Had a camera out for 2 weeks hoping to get a late season buck on it before they started shedding. I drove out on the fourwheeler to check it and replace it with my stealth cam to get some more pics. While I was driving full blast thought the field I saw a crap load of deer in the same field I was in. You have a 15 year old kid on a fourwheeler so of course I had to chase after the deer on the fourwheeler. One of them was a buck. well a shedded buck. You could tell how the way his back sloped, how his neck was still a bit swollen, and the way he stood. Seeing all those deers I thought, alright maybe ill have some good pics. I parked the fourwheeler on top of the hill and walked through about 2 feet of snow down a steep hill and crossed the fence, which I did happend to rip my jeans on. I walked a little ways through the timber and scared a few more does out and there was tracks EVERYWHERE. I got to my camera and there was tracks all over around it. I got the sd card out, put it in the digital camera, and found that there was no pictures at all on it. The battery died right after I set it up. It did capture one picture of me leaving from when I set it up.
So I was a bit upset. Then I strapped on my stealth cam to the same tree and got it at the right angle. Then I opened the box and tried turning it on... It wouldn't turn on. Batteries were dead!!! Brand new batteries and they didn't even work. So I had to unstrap the camera. Half pissed off I had to cross that same fence which I tore another hole in my pants and walked up a big hill with 2 feet of snow. I got on the fourwheeler and started driving back to the house. I almost got stuck on the way back. Then I had to open two gates which were all surrounded by cattle and the last thing I wanted was for the cows to get out.

Somewhat of a long read but you might get a laugh or two out of it.
And from what happend to day. Im ending my trail cameras for the year. Im not gonna put them back out until july. Hopefully by then ill have a cudde.

There's nothing more frustrating than a camera that doesn't work or perform properly. A cudde is on my list also. Thanks for sharing all the pics that you did end up with throughout the last few months. Looking forward to the pics come July.

Most Kids now a days pay for those neat ripped holes in their Jeans and You got it for free....!


I'd try some new batteries and put your camera back out...you can't beat some late Winter Deer pic's in the snow,and you may have some more Bucks on it too?

Look at it this way, the holes are for karmic payback chasing the deer with the wheeler. Had a couple people around here get several years in jail for just what you did, except they killed a couple deer with their equipment.

I wouldn't hit the deer... Im not stupid like some teenagers. I know whats wrong and whats right and also whats fun. I didn't drive right up on the deers butt like you might think. I stayed a safe distance and just wanted to scare the crap out of it. I wouldn't risk hurting myself or the fourwheeler or even the deer.

That is kinda funny cause I went out today to put out my new I-40.(Its maiden voyage) While I was out I was going to check my other 2 cameras that have been out for a month. Not 1 picture. One said low battery so I turned it off. Then I turned it on to see if there was enough power to tell me the amount of pics. After turning it back on it had 75% battery on it. My other had 55% battery but no pics. So I just brought them home. Have 1 out in the field for a couple weeks, then I'll go get it and wait til May or June to get them back out.