JJAS, I think 'inventory" is the perfect word. Sure, it makes a business'ish application to deer management, but honestly that's what deer management is about in this day and age. Think how wonderful if the DNR could actually inventory the number of deer in Indiana, by county, by township, and so on. It is what is it, inventory.

I have a camera that texts pictures. I love it, and yes it makes inventory and patterning a LOT easier, for now. Sure, other deer will likely appear as season gets going and some will disappear. But for now, on 80 areas, along with the standard trail cameras used, I have an absolute inventory of the deer using that property. I will be pulled when season starts. I have put a lot of effort into conditioning deer this year also. And for now, it works ridiculously well. But, time will tell whether patterns change in the next few weeks. Now, if these approaches were "outlawed" tomorrow, I'd be fine with it. What I will say is that I know more about the property and the deer movement right now then I would have in the past, but only from a minute by minute aspect on one spot at a time where the Covert camera is. And again, I would have said no to legalizing these types of cameras, just like I would say no, my own personal preference, to a lot of other things in deer hunting and other types of hunting.