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elk messing with trail camera
BULLBLASTER:
I have one that is all gnawed on by elk. All the corners are rounded over and gnaw marks all over it.
greenhead_killer:
ive had this problem and built a log wall in front of the cam to keep them off it.
huntingfool7:
I have video of one licking the camera while there is another one in the background working over a No Trespassing sign.
fishnfur:
A couple of years ago I happened to be talking to the DNR wildlife biologist about elk rubbing saplings to death during mid-winter, when you wouldn't expect them to be rubbing at all. He compared young bulls to teenage boys - "they just like to break trees and tear them up for fun", just working off some nervous tension. I've also had many, many videos of elk licking and eyeballing the cams as well, and several of just the cams being pushed around by some unknown force. They're mostly limpers around here. so I quit trying to capture them on cams. Too depressing.
buglebrush:
--- Quote from: Phantom16 on July 06, 2016, 10:56:02 AM ---Yes sir, I have a good handful of elk snouts, tongues, eyeballs, ears, antlers, shoulders, etc., on trail cams. The trick is to place your cameras higher than elk eyeball level whenever possible. Carrying a few tree steps or even one section of climbing stick with you when cams are put out is the key. This also helps prevent other types of critters from messing with you cams. To get the proper angle downward, you can either just place some sticks behind the top/back of cam, or, take some pre-made pine wedges with.
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:yeah:. I also screwed a lock box into a tree for one of my cameras.
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