Facing camera east.....

kwaldeier · 08-13-2009, 07:20 PM

first of all yes i know the sun would trigger it....but here is my situation....i have a corn field on the right and a stream also going north and south and 3 trails in between going north and south about 15 ft apart from each other ...the thing is i am not sure of which trails they use the most or even if there is anything there...my idea is to take pictures every time but when the sun isnt in the cameras FOV....basically instead of 24 hrs it would be running 22 or 23....however long it takes for the sun to get out of the way....the camera would face east or west(depending on which tree i can use) across the 3 trails....good or bad idea?? cuz most deer activity is at sunrise or sun set...hmm!

4evrhtn · 08-13-2009, 07:56 PM

The problem usually is the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. The two times you are most likely to get pics of deer during shooting hours is also going to be when the sun is glaring into the camera or casting shadows onto the ground in the cameras FOV. I angle my cams in a more Northern or Southern direction by finding one, two or more curves that exists in every deer run I have ever come across. I guess you could continually screw with your camera settings every week, but I prefer to let my cameras out for weeks at a time without repeated trips risking spooking the deer prior to the season opening.
Why not try setting up where the majority of tracks cross the stream being that it runs north to south, at least you will be able to pattern them more effectively.

J Pike · 08-13-2009, 08:14 PM

kwaldeir to be honest I never even think about what direction my cams are facing when setting them up. But now that you bring it up, out of the 8 cams I currently have out, 4 are facing east, 3 are facing west and 1 is facing north. And the 7 cams that I have facing east or west are not affected enough for me to worry about it, some of the pics might be a little on the bright side but they are still good enough for what I need them for.
I would try putting the cam in the best place possible to cover all 3 trails and see how it goes. And then check the pics in a week or 2 to see how the pics are turning out. Pike

Mottz · 08-14-2009, 07:25 PM

I've faced mine E and W quite a few times, just because of the area I want to watch. 1st Time I did I had alot of sunshine pics. All I did after that is I put the camera up a little high and had a more downward angle on it. Still got a few pics of sun but also got alot more deer pics.