Trail Cams?

[woodsrider]

Who uses trail cams for scouting? I bought one after Christmas and put it out for the first time Sunday. I plan on going back this Sunday to check it. Just wondering if anyone else uses them and if you have had any luck with them.

 

I will post any good pics I get (if any).

[spindoc]

I have 4 of them. The most recent is the Moultrie digital and I don't like it. I prefer the 35 mm ones I have more. Not a quality picture when you actually get one. More deer "butts" than anything. And half of the pics are of nothing but the trees the camera points at. I've thought about sucking it up and buying the no flash Cuddeback, but $400 is high, sheesh!

[woodsrider]

I have 4 of them. The most recent is the Moultrie digital and I don't like it. I prefer the 35 mm ones I have more. Not a quality picture when you actually get one. More deer "butts" than anything. And half of the pics are of nothing but the trees the camera points at. I've thought about sucking it up and buying the no flash Cuddeback, but $400 is high, sheesh!

I read many reviews on them before buying and decided on the Bushnell Trail Scout or Sentry (can't remember which). On the review I read it had the about the fastest trigger speed at 1/4-1/2 of a sec. I set it up in the yard to try it out and that isn't far off. I had my 2 year old daughter run around and it got pics of her. The trick I have always read is either set it up over bait/feeder or set it up looking more down a trail instead of across one.

 

If you like the Cuddebacks I have read real good things about the Excite. It runs $299. With the digital cameras the more you spend the better quality pics you will get.

[spindoc]

I read many reviews on them before buying and decided on the Bushnell Trail Scout or Sentry (can't remember which). On the review I read it had the about the fastest trigger speed at 1/4-1/2 of a sec. I set it up in the yard to try it out and that isn't far off. I had my 2 year old daughter run around and it got pics of her. The trick I have always read is either set it up over bait/feeder or set it up looking more down a trail instead of across one.

 

If you like the Cuddebacks I have read real good things about the Excite. It runs $299. With the digital cameras the more you spend the better quality pics you will get.

Agreed, I spent $100 on the Moultrie, wish now I'd have done some research, but thought "must be okay, it's digital" Wrong!!! Be sure to post your pics, I'm really interested in seeing them.

[Hasbeen]

I got this one with a Trail Cam. They don't often pose just right.

[Hasbeen]

I got this one with a Trail Cam. They don't often pose just right.

 

Well, never mind. I'm going to have to go back and review how to post a picture.

[Watusi]

I misread the thread title. I thought it said Trial Cams. I was thinking

 

"Wow, what a great way get a pattern on a big mature lawyer. Hang a couple of trial cams, get his habits down, know when he is coming and going, etc. Then put out a mock car wreck and set up a stand down wind. When he circles around the ambulance, blam!"

[spindoc]

I misread the thread title. I thought it said Trial Cams. I was thinking

 

"Wow, what a great way get a pattern on a big mature lawyer. Hang a couple of trial cams, get his habits down, know when he is coming and going, etc. Then put out a mock car wreck and set up a stand down wind. When he circles around the ambulance, blam!"

Sweet, just got a 10pt who answers to the name "Hearsay"!:jump:

[woodsrider]

Agreed, I spent $100 on the Moultrie, wish now I'd have done some research, but thought "must be okay, it's digital" Wrong!!! Be sure to post your pics, I'm really interested in seeing them.

I almost bought one of the Moultries until I read the reviews (chasingame.com is excellent). Most of theirs were pretty slow.

[cvillecat]

I have never used a trail cam. I prefer to scout the old fashioned way. That is one reason why I squirrel hunt.

[woodsrider]

Check my camera today after being out for 1 week. Had quite a few pics but mostly of the woods. I thought I had it aimed down a trail but it turns out it is actually across a trail. The deer are crossing almost right against it. I also had it facing west so most of my pics are whited out by the sun setting. I did get one decent pic of a buck just getting his horns and the back of a doe. There is also one of a deer with its face right up on the camera. I guess it was sniffing the camera when it took the pic.

 

Here is the best one I got.

[Watusi]

Nice pic, wr.

 

I guess you really don't need a safety belt to hunt from that treestand, huh? :lol:

[spindoc]

Nice pic, wr.

 

I guess you really don't need a safety belt to hunt from that treestand, huh? :lol:

It's the perfect height if you hunt with a knife!:walk:

[woodsrider]

There is no telling how long that has been there. When I first saw it I just had to laugh. Why would you go to the trouble. You would be better off just hunting off the ground.

[woodsrider]

This one was trying to lick the camera I guess.