If you text people your hunt photos, you may be giving up your “secret spot”

[Zach Jones]

FYI —
I’ve noticed this happening this deer season. If you don’t explicitly have location data turned off on your photos, your nice picture of you and your trophy buck also tracks the location the photo was taken. Some websites scrub this data when you post, such as Instagram. Texting photos to people does not automatically scrub this data. I had a good spot get ruined this year because someone sent a photo around to all of his buddies.

 

[aeverett152]

That sucks

 

[HATCHET1]

Cockblockers..

 

[Morgan1776]

Screenshots should eliminate that concern.

 

[GUNDOGLOVER49]

Only take pictures of your subject not he entire scenery.

 

[Zak]

What @Morgan1776 said, take screenshots of all your photos if you don't want your exif data floating around. Unfortunately I've heard this story many times now

 

[Aeon]

How do you think the admins at sch get all their good spots!!!!!!

 

[GUNDOGLOVER49]

Like I said, the subject not the scenery.

 

[180ls1]

Like I said, the subject not the scenery.View attachment 60583

It's not that, it's the GPS coordinates get attached to the photo when you take them with a smartphone.

 

[NBK]

Or go into your camera location settings and turn off the location tags so you never have to worry about it. Seems easier and bulletproof.

 

[aeverett152]

Is this an iphone thing, android, or all smart phones in general?

 

[Kellendv]

Or go into your camera location settings and turn off the location tags so you never have to worry about it. Seems easier and bulletproof.

This^

 

[BOWUNTR]

Only hurts the 10 percenters. Doesn't hurt me... I never kill anything... Ed F

 

[HATCHET1]

I concur.. This ^

 

[HATCHET1]

Also..I'm always looking to snake more road hunting spots...so please..post away.. no screenshots!!

 

[just_ducky_1]

Somebody has not done their annual OPSEC online training.

 

[Bill S.]

That’s how the wardens nab up the bad guys.

 

[TRICER]

Screenshots should eliminate that concern.

Ya I always drive to your spots and screen shot hasn’t failed me yet.

 

[Zach Jones]

Is this an iphone thing, android, or all smart phones in general?

It’s a smartphone thing. You can disable it on both android and iPhone. Which do you have?

 

[Aeon]

I will tell you my spot, plaster city