ORIGINAL: HNI_Christine

I've been trying a bit this year. I have aCanon hv20 camera. It's small and light and gets decent video.

I'm using a Pine Ridge camera arm that I've modified so it works better for me. (bolt w/wingnut to apply pressure to the tree and a bunch of camo tape.)

It has been fun but extremely frustrating. About a third of the time I've taken the camera, rain and sleet has kept me from setting it up. I did set it up one timeand it got sleet all over it and then the next time I took it out, I had a 140" buck come up and the camera errored out with a condensation detected warning. Oops. Wouldn't you know it... I took the tape out and opened up the camera to dry out and then a 160" buck came up at 37 yards and I wasn't able to get any footage of him. [:@][:@]

So far the only footage I have is of an owl, a possum and a few glimpses of bucks passing in the distance.

Things I've learned so far:

*My camera arm needed that wingnut/bolt thingy added to it to work like I wanted. (I'll post a picture if any one wants to know what I'm talking about.)

*Trying to locate a deer in the thick woods through the lcd screen is very challenging. I havea bunch of footage of me focusing on the wrong things. [>:]

*Deer will almost always come from which ever direction it's hardest to film them. They will also show up when you are half-way set up with the camera armand while your bow is still on the ground.

*Being a left-handed shooter makes the video camera really in your way and harder to use.

*People are not nearly as excited about the two seconds of shaky footage of a buckas you are. [&o]