Where should I put my camera this winter?

[yakimanoob]

Obviously not asking for a specific spot.  Just curious what you guys go for with your cams over the winter. 

Calving ground for elk or deer?  Try to figure out their late-winter movements for shed hunting? 

I have half a mind to hike deep into a basic and hang a big chunk of frozen meat in a tree and see what comes wandering by. 

What about you?

[Naches Sportsman]

I put mine on migration routes and wintering grounds.

[vandeman17]

Depends on what critters you are trying to get capture in your pictures. I try to put cameras in their winter range near a food source.

[fishngamereaper]

Put em in the shop and re hang in the spring...

Makes em last longer.

[Skyvalhunter]

Maybe you could put it in the elk calving area so we could see the cougars and wolves feasting

[wheels]

if you find well used game trail or  what i like to call deer elk highway  good place or on something that will draw them there maybe water

[yakimanoob]

Maybe you could put it in the elk calving area so we could see the cougars and wolves feasting

That's high on my list, actually.  I found a spot a bear (or bears) has been using over at least a couple years based on the decomp of the bones in the area.  It's just outside the Oak Creek feeding station area.   

[Twispriver]

I always put a couple of mine on my trapline - I suck at trapping but I'm good at attracting things to look at the traps and get some cool pictures.

[kselkhunter]

Curious about this thread.  Do you leave it up all winter?   Does the camera survive all the snow and winter weather?   

Interested in what you learn about winter activity in the wilderness.  And whether the camera survives.

[Kit Carson]

I always put a couple of mine on my trapline - I suck at trapping but I'm good at attracting things to look at the traps and get some cool pictures.

  

[NOCK NOCK]

I just dropped 3 for over winter. This is the year I get my targeted specie........moose in central wa.
Tried for moose Last year, but got some dandy bucks instead.

A few years ago I put one on my deer carcass remains, ended up getting some real cool golden eagle videos.

[cougforester]

I just dropped 3 for over winter. This is the year I get my targeted specie........moose in central wa.
Tried for moose Last year, but got some dandy bucks instead.

A few years ago I put one on my deer carcass remains, ended up getting some real cool golden eagle videos.

The only mega fauna I haven't gotten in NCW is a wolf, which probably is a good thing. I just drug a salvaged deer carcass to a camera of mine .5 miles off a road, pretty excited to see what comes to hit that.

[NOCK NOCK]

I just dropped 3 for over winter. This is the year I get my targeted specie........moose in central wa.
Tried for moose Last year, but got some dandy bucks instead.

A few years ago I put one on my deer carcass remains, ended up getting some real cool golden eagle videos.

The only mega fauna I haven't gotten in NCW is a wolf, which probably is a good thing. I just drug a salvaged deer carcass to a camera of mine .5 miles off a road, pretty excited to see what comes to hit that.

Me too, no wolf yet.      I did get a bull moose this summer, but on a deer set cam. go figure

[cougforester]

I just dropped 3 for over winter. This is the year I get my targeted specie........moose in central wa.
Tried for moose Last year, but got some dandy bucks instead.

A few years ago I put one on my deer carcass remains, ended up getting some real cool golden eagle videos.

The only mega fauna I haven't gotten in NCW is a wolf, which probably is a good thing. I just drug a salvaged deer carcass to a camera of mine .5 miles off a road, pretty excited to see what comes to hit that.

Me too, no wolf yet.      I did get a bull moose this summer, but on a deer set cam. go figure

I only got a cow on a camera. Saw a little bull swimming in a lake though and got some good pictures.

To the OP, sorry for the thread jack. I set mine on the south sides of hills to try and catch animals as they’re sunning themselves, and areas where I know lots of does hang out. I want to see the migration come through. I’m pulling a few other ones for elk and will be putting them on my duck hunting property on time lapse mode on our ponds to monitor when/if waterfowl is using the ponds when I’m not hunting.

[yakimanoob]

Well I decided to put my camera back at that same spot (see the "Popular Place" thread) -- this time complete with the spine and ribs of my elk that's been hanging in my shed for several weeks.  It was pretty dry when I set it, but I can't wait to see what comes by. 

I couldn't help myself and snagged a Browning Strike Force Elite off Amazon, which will be here this Tuesday.  So I've got one cam on bait in elk wintering grounds, and one that will need a home.  I'll probably play with it around my house taking photos of coyotes first. 

Anyone put them deep in the mountains for the thick of winter, just to see what's moving around?  I've heard rumors of some wolverines near Mt Adams, and think it would be pretty sweet to catch one of those!