapon. While booking the suspects at the jail, the warden overheard one of them comment to the other he couldn’t believe they got in so much trouble for killing a deer. The other suspect replied, “Yeah, but it sure woulda been good eatin’.”

Millennium Treestands: SafeLinks for Hunters

We often underestimate the importance of treestand safety while deer hunting. This is both careless and dangerous, even though most hunters will admit that they have had a “close call” while deer hunting from a treestand. There are a number of ways one can get hurt while hunting, but falling is one of the most common hunting-related accidents.

Think Treestand Safety

As the evening settles in and hunting light disappears hunters begin to pack up their equipment and prepare to get back to their vehicle or camp. In the dark the hunter reaches around the tree and starts to look for that first step with his feet… we have all been there. This is when hunters are their most vulnerable for losing their balance, slipping off the step or falling to the ground.

More hunters are injured or killed each year from falls climbing to or from their stands than those that actually fall out of their stands. It is while getting into or out of a their stands that a hunter is most vulnerable for a paralyzing or life-threatening injury.

Use Safety Harnesses When Hunting from Treestand

With the advent of today’s safety harnesses, there is no reason anyone should ever fall from a deer hunting stand. The development of the safety harness has undoubtedly saved many lives. But, now the hunter can fully protect himself from injury and the family from heartbreak by using a safety line with Prusik knot as they climb and descend to and from their stands.

Millennium Treestands is making sure that every hunter who purchases one of their ladder stands or hang-on stands will be better protected. Millennium will be including the new SafeLink safety rope in the box of all their hang-on and ladder stands. The SafeLink is 35 ft. long, made to support hunters up to 350 lbs.

It comes with a Prusik knot and carabineer to provide the hunter with the safest ascent and descent to and from the stand. The SafeLinks in Millennium’s 2-man stands comes with double Prusik knots and two carabineers.

Millennium is the first treestand manufacturer to take such a step. Millennium truly is taking treestand safety to a new level. Do not underestimate the importance of treestand safety. Ask any hunter that has had a significant fall or one of their surviving family members and they will tell you not to chance it.

Terra 5R IR Game Camera – Wildgame Innovations

Game cameras are one of the best tools for deer hunting. They allow for 24/7 scouting and are effective at patterning deer. Wildgame Innovations has a new one they’ve named the Terra 5R IR Camera, and it will not break the bank.

First-generation game cameras were big, drained batteries quickly and, frankly, didn’t work that well. We all remember those aggravating times. And if you are using the wrong camera you may still be experiencing them. Leave those frustrating days in the past!

Game cameras have evolved to a level that was unimaginable only a few years ago. These amazing tools have become standard equipment for anybody who needs to be there but can’t really be there. My most useful pieces of deer hunting equipment are my game cameras.

Terra 5R IR Camera Gets Results

While some outdoorsmen relish the thought of a game camera with features far exceeding anything they’ve used in the past, there are many who appreciate practical simplicity – an economical scouting camera that will perform basic functions flawlessly. The NEW Wildgame Innovations Terra 5 IR Camera fits these needs perfectly.

Don’t be fooled by the terms “economical” or “basic”. The new Terra 5 IR performs beyond its highly affordable $49.99 price, offering capabilities in line with more expensive models, including a lightning fast, one-second trigger speed and a 21 pc high-intensity LED infrared flash. With a generous flash range up to 50 feet, the Wildgame Innovations Terra 5 IR is ideal for monitoring feed sites, scrapes, mineral sites or other localized spots where long-range images are neither desired nor required.

The new Wildgame Innovations Terra 5 IR offers both still image and 30-second video capability.

Nothing is worse than checking a camera for new images and realizing the batteries are dead as a door nail! No such worries, with the new camera. The workmanlike Terra 5 IR is highly energy efficient, providing long-term service and performance on just 8 AA batteries.

WILDGAME INNOVATIONS TERRA 5 IR CAMERA SPECS

  • Model No. # TR5i1
  • UPC 6-16376-50812-7
  • 5 MP IR HD LED Digital Scouting Camera
  • 21 pc High Intensity LED Infrared Flash
  • One second Rapid Trigger Speed
  • Still and 30-Second Video Capability
  • Flash Range Up to 50 ft.
  • Energy Efficient for Long Term Use
  • Up to 32 GB SDHC Card (not included)
  • Uses 8 AA-Cell Batteries (not included)
  • Includes Bungee Cords
  • Retail: $49.99

Better Game Camera: See more Bucks for Less

Innovation isn’t always measured by a long list of the latest high-tech features or a correspondingly premium price tag. Sometimes, true innovation manifests itself in a beautifully simplistic and economical product that performs desired functions dutifully and without fail. We’ve seen simplicity pay off with better tools for deer hunting before. That’s the innovation in Wildgame Innovations’ new Terra 5 IR Camera.

Wild game Innovations’ all-new Terra 5 IR Camera will debut at the Archery Trade Association (ATA) Show in Louisville, Kentucky early next month, along with several other exciting, new-for-2016 Wildgame Innovations products.