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jstone
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What’s the longest that you have left a camera.?
I am thinking of leaving my camera up in a way out of the way place threw the winter. Grab it next year.
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Re: How long have you left camera
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I left one for close to a year but not on purpose, just didn't get around to grabbing it. Batteries were dead and card was full
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I've had one out for 8 years now. It's placed on a tree right next to a fallen tree that has the map I used to mark where I put it as well as a nalgene bottle. I remembered where I put three out of the four when I went back 6 months later and noticed the map wasn't in my hunting stuff.
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August 26, 2020, 01:39:44 PM »
I accidentally left one for a year. I pulled all of them right before season started last year or so I thought. And when I went to hang them back up this spring I found that I had actually left one out over the winter. It only took pictures for about four months before it glitched out and stopped for some reason. It was kind of cool having it out during hunting season though. There was some very close encounters between elk and hunters and it really did not seem like the hunters were in stalk mode like they had a Clue that the Elk had just passed in front of them within minutes
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Re: How long have you left camera
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August 26, 2020, 04:02:58 PM »
I leave mine up year round. Start checking them once a month when the snow lifts until the snow won't allow me to anymore than repeat the next year.
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Try to do overwinter cams every year. The higher elevation ones will hang for 9 months due to snow not allowing access.
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Re: How long have you left camera
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August 26, 2020, 08:30:21 PM »
I leave them up over winter all the time. Have had cams hanging for several years in multiple locations. One i was going to check today has been up over 5 years.
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Re: How long have you left camera
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August 26, 2020, 09:05:42 PM »
I plan to leave one out over winter too. Hoping to get a few months worth of photos but we’ll see. I’m guessing the batteries will drain quite a bit faster in the cold
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Re: How long have you left camera
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August 26, 2020, 10:16:39 PM »
Get lithium batts, put a 16gb card in, 1 min timer. Will last well over a year if the place isn’t pounded
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Re: How long have you left camera
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August 26, 2020, 11:01:30 PM »
I've got sixteen out. They stay out year round, and are still taking pictures when I check them a year later. Some I only get to every other year, depending on whether I'm currently hunting an area or not.
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Re: How long have you left camera
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August 27, 2020, 07:10:30 PM »
Thanks greenhead for the info on the baggies and the SD card.
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Re: How long have you left camera
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I have a dumb question about the cards
What does that little lock switch on the side do?
Leave it on lock or not?
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Re: How long have you left camera
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Lock it if you don't want your pics deleted or the card to be formatted.
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Re: How long have you left camera
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I have 3 cameras in one area that are going on there 5season in place I check them several times a year , freshen up the batteries , and give them a good wipe down to make sure the sap isn’t ruining them been fine no water in them ....yet these are just cheap 8mp tasco ones
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Re: How long have you left camera
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August 29, 2020, 09:45:38 AM »
I’ve had 2 that quit working because I left them out over winter. The one I left out last winter was fine tho.. it took pics for 11 months.
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