trail cams
03-04-2015, 02:16 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 91
trail cams
When due you bring in your trail cams.
And when due you put them back out.?
Or due you leave them up all yr.
I will be setting a couple near the end of this month.
Aimed at my bird feeders. That's were I get my bear
Pic. They will be hungry when they wake up.
And when due you put them back out.?
Or due you leave them up all yr.
I will be setting a couple near the end of this month.
Aimed at my bird feeders. That's were I get my bear
Pic. They will be hungry when they wake up.
03-05-2015, 05:40 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Southeast Missouri
Posts: 2,178
I've been leaving mine out year round.....missed a lot of Cool things that happen in the Off-Season when I took them in early.I now have pics of Bucks loosing their Sheds,Deer moving in the Snow,Bobcats,Foxes and Coyotes moving at all hours and since I Hunt Predators in the Winter months it gives me and idea of when and where they travel.
Even if You only leave out a few cameras and pull the majority of them it gives a You an idea of what's happening during the slower/boring times of the Off-Seasons!
Even if You only leave out a few cameras and pull the majority of them it gives a You an idea of what's happening during the slower/boring times of the Off-Seasons!
Last edited by GTOHunter; 03-08-2015 at 07:36 AM.
03-05-2015, 09:03 AM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Indiana
Posts: 104
I used to leave mine out year round but the winter cold tends to drain the batteries a lot quicker so I made the executive decision to bring them in during the coldest weather. I usually bring mine in around the beginning of December when the end of deer season is getting near and I just set mine out last weekend. I plan on doing this from here on out but plans are always capable of changing lol So It's just whatever you want to do. MOST cameras can handle being out all year round through all weather and I know a lot of guys that do just that but I personally like to bring mine in and save the batteries a little.
03-13-2015, 09:48 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: WI
Posts: 1,089
I used to leave mine out year round but the winter cold tends to drain the batteries a lot quicker so I made the executive decision to bring them in during the coldest weather. I usually bring mine in around the beginning of December when the end of deer season is getting near and I just set mine out last weekend. I plan on doing this from here on out but plans are always capable of changing lol So It's just whatever you want to do. MOST cameras can handle being out all year round through all weather and I know a lot of guys that do just that but I personally like to bring mine in and save the batteries a little.
03-15-2015, 11:30 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,695
You could get a solar kit with rechargeable batt. and solve the battery life issue altogether. Gander Mountain used to carry them, not sure if they still do but I am sure they are still around to be found. I haven't used trail cam's since I moved here about 6 years ago so I am a bit out of that loop.
03-17-2015, 03:04 PM
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Northern WI
Posts: 853
I start to use them a few months before season. As we get closer to season, I try to limit my trips in to check them and watch the wind too so as to check them in a day where I am less likely to alert something.