I wish all states would ban them during the season. They take the hunt out of hunting. Really help poachers

The pen clicking is pretty annoying

I lasted 3 min and could not take the pen clicking any more

That pen clicking is all I can hear.

CWD EHD is killing IOWA'S deer not cameras 😂 WTF

I live in Arizona. Its not just cell cameras that are banned for the purpose of taking game here. It is all trail cameras. I never have used cameras for hunting. Just not my thing. That really pissed me off though. The argument was that hunters checking cameras was disrupting the natural movement of animals in a detrimental way. That didn't hold water in my mind though. Hunters are not checking cameras often enough to negatively shape habits of animals, and if they are, they are seeing less animals and that, you would think, would cause them to pull their cameras, move on, and let the animals return to their normal habits. One of the commissioners had some telling remarks that I think betray the real reason they banned cameras. He said he was on an elk hunt and a guy going to check cameras ruined his sit. That's just part of the public hunting game though. The land is all of ours to use in any lawful way. I hate hunting being interrupted by side by sides. You know how I respond? Not by trying to ban side by sides, but by hunting in wilderness areas where they can not go. The whole thing struck me as an abuse of power by an official who thought he had more right to use public land than somebody else because he had a tag in his pocket.

Cell cameras are like using live scopes for fishing. Throw skill and technique out the window. My opinion is that cell cameras are making the commercialization of hunting easier. Every year folks who cant afford to lease land are getting bumped off by pay to play hunters. Hunters can now hunt multiple farms from their phone at the same time. With increasing hunter numbers and reduced access, I can see why states are are looking at this with a closer lens. I am curious if the states DNR is looking at this from a stand point of prioritizing their states citizens hunting over non residents? Who knows? Calling the ban or its idea of cell cameras a "cancer" is pretty cheap. I did like your other points about baiting, scents, high power firearms, and crossbows.

Quick clicking the ink pen

Cameras save more deer than they kill. Most folks w cams start picking kill bucks n let’s the rest walk. Plus people stay out of woods more waiting on a pic than being there hunting when the pic is taken.

Good video man. Alot of valid points.

Please put down the pen and slowly walk away lol

Since when did trail cameras become only for deer? I use trail cameras just to keep an eye on my land. It is nice to see what wildlife is around. It also gives me a way to see who is trespassing. This had to start with an anti-hunting group of some kind. This is nothing but a tool.

I’m fine with cell cams and regular trail cams but they are becoming issue on public. Everywhere you look on ohio public there is a camera.

He who has the most cell cam wins. Alot of what discussed should all be banned too. Hunters have gotten lazy.

as a Iowa resident your chart shows when EHD started in Iowa - 2012 and 2019 being really bad so your argument is not invalid but lower numbers are actually coming from the EHD outbreaks which tend to kill more bucks then does .

Also if i remember correctly ehd blue tongue started around 2007 around the same time food plots started taking off. Ive sat and thought about why do some of my local hunting areas get hit every year by ehd and some areas just dont i got to thinking about 1 area in particular never gets hit with ehd not that we see. and it has no food plots around. if there is its not much vs the areas that do get hit pretty hard and have a lot of food plots around them. Who knows. They just need to chill out on the whole thing.

Thank you for putting out some solid information back by data!

If you look at the last couple bills the Iowa dnr has passed it appears they are trying to tie up any loose ends when it comes to out of state hunters. They passed the no out of state party hunting law now this cell camera/ public land band. Maybe there is a state agency that cares about age class and resident hunters 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

The only thing I think is unethical about cell cameras is the using real-time images and video in the act of hunting. If someone is checking the camera to see if a deer is near their stand as they walk up, or sitting on the couch and perimeter cameras notify you a deer is approaching so you move to the window with the 30/30. I dont think that is in the spirit of fair chase, but to me everything else is fine. Good stuff!

This is what a slippery slope looks like. "Hunting" by its original legal definition was in the context of a commercial activity, as apposed to the right to gather food. When you allow a right to be turned into a privilege, you will always arrive at these places.

I have no problem with Iowa's new camera ban. Let's say you've been hunting a piece of public land for decades, and someone comes along & places a cellular trail camera on every other tree. That would irritate me. Iowa is simply stating cameras can't be left overnight on public land. As far as private land goes, I can get a pretty good inventory of what deer are on my property with a basic SD card trail camera, & Iowa is not taking that right away. People were harvesting deer long before trail cameras. I have no problem banning electronic aids like drones & cellular trail cameras during the hunting seasons. The line needs to be drawn somewhere.

There is a conversation to be had about the arms used and everything els. I love trail cams too but even I understand that 24/7 surveillance of deer is not fair chase.

I live in Iowa and I love that this ban passed. If you need to the minute updates on a buck to harvest him, you are not being an ethical hunter. Nor are you a talented hunter. Learn to use terrain advantage and read sign. I have no problem with regular trail cameras. Give the animals a chance!

Ridiculous!

Several issues concerning cell trail cameras on public property. I hunt public a lot, but also hunt private. FIRST PROBLEM: I think anyone that uses public property, for any reason, has the right to NOT be recorded, in real time, on PRIVATE cell cameras. This has nothing to do with hunting. We have a right to a certain amount of privacy while engaging in recreational activities on public property. When I think of hiking, hunting, etc. and the phrase, "get away from it all" comes to mine, that includes getting away from the creeper factor of private cell cameras on public lands. Some cell camera operators may claim they are not interested in what other people are doing on public, but their cameras are still recording it regardless. Some will have to admit, they are monitoring wildlife use, but they are also monitoring other hunters. SECOND PROBLEM: Hunters are placing cell cameras on public to "hold a hunting spot". Example: If I go in to an area to scout, hunt etc., and I see an area blanketed with cell cameras, I don't want to come back to that area, which is exactly what the camera owner wants. It becomes a race to put out cell cameras in the public hots spots so hunters will create "private, exclusive use" of an area of public property. The use of DRONES is also being addressed here in Kentucky. Hunters that hire a drone, or use their own drone to "locate an animal they have shot" are also engaged in scouting ALL DEER ACTIVITY, including other bucks in that area of public and OTHER HUNTERS/RECREATORS. I don't have a problem with cameras and drones on private, but there is still the potential for abuse of a technology that goes beyond "fair chase". Another thing I don't like is that someone from ANOTHER STATE can come to my state and monitor public land activity from THEIR STATE in REAL TIME. Just because a technology is available, it does not mean it is ethical to use it in all circumstances.

Cell cams should have a 24-hour delay minimum. If cell cams don't provide an advantage, then there's no reason someone would be against this.

Hunting over food, plots, and bait should be banned also

I hate to tell you this bro but your data is kinda garbage. You didn’t account for any variables besides time and the introduction of cell cams. If you really think cell cams can’t be abused in any way you’re being dishonest.