I pulled my cams

[Jamieb]

I put up 3 trail cams the first week of june with the plan to leave them through the summer and get them out by the first of Sept. when hunters would be out and about. Fire danger closed the area in August till Oct. my second deer tag was for a diffrest unit, and then there was elk season so I didnt get back to the caeras until late buck. The batteries werent dead in 2 of the cameras and I got 100's of deer pictures but not one big buck. Tons of does, fawns, and young bucks but no big bucks. All three cams were in clearcuts with well used deer trails, close to doghair. I know theres got to be some big bucks in the area, and thought I had the cameras in good spots, but now I dont know if I should look for new spots to hang the cameras or becuse I did get a lot of deer pics should I just hang them back in the same spots. I'll put the cameras out after Christmas and leave them for a few months and see if the cold will kill the batteries.
Heres a few pics from this years cams

[Jamieb]

what kind of bird?

[RifleRidge]

  Love cam pics... Eager to get ours set back up come early spring!

[Heredoggydoggy]

what kind of bird?

Judging by the shape and white edge of the tail--looks like one of those Eurasian Collared Doves.

[Jamieb]

I normaly put the out en early summer and pull them early fall but after seeing how long the batteries lasted, I'm going to put them out for the winter.

[Jamieb]

what kind of bird?

Judging by the shape and white edge of the tail--looks like one of those Eurasian Collared Doves.

Thanks. There are a lot of doves around there in the summer so it's likely.

[RifleRidge]

I normaly put the out en early summer and pull them early fall but after seeing how long the batteries lasted, I'm going to put them out for the winter.

Winter time you should get some awsome pics. Be sure to post them ..

[bobcat]

I was going to say dove as well, but I was just thinking a regular mourning dove.

[Heredoggydoggy]

I was going to say dove as well, but I was just thinking a regular mourning dove.

Could be, but I was going by the large amount of white on the tail.  Just the shape of the tail says it's some kind of Dove.

[Heredoggydoggy]

Going to check on my camera tomorrow.  If there's snow, I'll pull it.  Too easy for some lowlife to track me into the camera if there's snow.  Battery life on that Wildgame doesn't seem to be very good anyway.  Doubt if I'll get another Wildgame, but for a first camera, it was a good deal.

[Jamieb]

One of my cams is a wildgame, the other 2 are moultree. The wildgame's batteries were dead, the others were at 40%.
The wildgame was my first trail camera. It takes ok pictures but eats batteries fast.

[bobcat]

It depends on the camera, not so much the brand, as far as battery life goes. I have Moultries that go through batteries like there's no tomorrow, especially in the winter when it's cold. My Wildgame cams will go several months on the same batteries, temperature doesn't seem to matter so much.

[Heredoggydoggy]

It might be the difference between the high-end models and the cheapies.  My Wildgame is a 3MP IR camera that was on sale for $65 with a 2 GB card.  I've left it out for a month or more lately, and only got 5 pictures and those were right after new batteries were put in.  I know there should have been more pics, because the game trail the camera is on shows a lot of activity.

[Jamieb]

My wildgame is a cheapy too. The batteries last less then 2 weeks when its warm out.

[Heredoggydoggy]

My wildgame is a cheapy too. The batteries last less then 2 weeks when its warm out.

Sounds just like my camera.  I'd like to get a camera that will work for at least a month on the same batteries, but with my luck I'd just end up with a costlier POS! 

[grundy53]

I leave my cameras out year round.   I use Moultrie M-80's and they get pretty good battery life.

[buck man]

I leave my cameras out year round.   I use Moultrie M-80's and they get pretty good battery life.

I have 6 and love em .

[Heredoggydoggy]

I leave my cameras out year round.   I use Moultrie M-80's and they get pretty good battery life.

I have 6 and love em .

I've heard a lot of good things about Moultries.  Considering one for my next camera. 

Just got back from checking on my camera.  Lots of big deer tracks on the trail but only 2 pictures of small does.  THE DAY AFTER I CHANGED THE BATTERIES AND SD CARD! 

[Jamieb]

Where I've been hanging these cams the last 2 years I get 100's of deer pictures over the summer, does. fawns, and small bucks but never a realy big buck. The deer numbers are there but the lack of big bucks has me thinking of trying to find a new spot. I'm going to put the camers out for the winter. What do you folks think? same spot as before, or look for a new spot?
I would think if the does and small bucks use those trails that sooner or later a big buck will too.

[bobcat]

If you had them where the does were through the last week of October and the first two weeks of November, some big bucks should have showed themselves. If not, then I would be looking for some new spots. This time of year though you're going to have to get them right in a buck's core area. I just set up one yesterday near a large concentration of buck rubs, along with about 30 pounds of apples, I think any bucks that are in there, will end up in front of the camera sometime in the next week or two.