help a rookie
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: pa soon to be greenup county ky
Posts: 315
help a rookie
this is my first time putting out my trail cam. its a wildview extreme 4.0 mega pix. i know its a cheap its all i could afford. i had it up for a couple of weeks i think someone stole my sd card cause its not in there and all it store was the 25 pics it will hold on the cam itself. anyway i didnt get any pics of deer it took 23 night pics and the flash went off but the flash isnt that far out and i didnt get any pics of deer. i can see the eyes glowing but thats it. is it cause its a cheap camera and im getting what i payed for or is there something i can do to help. i am going to get some corn or something to attract, hopefully draw them in closer cause this time i didnt use nothing i was wanting to see what i could get natural. help is appreciated as i am a total green horn. thanks.
#3
RE: help a rookie
You probably wont have much luck without something there to stop them and draw there attention. Just make sure its legal to put out some corn or a mineral block. I would recommend a mineral block but that totally up to you.
#4
RE: help a rookie
make sure you are placing your camera on a good trail. also point the camera looking down the trail, not straight across and try to find a trail that is moving north and south instead of east and west. this way the sun doesn't "wash" out your pictures. sounds to me as if your camera was being tripped before the deer got close enough.
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Enoree,SC
Posts: 129
RE: help a rookie
i had the same problem with mine when i started found out that cheap c cell batteries dont last more than about 4-5 days the weaker they get
the less the flash brightness is.
what i did was converted mine to use a 6 volt battery that goes in those battery powered cars for kids.
here is the proccess 8 inches of speaker wire soldered ends to the pos. and neg. termanals inside the camera then drill a hole in the case ( not the door of the camera) just big enough to get thewire through tothe outside put termanals on the ends of the wire and connect to the battery use silicone to seal the hole in the case.
this battery last about 3 months
here some pics from mine
the less the flash brightness is.
what i did was converted mine to use a 6 volt battery that goes in those battery powered cars for kids.
here is the proccess 8 inches of speaker wire soldered ends to the pos. and neg. termanals inside the camera then drill a hole in the case ( not the door of the camera) just big enough to get thewire through tothe outside put termanals on the ends of the wire and connect to the battery use silicone to seal the hole in the case.
this battery last about 3 months
here some pics from mine
#6
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: pa soon to be greenup county ky
Posts: 315
RE: help a rookie
my cam is facing a corn field. i figured that was prolly one of my reasons i need to get something in closer to the camera. i still dont understand the flash if i can figure out how to put a pic on here i will do it cause my flash isnt out there to far. thanks for the help everyone.