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Thanks to everyone who has sent in trailcam shots. I've got a decent backlog of them and will try to get them up over the next couple of days.

I love this picture. Not only does it show the gobbler really well, but it appears this is just set up on a path, rather than over a bait pile.

I realize that putting out bait can be a great way to get game cam shots. And it's legal (at least until Sept. 1).

A problem I see with bait is that it doesn't offer a fair representation of what's out there because it's causing artificial movement. Once the bait is gone, the deer (or turkeys) will move on.

Another problem is that pre-season feeding could tempt some hunters to push things into the season.

There is a saying that lawbreakers are going to break the law no matter what and honest people will follow the rules. I tend to believe that. But I could just see some pix of big bucks or gobblers over a corn pile proving too tempting to someone who does their best to play by the book.

I know that's not always the case. I have one friend who feeds in the off-season, knows the feeders attract temendous numbers of deer and turkeys, but turns off the switch long before the season. I hope that's the rule rather than the exception, and it probably is.

I don't have any game cams out but if I did I think I'd put them along normal travel corridors. Of course, a normal travel corridor this time of year won't necessarily be a normal travel corridor come October and November.