Carcass Cam 2014

[Wandering Woodsman]

Red Tail Hawk vs. immature Bald Eagle

[glenn57]

awesome pictures..thanks for posting them!!!!

[Lee Borgersen]

Very cool W.W. keep um commin when ya can

[dakids]

Very cool pictures.  centered which can be difficult.  Try moving the cam a little closer and lower.  The birds will look huge with the camera pointed upward.  Also pay attention to the backround.  your pictures are really, really good.  Take them to the next level but be careful.  It can be addicting.  Keep posting pics.  It helps feed my addiction.

[Wandering Woodsman]

Thanks for the advice. I just put the cam out for fun but now I'm going to see what else I can do. I'm going to place several cameras at different angles. If I could get a full shot of this photo it would be beautiful!

[dakids]

Here are a few of my best shots.  I usually only get one or two good shots per 1,000 taken.

[Wandering Woodsman]

Very nice!  All cool pics, but I love the Blue Jay and Grouse.  I always wanted to find a grouse drumming log to get photos like that.  I just moved to a new house this year and now have grouse in the area, so I will see if I can find a good drumming log this spring.

[dakids]

When you find a drumming log look at where the most poop is and what side of the log its on. They usually face the same way all the time.   Have fresh batteries and a big sd card as you will get 1000 pictures per day.

[Wandering Woodsman]

Tried some new camera angles.

[Lee Borgersen]

Your prior photos were good! Your latest photos are even more gooder.

 (more gooder) is that a word? 

[glenn57]

Your prior photos were good! Your latest photos are even more gooder.

 (more gooder) is that a word? 

yep........I use it all the time!!!!!!!!!! its gooder English!!!!!

[Boar]

I thought it was the most bestest english, but more gooder works too.

[dakids]

Those are some really cool pics. Very gooder. Are you addicted yet?

[Wandering Woodsman]

Well since I started with good pictures and then they got "gooder," I was hoping I could try harder and get the goodest. I did get addicted! I set up 4 cameras on the carcass, each taking photos as fast as possible.  Over 80,000 photos in 2 weeks and I still like my first ones the best.  Would have helped if the eagles kept coming though.  Haven't had them come in for the last 10 days.  Just had hawks and crows. And a sasquatch with a glowing hand.

[Wandering Woodsman]

These are the last photos that may be worth looking at.  I pulled all the cameras and cleaned up the area.  I definitely have to try this again someday. I would like to get some close ups of vultures as well.  Ugly, but cool birds. 

If anyone else tries this, make sure your carcass is lead free.  Use copper bullets or arrow the deer.  Lead kills a lot of eagles each year.  Crazy how many sick eagles are brought in each year, starting 1-2 weeks after gun season, all due to lead poisoning from eating carcasses of deer killed during gun season.

[dakids]

Great pictures.  Don't be a stranger and post more.