General trail cam questions

[GOLDTIP]

I was just curious where people had the best luck getting good pics of deer  location,  height,etc,etc????  ???

[JohnWester]

good question.  I would be curious to know myself.  I don't currently have a camera, but this would be nice info to know.

[GOLDTIP]

Hey thanks for the compliment on my question  by the way have always thought your signature is awesome. :gunsmilie:

[Mayfly]

Well maybe I will take a stab at this one.

Overall it will be a trial and error sorta deal. If it is digital better yet because than hopefully you can check it right away. Use common sense when setting the height. Walk the trail where you think the deer will be and then try and figure out whee the deer will  be as far as height goes and set the camera accordingly. I think the magic spot when I put a couple out was about 4 feet. One thing you don't want it close brush or branches that will blow a lot if it gets windy. If that is the case you will waste a whole memory card or roll of film on branches No good. Clearings work the best obviously but you can get a picture anywhere. I know when I put a brand new camera up thee were guidelines in the directions telling me the distance of the sensors and the width etc....that also assisted me. The first mistake that I ever made was set the camera too far from the deer trail that I was watching so that is also something to consider.

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[ScottPugh]

It is a ton of trial and error...  Last year was teh first year I had mine out and we tested it behind my dads cabin the night before to test height, distance, etc.  Since we knew there would be deer behind there that night we had a good test subject (See Picture #1&2). 

We then set it up back by one of our new stands we had 175 pictures, but got nothing but crows and pictures with trees.  We found out that the trees moved with the wind triggering the sensor (See Picture #3).  We then moved it back to where my stand is (edge of a swamp) that has some serious paths going through the swamp.  We got pictures from night, day, afternoon and it helped me get a plan for opener.  Well to say the least they never crossed my path (except for a doe and fawn 30 minutes in on opener).

The biggest thing is make sure your date / time is set and that it's at the right level to trigger when the deer come walking through. 

Picture #1

Picture #2

Picture #3

[GOLDTIP]

hoooollllyyyyyyyyyy crows batman thanks for tip

[Roosterslayer]

With my camera i set it up on trails through funnels between bed and water(if you have water on your property). with the weather this warm deer will be up all hours of the day to get water. Also i place my camera approximately 4 feet off the ground, and do not face the camera West/East. The heat from the sun rising or setting with trigger the camera.

[tripnchip]

When i set mine out I also like to angle it down the the trail so it has more trigger time.

[GOLDTIP]

trip how high do you put it and how do you angle it  what do you use that stays in place

[Rywheat]

Just use a stick or small branch to prop behind the camera to angle it down

[ChrisWallace]

All of my cameras have a laser alignment on them, about 25 feet from camera, (which is the max for it to pick up I line the laser with about my waist so its angling down.

Cameras work best over areas where the deer are walking slow or feeding, main route to the feed, or at the grain bucket. Works great, areas you know that have been old scrape lines the bucks still walk them.

Here are a couple of pics, some in front of a block, some in the food plot and some over scrape line and one on a rub.