Re: Trail Cams - Critter Avoidance?
[Re: stitchit]
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01/29/24 08:11 PM
01/29/24 08:11 PM
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I use Bushnell HD cams a lot of yotes don’t like them but other times not so much, my thought is they can hear a noise on calm days maybe but that’s my guess I’m sure someone will tell me I’m wrong. LOL I’ve had cats spook also but that’s rare with them compared to the yotes. A lot of my Bushnell pics of yotes are often the front half or the back half I have no idea on the impact of the 2 newer cams I just put out. I use that to my advantage in keeping yotes out of my cat set cubbies. I do get the occasional yote that ignores the cams or tries to work a cubby they stand back and paw at the end near the barrel I’m surprised I’ve not connected with a yote in a cubby yet. Spooked but did not flee like some. This one must of caught the red glow.
Last edited by Law Dog; 01/29/24 08:24 PM.
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Re: Trail Cams - Critter Avoidance?
[Re: stitchit]
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01/29/24 08:13 PM
01/29/24 08:13 PM
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Yes sir
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I tried about 6 different cameras before I found s model that worked decent on coyotes There's the flash then there's the noise from the filter arm moving into place for the night pics and videos. The other thing I learned in my search for a good camera is that the detection on alot of cameras isn't as good as we would like to think. But most of the time we don't know what we are missing.
I wanted cameras mostly for testing lure and bait formulations but they are such a pain to use for multiple reasons i rarely use them. Now for cats that don't dig for a lure or bait I'd probably need them to see the animals reaction I'm guessing when it comes to coyotes cameras are probably causing more problems than they are fixing based off my experience. If a camera has critters coming up to it and getting point blank face pics then there's something the animals are detecting and yotes don't tolerate it very well
Another I'll add is a coyote passing by on a trail heading somewhere is at a different level of alertness than one working a set so just because u get some coyote pics on your camera setup for deer it doesn't mean it will work good on coyotes working sets
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Re: Trail Cams - Critter Avoidance?
[Re: stitchit]
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01/29/24 08:46 PM
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I go for a quality pics so I’m closer with the camera then most folks would be that just want to see what’s there, me I know what’s there I want a better photo. That cat pic that spooked that cat was probably my bad for being to close to the trail and in the bend of the road did not help. If you want less issues and you don’t care about the quality find a further distance that works for your camera.
I prefer using cams I’ll take the occasional spooked critter compared to getting a few quality photos. Just like taking any photos it takes a lot of bad photos to get a useable one it’s just the way photography rolls. When I replaced my old PC I had this one build mainly to hold game cam photos and videos with 2tb of storage I’m told that’s a lot.
At the end of cat season (Feb 15th) I’ll put in my bigger SD cards and new batteries then leave them on the private property trails, creeks and roads until spring Turkey season starts then I’ll pick them up. The work begins then going through the thousands of photos. Many worthless ones of a snow covered branch bobbing up and down or a spring weed blowing in the breeze.
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Jerry Herbst
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Re: Trail Cams - Critter Avoidance?
[Re: stitchit]
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01/29/24 09:56 PM
01/29/24 09:56 PM
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I erased a great photo by accident of a blur of a coyote spinning around it looked like a ballerina pivoting on one back leg to go back the way it came, again too close to the trail it was hilarious.
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Re: Trail Cams - Critter Avoidance?
[Re: stitchit]
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01/29/24 10:13 PM
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I’m pretty sure I can hear the video mode on my Bushnell cams when it going. I don’t have any on video mode now because it limits what can post on video. I’m not a tech guy I hate it.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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