Go back in time on your hunting property

Important Notes: This feature is available for our App only, not our Website. This feature is part of the Hunt Planning Subscription.

Ever wonder how much that thicket on your Back 40 has grown since you hung your first camera? Now you can look. The Moultrie App has a new, sharp aerial base map, plus older imagery of your ground you can flip through, plus a switch that turns every living plant red.

Here's what's new

• High Resolution Aerial. A new base map with sharp, recent imagery of your ground. Find it in Map Layers.
• Capture Date. Pick which date of imagery you are looking at.
• Highlight vegetation. Flip one switch and the vegetation turns red. Thick cover pops. Bare ground and water do not.

Tap Map Layers and High Resolution Aerial is right at the top.

Here's what we'd use it for

• Scouting before you walk in. See the trails, openings, and edges from the couch. Your boots stay off the property until it counts.
• Seeing what your cover did. Flip between dates and see where the thickets filled in and where they opened up.
• Catching changes you did not make. A cut area or a new clearing shows up when you flip between dates.
• Checking spring against fall. Spring imagery shows the woods before the leaves come out, so trails and openings are easy to see. September shows the canopy like it looks from your stand.

Same spot, two dates. May 11, 2026 on the left, before the leaves. Sep 25, 2024 on the right, full canopy.

How to go back in time

1. Open Maps, tap Map Layers, and pick High Resolution Aerial.
2. Tap the little date button above Map Layers. It shows the month and year you are looking at, like Aug 2026.
3. Pick the oldest date, then flip on Highlight vegetation.
4. Tap a newer date. Your view stays put, so you are looking at the same ground.

The date list.

Same day, two looks. The red view on the right makes the cover easy to read.

What to look for

Once you have two dates in front of you, here is what to look for.

• Dark red that got bigger. The cover is maturing. Check the edges for bedding sign by zooming in.
• Dark red that shrank or vanished. Somebody cut it, or it is gone. Rethink the stand or camera nearby.
• A new bright red patch. Could be a new field, plot, or clearing growing in. Might be a good spot for a camera.
• Bright red that went pale. The growth is thinner or stressed. Walk it and see.

Why it matters for deer

Deer need food, cover, and water. This shows you the first two. Dark red is where they likely bed. Bright red fields are where they likely eat. The line where the two meet is a good place to start looking for a trail.

Locate. Pattern. Harvest. Find the cover and the food. Pin the edges and watch which cameras get photos in Hunt Strategy. Then hunt that edge with the wind right.

Good to know

• The date list changes as you move the map. Check it at each new spot.
• Imagery is a photo from one day, not a live look. Use it to pick where to look, then go confirm it on the ground.
• It will not tell you the tree species or show you deer sign.
• You might see a seam where two photos meet. That is two dates side by side. [Confirm with Product.]

Start scouting

Open Maps, tap Map Layers, and pick High Resolution Aerial. Then tap the date button and go back in time.

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