Some more GREAT shots!!! Can't wait to see witch bucks you guys harvest!!! Good Luck!!

I know some guys are going to get pi$$ed with this question, but, if you do , in fact, remove the salt lick from the stumps 30 days prior, what stops the deer from using the stump as a salt lick during the season?  Seems like it would still be doing it's intended job: being a salt lick.

I did the same as you S-10.
 
I never used a stump for a stand. I usually used a cement block that I could take with me when I was done. I then dug a large area around where the block was placed, and used that dirt for trapping. I would them scatter leaves over the area.
 
It was neat to come back a few days later to find the area totally torn up from the deer trying to find the last little remnants of salt.

We are breaking up tm blocks from about june on and just putting small amounts on the stumps, and the salt will be gone from them at least 30 days prior, but these bucks are about to make a major shift and those areas are not good any way.  They do still chew the stumps and such but by the time arrows are flying this isn't where I want to hunt.  We just use them to supplement some minerals through the winter and summer.  I will have a stand on a hillside that is maybe 450 yards away from one of them, but there are no direct trails.  Although I am sure if a warden wanted to push the issue it could be a problem without digging it out.  They arrested a guy for hunting a bear over bait who was over 800 yards away from the grease pole at his camp and said that the trail led to there eventually.
 
Beech nuts were dropping heavy in Patton Pa last weekend.

Some shots from this week.
 

 
Not sure whats wrong with this little guys hair.  Don't know if the discoloration is mud or just the way his hair is.
 

 

 
 

Hey musky does the flash on your cameras spook them bear?Did u ever have a camera broke from bear damage?

What kind of IR cameras are you trying?I bought a cuddeback no flash i love that camera also bought two wildviews takes good pictures but it don't take color pictures during the day really don't care for them ones.

toad, the "messed up hair" on the little guy looks to me like he's just losing his summer coat..and the last picture of the doe is just hilarious. im still cracking up...

That's what I started to think when I saw a couple more whose hair looked similar.  This doe does not like the camera for some reason.  she has a little on with her so that may be the reason.  She has come right up to it a few different times but this was the best one.

Watched 2 scrubheads go at it for about 30 min tonight.

Man it's almost better to see doe being retarded, they're hilarious. Some of the crap they pull is wild!

Got our Stealth Cam up finally last week.... hope to get some pics up later this week....( Got a heavy 8 around here). Earlier in this thread ppl were talkin about a poor buck to doe ratio.... with more bucks than does.... I hunt 2B in Allegheny and the number of does is RIDICULOUS!!!! We got at least a 7:1 doe to buck ratio based on what I've seen from the camera this summer and dove hunting this fall....