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So i got my dad a trail cam for his birthday (i got a 2 pack so i kept 1 for myself hah) got some SD cards.
my question to you guys is what settings seem to work best for everyone?
do you use video or picture mode?
what burst picture mode works best and delay time?
i will be setting it up on a edge of a tree line facing into a little pocket of open field surrounded by treeline.
any comments are appreciated thanks in advance. ;);):)
Try it in the yard first before taking it out. Have some the video works great others the pics are better.
Hang it up and get someone to walk back and forth see what works. Other then that I usually have mine set for two pictures and a minute delay.
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thank you this will helpQuote:
Originally Posted by Saskfly
After testing make sure there are no grasses or other plants or branches near the lens. Always a good idea to clear this stuff away. Try and set up the camera facing away from the sun and have it set about 2 feet high.
ive heard about waist height, and as for the sun it wont be pointing that way it will be pointing towards the bush away from sunrise or sunset. do you any setting tips as well? thanks :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JMatthews
Do not worry much about the interval,especially if there will be no 1000 deer in a day.This will never happen unless you are on a bait.Even then slim to none to have SD card run out of space.
I like shortest interval possible,one picture at a time.7 sec sleep mode-wake up-0.9 sec trigger=every 8 sec a deer picture.They do not stick around for a day to fill the card,so i have many nice pictures of the same animal.Easy to delete unwanted pictures.
Never run out of SD card space UNLESS a weed or branch was not twitching in front of the lenses.As JM mentioned-take care of weeds before they take care of your SD card.It i tough to page thru 1500 pictures,to find 4 deer pictures and the rest-same weed,moving left -then right........
One more advice-weeds DO GROW,so small weed in May will be a huge weed in July(believe me-it happens)
noted thanks so much;Quote:
Originally Posted by gbk
as for the weeds oh i know haha i hunt on a big farm and they have a couple different fields they use so a couple years at a time they dont use 1 field if they dont cut the grass boy oh boy its like a jungle haha
In areas that are open to the wind, you may want to reduce the sensitivity to medium otherwise you may get lots of pictures of nothing i.e. false triggers.
Beware of bears! They like to bite cameras.
So I went up today, set mine up on the edge of a bush facing a lane they like to cross and looking under an apple tree, put the other one more inside a wooded area with a little open patch with tons of trails going through, set the triggers to medium and tested before we left, as for thr bears there are none in the area we go to only humans to be aware of LOL I think we hid them quite well thoQuote:
Originally Posted by Sam Menard
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I little off topic but I placed one on a meat bait pile yesterday for the first time... It should be interesting to see how many coyotes show up... Can't wait to post some pics.... I placed mine at waste height about 10' from the bait site, removed most of the taller grass, hopefully I get a lot of pics....Can't wait.. :)
Just a note on SD cards you can get a 32 gig on Amazon for under 10 bucks .
yeah when i grabbed my trail cams i think i picked up 5 for 40 bucks great dealQuote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
Do it every year. Amazing how many deer come into the bait pile. If it’s in the open your going to see lots of birds. Kinda cool sometimes. Have had golden eagles, bald eagles and lots of turkey vultures.Quote:
Originally Posted by fratri
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do turkey vultures stay strictly around the same area? theres a Mennonite who has a farm close to where we hunt every time we pass by theres at least 3 of them sitting on his fence while hes working out side.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saskfly
No idea what the home range is.
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Just check with your camera - some cameras have a limit as to what size card you can use. If you use a SpyPoint cell link I believe the card needs to be 32GB or smaller.
A few of my cams have the option to do a 3 shot burst in a couple of seconds which I do and then a 5 minute delay before it can be set off again. Gives me some shots I might not have got otherwise.
John
Great point.....I set up a SpyPoint cell camera and got nothing but sunrise pics for 3 weeks until I had time to go back out and move it.Quote:
Originally Posted by JMatthews
As a rule of thumb, you should face your camera northwards or southwards to avoid sun glare. My cameras face northward as the sun will be behind it at noon, hence no glare or shadows.Quote:
Originally Posted by 410001661
thanks everyone for the tips
got a few pics, a bunch of night of some 8 points or 6 points too
https://imgur.com/wEhs8fW
https://imgur.com/5eHgwdt
FYI, if you click on copy BBcode in imgur you can then paste it in your thread and show the pic instead of having a link.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowjob