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Old 08-07-2008, 08:48 AM
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Default How long to leave out trail camera?

I know this will vary because some of you hunt on land that isnt close and dont get there as often buyt what is the best time to leave it out there. If the camera I have is taking pictures I dont think the battery will last longer then 4 days.
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Old 08-07-2008, 09:02 AM
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I have a moultrie d-40. It took 174 pictures in a three day period the last time I had it out. All pictures were at night. The battery life dropped 10%. I leave mine out for a week usually unless I find a big deer. Then I'll move it up the trail to try to pattern him a little better. I might even leave it out until about 2-3 days before season just to see when he is moving in relation to the weather and such.
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Old 08-07-2008, 09:22 AM
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i think a better question is how often to check them. They arent going to hurt much by leaving them out but if you are checking them every other day you are going to do more harm than good because of the human scent.

I check them either once a week or every two weeks usually. The closer it gets to season the more careful I am about my scent

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Old 08-07-2008, 09:25 AM
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I check my cameras around the house about once a week.
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Old 08-07-2008, 09:50 AM
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the longer you can leave it out the better....but usually the anxiety gets the better of me and I check it after only a few days....
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Old 08-07-2008, 09:54 AM
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I have a WildView that had taken over 600 pictures over a month period before the battery light came on. It was still working too, but the batteries were low.

I like to leave mine out a minimum of 2 weeks before checking them.
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Old 08-07-2008, 10:14 AM
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I leave mine out from Labor Day til the end of season.
I swap the SD card every Sunday when I am there hunting.
My Moultrie I40 only went thru 2 sets of batteries last year
The first set lasted from Labor Day until the end of Dec!

I take my laptop along every Sunday and check the cards/pics while we are having lunch
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ORIGINAL: thehairlessone!

i think a better question is how often to check them. They arent going to hurt much by leaving them out but if you are checking them every other day you are going to do more harm than good because of the human scent.

I check them either once a week or every two weeks usually. The closer it gets to season the more careful I am about my scent

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I agree...question may be a little misleading. I leave my cameras in the woods to "scout for me" from July sometime until January. For the most part, I check them every 7-10 days. One thing I could do better is maybe move the cameras a little more often to different locations. I left one Cuddeback on the Trophy Rock the entire season because that's how long the Rock lasted and I continually got deer, bucks and does alike.
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I check mine once per month
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Old 08-07-2008, 01:21 PM
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I check my cams every 1-2 weeks........ My Cuddebacks don't suck up battery life. I can get 500 pictures easy in nominal weather before I need to think about changing out batteries.

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