DeerCast-Prep, Predict, Pursue for Pc

I just got this app. I installed it, set my location and then tried to watch some videos. For example, I tried watching the video about Mark’s rut hunting. First the video had no sound. I saw on these reviews that I have to have my ringer on. (Which is a major issue for me when hunting) So in the process of trying to watch a video and finding out how to get sound, the app crashed twice. It seems like every time I exit out of a video, the app crashes. The app is definitely something that I would probably pay for if it worked correctly. There just seems to be a lot of glitches in it. Now, I understand that in the process of developing and releasing apps there is a matter of testing and updating it to remove the glitches. Getting the bugs worked out so to say. That is why I am giving it 5 stars. I see it all the time, a company releases an app, a bunch of people get the app and try it out. They realize that it does not work perfectly (although it is free and they lost nothing except a little time) and they proceed to give it terrible reviews. Then the company updates and fixes all of the issues in the app and the app gets running very smooth. Those negative reviewers never update their review so it looks like the app has a bunch of negative reviews. So the company updates and improves the app and the negative people never update their reviews. If you ask me, sounds like the negative reviewers are the ones who should be defending their review.

I downloaded deercast in 2018 when they were offering all the features for free and was kind of skeptical about a potential pay model since some of my apps want A LOT of money for their service. In spite of that I found myself checking it every day, several hours of the day, leading up to hunts. The predictions were really close to actual results. I would say around 75-80% of the time. There’s a certain joy that comes with predicting whitetail movement with pics and deer sign, but this app takes a ton of guesswork out of things when you only have a few times to hunt during the season. I found myself getting itchy to check it constantly leading up to this season and took a chance on the $20 package and man was I floored! They didn’t drag a few $$ out of me to get sucked into the same old service, they actually upped the game. they have the option to customize the deercast to my stand and blind locations, added a 10-day view option, and added a whole section about tracking deer after the shot with like every imaginable scenario! Trying to mix a passion for hunting with the pressures and time constraints of every-day life is hard enough as it is, and I need my break from reality! There are so many apps charging big $$ just to help me “organize” my hunting location... which is all well and good, but Deercast has taken a lot of additional pressure off the actual hunt and for me that’s totally worth the scratch.

I enjoy using this app and check it frequently. I’ve used it all Fall so far. It gives hunters invaluable information and a place to connect with like minded people. I’ve noticed a minor bug or two....but they seem to get addressed quickly when they arise. What I witness afield isn’t always exactly what the app says they will be...but it’s pretty darn close most of the time. A lot more accurate then my local weather forecast on the news lol. I tell every hunter I meet to get the app if they don’t currently have it. That being said...I’m not the type of person to pay for apps on my phone. It doesn’t matter how good they are....and this app is great....but I’ll continue to use it until I have to pay for it. I don’t begrudge anyone a paycheck, I just don’t pay for apps.

Takes all the guess work out of my decisions to hunt. The mad scientist really got it nailed down to a qualitative science. To bad quantitative science is only currently looking at some of the “times” to hunt on limited data sets. Weather systems, pressure, distances traveled etc, If they would combine there science together to include habitat types travels to and from during cold fronts/warm periods a discernible pattern would surely emerge. And I have a masters degree in wildlife management and I can see that. Colder the weather the more deer you see in more open areas. Yes they move amount/distance in the same cold or hot weather it’s the habitat that they move in that differs. Colder weather equals more open spaces thus more hunters harvesting game! That’s common sense and science! Life long observations passed down from hunter to hunter R/Brandon