Back 40 Extras: How to Set Up a Trail Camera
Mark KenyonMark Kenyon is the author of That Wild Country, founder of Wired To Hunt, and host of the industry-leading Wired To Hunt Podcast. He is a nationally published writer, a QDMA certified Deer Steward, and MeatEater's resident "whitetail guy."
Trail cameras are some of the greatest modern tools that hunters have at their disposal. If you hunt in an area that allows them, then you need to take advantage of it.
Here’s what you need to know about setting up a camera to get pictures of whitetails.
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