Anybody getting after it. 2024 trail cams.

[hunter399]

Tis the season I suppose.
Bucks/bulls what not are growing little nubs.
Like title says.
Anybody hot on it.
I'm still trying to get to some winter cams ,change batteries, refresh with stuff. Before I go banana on any new spots.
2/5 winter cams checked.
I'm a little slow this year.

A lot of talk on here about mineral this winter,then everyone quiet.

[huntnnw]

Don’t get serious until may or June. Nothing really to see right now. Mid to
late may you can start seeing which bucks are going to be big

[vandeman17]

I have had a couple cameras out at my cabin all winter. Pretty sure the batteries died but don't know when. Curious to see what is on them when I make it up there here in a few weeks

[salt n sage90]

I havent been able to get to my high cameras yet on account of snow and the pass being closed. (Both East and West side)
Have a few spypoint LM-2 cell cams I have been playing with and a spypoint micro.
The LM-2 cams haven't been too responsive so I'm nervous they are a bust, but they have sent a few pics. (maybe just low traffic spots).
The Micro has been sending lots of deer and elk pics in 418 so that's fun.

I was skeptical of the cell cams so I set up other digital cameras with them to see if they missed anything. Should be getting to those soon.

[Ridgerunner]

Waiting for some snow to melt to retrieve some and get all set for this summer. 

[Bearhunter308]

I've had a couple good cougar pics last month. Struggling to keep my batteries from dying early right now- coldish weather at night I guess. I just ordered a solar charger off Amazon. Gonna play around with that, see if I can go longer-term.

[nwalpineguide]

Attached is a video I pulled from a camera unit I placed in October of 2023. This, in the Chiwawa River valley and at about 3,700 feet elevation.

It's a small racked buck chasing a "hot" doe.

Sure hope the wolves like  the taste of grizzly bear and cougar cubs. They're eating up the deer pretty fast. Just not seeing the deer numbers I used to.

Bye the way: the last deer out at this location was December 10th, 2023 and the first deer in, this year, was April 15th, 2024. Pretty standard for this location the last 15 years.

[nwalpineguide]

Second video of a small, crab claw 4 point buck.

Enjoy!

[Bowhunter3]

Great videos!

[Ironhead]

I am going to throw a few random Trail Cam videos up here.

[Ironhead]

A couple more rando's. I think these are older videos.

[salt n sage90]

Very cool!
Thanks for sharing

[redi]

Got a few good pics

[hunter399]

Still working on it ,is where I'm at.
I did check all the winter cams,got a few carry over bucks from last year. Nothing really out of the normal.
Few bear pics also ,I'd say some areas I'm in.
Bears came out of hybernation around late March, beginning of April.

Been working on new cams,in new spots.
Those are the ones that have me most excited.
At the same time ,a lot of what if goes along with that.
I plan to set and forget most these cameras.
So I won't return till August or September,which I have no clue what will happen.
Bears could rip down the cam.
Memory card fill up, batteries die, get bashed or stolen.
Salt/minerals ate up from moose.

Part of the fun I guess ,all the what if.
All the cams have new batteries, a 16 or 32 gigabyte card.
Will see if they can last three months till I return.
I will view the most recent pics,make a decision to pull the cam,or leave and maintain that spot.
I have spent more time and money then I ever have in the past.
I will most likely spend my entire bear season checking/pulling cams with a rifle in hand.
My wife is usually very supportive,has said I've fell off the crazy train this year.
I'm only about half done,her and I are about sick of it.

If I do share pics with HW it won't happen till bear season august/September.

Goodluck , Happy camera hunting to all .

[vandeman17]

This whole lgbtq alphabet madness is even infecting our elk.

[kodiak06]

I've put 8 cams out in Wa which are what matter. A few in Oregon

[freshgrease]

I setup one of the bucket feeders 3 weeks ago and spread some apple flavoured salt out with it. I came back and found I have 10,000 pictures to sift through.

A few does coming through here and there... but this young buck has found the feeder and practically lives on it. From 30 min before sunset to maybe 45 min or so after sunrise he does not leave. Like 99% of the pictures are of this one buck 

[Scruffy]

Sometimes throwing some bait backfires.  I get the same thing, some little dink doe or small buck will camp out and load up my cards.....

I setup one of the bucket feeders 3 weeks ago and spread some apple flavoured salt out with it. I came back and found I have 10,000 pictures to sift through.

A few does coming through here and there... but this young buck has found the feeder and practically lives on it. From 30 min before sunset to maybe 45 min or so after sunrise he does not leave. Like 99% of the pictures are of this one buck 

[huntnnw]

Still working on it ,is where I'm at.
I did check all the winter cams,got a few carry over bucks from last year. Nothing really out of the normal.
Few bear pics also ,I'd say some areas I'm in.
Bears came out of hybernation around late March, beginning of April.

Been working on new cams,in new spots.
Those are the ones that have me most excited.
At the same time ,a lot of what if goes along with that.
I plan to set and forget most these cameras.
So I won't return till August or September,which I have no clue what will happen.
Bears could rip down the cam.
Memory card fill up, batteries die, get bashed or stolen.
Salt/minerals ate up from moose.

Part of the fun I guess ,all the what if.
All the cams have new batteries, a 16 or 32 gigabyte card.
Will see if they can last three months till I return.
I will view the most recent pics,make a decision to pull the cam,or leave and maintain that spot.
I have spent more time and money then I ever have in the past.
I will most likely spend my entire bear season checking/pulling cams with a rifle in hand.
My wife is usually very supportive,has said I've fell off the crazy train this year.
I'm only about half done,her and I are about sick of it.

If I do share pics with HW it won't happen till bear season august/September.

Goodluck , Happy camera hunting to all .

unfortunately its all for nothing if the cam fails, batts die, sd card fills or a critter messes up cam waiting to check that long. Had way to many scenarios over the last 20 years with cams to ever leave that long. 3 weeks to a month is the longest a cam gets left in the warm months for me not including winter where some just get left due to snow and if they work thats great.

[hunter399]

Still working on it ,is where I'm at.
I did check all the winter cams,got a few carry over bucks from last year. Nothing really out of the normal.
Few bear pics also ,I'd say some areas I'm in.
Bears came out of hybernation around late March, beginning of April.

Been working on new cams,in new spots.
Those are the ones that have me most excited.
At the same time ,a lot of what if goes along with that.
I plan to set and forget most these cameras.
So I won't return till August or September,which I have no clue what will happen.
Bears could rip down the cam.
Memory card fill up, batteries die, get bashed or stolen.
Salt/minerals ate up from moose.

Part of the fun I guess ,all the what if.
All the cams have new batteries, a 16 or 32 gigabyte card.
Will see if they can last three months till I return.
I will view the most recent pics,make a decision to pull the cam,or leave and maintain that spot.
I have spent more time and money then I ever have in the past.
I will most likely spend my entire bear season checking/pulling cams with a rifle in hand.
My wife is usually very supportive,has said I've fell off the crazy train this year.
I'm only about half done,her and I are about sick of it.

If I do share pics with HW it won't happen till bear season august/September.

Goodluck , Happy camera hunting to all .

unfortunately its all for nothing if the cam fails, batts die, sd card fills or a critter messes up cam waiting to check that long. Had way to many scenarios over the last 20 years with cams to ever leave that long. 3 weeks to a month is the longest a cam gets left in the warm months for me not including winter where some just get left due to snow and if they work thats great.

Different strokes for different folks I guess.
Roll the dice,7 or 11.
Most cams will last much longer then 3 weeks to a month.
I will say ,you do you,check it daily or monthly.
Fresh batterys,32 gigabyte card,and a cable lock for the bears and people. 3 month soak shouldn't be a problem.

I'll will say this though,I have so many cams that if I checked monthly,I would spend every weekend,every spare day of my time checking them.  That's not how I want to spend my summer.
So I will double down on my gas money and time and wait till bear season opens.  Few cams I might even wait till deer season to check them. I'll be there hunting anyway.
I may take your advice a check a few that are not five mile hike in.
Or go in rotation and check some of the first ones I put out for the year.

[freshgrease]

Pulled a camera I had set for two weeks on some public. There's 2.5k photos of deer coming through almost all in daylight 

It's feeling like this might be the spot for sept.

[kodiak06]

Still working on it ,is where I'm at.
I did check all the winter cams,got a few carry over bucks from last year. Nothing really out of the normal.
Few bear pics also ,I'd say some areas I'm in.
Bears came out of hybernation around late March, beginning of April.

Been working on new cams,in new spots.
Those are the ones that have me most excited.
At the same time ,a lot of what if goes along with that.
I plan to set and forget most these cameras.
So I won't return till August or September,which I have no clue what will happen.
Bears could rip down the cam.
Memory card fill up, batteries die, get bashed or stolen.
Salt/minerals ate up from moose.

Part of the fun I guess ,all the what if.
All the cams have new batteries, a 16 or 32 gigabyte card.
Will see if they can last three months till I return.
I will view the most recent pics,make a decision to pull the cam,or leave and maintain that spot.
I have spent more time and money then I ever have in the past.
I will most likely spend my entire bear season checking/pulling cams with a rifle in hand.
My wife is usually very supportive,has said I've fell off the crazy train this year.
I'm only about half done,her and I are about sick of it.

If I do share pics with HW it won't happen till bear season august/September.

Goodluck , Happy camera hunting to all .

unfortunately its all for nothing if the cam fails, batts die, sd card fills or a critter messes up cam waiting to check that long. Had way to many scenarios over the last 20 years with cams to ever leave that long. 3 weeks to a month is the longest a cam gets left in the warm months for me not including winter where some just get left due to snow and if they work thats great.

SPOT ON. When our logging roads open up for motorized I run cams up during late Nov for a winter soak. 6-12 miles in so, it sux to ride the bikes in early spring to a dead cam lol

[dreadi]

I put a cam up on a property that we have an access to for a bear damage hunt. It's the same property that I got a bear and deer from last year. There's plenty of damage right where the deer are passing through but, I haven't caught a bear on camera yet.


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[JakeLand]

A cell cam that’s up high been there since September
6 or 7 deer in the one pic

[Bearhunter308]

Had a camera out since January. Change batteries and sd card every few weeks. So far I've got cougar, bear, bobcat, deer, and tons of coyotes on camera. This is on a rarely used Port Blakely walk in spot. It's only a 10 min walk from the road, but with a small inconvenient spot to park, almost nobody goes back there. Good spot.  Time stamp is off on some of the pics. All are from this year.

[Bearhunter308]

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[Bearhunter308]

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[Bearhunter308]

The cougar was in a spot a couple hundred yards down the trail.

[Bearhunter308]

Two adolescent chocolate bears chasing each other

[hunter399]

Still working on it ,is where I'm at.
I did check all the winter cams,got a few carry over bucks from last year. Nothing really out of the normal.
Few bear pics also ,I'd say some areas I'm in.
Bears came out of hybernation around late March, beginning of April.

Been working on new cams,in new spots.
Those are the ones that have me most excited.
At the same time ,a lot of what if goes along with that.
I plan to set and forget most these cameras.
So I won't return till August or September,which I have no clue what will happen.
Bears could rip down the cam.
Memory card fill up, batteries die, get bashed or stolen.
Salt/minerals ate up from moose.

Part of the fun I guess ,all the what if.
All the cams have new batteries, a 16 or 32 gigabyte card.
Will see if they can last three months till I return.
I will view the most recent pics,make a decision to pull the cam,or leave and maintain that spot.
I have spent more time and money then I ever have in the past.
I will most likely spend my entire bear season checking/pulling cams with a rifle in hand.
My wife is usually very supportive,has said I've fell off the crazy train this year.
I'm only about half done,her and I are about sick of it.

If I do share pics with HW it won't happen till bear season august/September.

Goodluck , Happy camera hunting to all .

unfortunately its all for nothing if the cam fails, batts die, sd card fills or a critter messes up cam waiting to check that long. Had way to many scenarios over the last 20 years with cams to ever leave that long. 3 weeks to a month is the longest a cam gets left in the warm months for me not including winter where some just get left due to snow and if they work thats great.

I hate to say it.
But your spot on correct,right as rain.
Freaking king me ,RIGHT.
You are correct huntnnw

Went and checked a cam yesterday.
One of the first I put up,it stopped working middle of May.
Lost a whole month worth of pics
Some of these new spots I've been playing with, these deer have never seen a mineral site. So they are blowing up my camera.
I slapped up another cam. I'm gonna have to go back to some of the cams that are getting a 1000 pics a day. Set a delay, with one photo burst. So the camera isn't getting blasted like that.
Even though the camera was getting hit hard,not sure if I got a corrupted SD card or what. Cause it only had 8k pics ,but stopped working. I should of been able to hold another 8k. Battery not dead,put new battery in when put up. Sometimes these cameras just take a dump.

[kodiak06]

Still working on it ,is where I'm at.
I did check all the winter cams,got a few carry over bucks from last year. Nothing really out of the normal.
Few bear pics also ,I'd say some areas I'm in.
Bears came out of hybernation around late March, beginning of April.

Been working on new cams,in new spots.
Those are the ones that have me most excited.
At the same time ,a lot of what if goes along with that.
I plan to set and forget most these cameras.
So I won't return till August or September,which I have no clue what will happen.
Bears could rip down the cam.
Memory card fill up, batteries die, get bashed or stolen.
Salt/minerals ate up from moose.

Part of the fun I guess ,all the what if.
All the cams have new batteries, a 16 or 32 gigabyte card.
Will see if they can last three months till I return.
I will view the most recent pics,make a decision to pull the cam,or leave and maintain that spot.
I have spent more time and money then I ever have in the past.
I will most likely spend my entire bear season checking/pulling cams with a rifle in hand.
My wife is usually very supportive,has said I've fell off the crazy train this year.
I'm only about half done,her and I are about sick of it.

If I do share pics with HW it won't happen till bear season august/September.

Goodluck , Happy camera hunting to all .

unfortunately its all for nothing if the cam fails, batts die, sd card fills or a critter messes up cam waiting to check that long. Had way to many scenarios over the last 20 years with cams to ever leave that long. 3 weeks to a month is the longest a cam gets left in the warm months for me not including winter where some just get left due to snow and if they work thats great.

I hate to say it.
But your spot on correct,right as rain.
Freaking king me ,RIGHT.
You are correct huntnnw

Went and checked a cam yesterday.
One of the first I put up,it stopped working middle of May.
Lost a whole month worth of pics
Some of these new spots I've been playing with, these deer have never seen a mineral site. So they are blowing up my camera.
I slapped up another cam. I'm gonna have to go back to some of the cams that are getting a 1000 pics a day. Set a delay, with one photo burst. So the camera isn't getting blasted like that.
Even though the camera was getting hit hard,not sure if I got a corrupted SD card or what. Cause it only had 8k pics ,but stopped working. I should of been able to hold another 8k. Battery not dead,put new battery in when put up. Sometimes these cameras just take a dump.

That stinks...

[Face72]

Doing a little pre season scouting for my FIL.  nice when there in camp.

[Face72]

Oops here's the pics

[Face72]

Try this again

[Mfowl]

I hadn't gotten out to check my couple cams on the Westside for nearly 2 months. Glad I left them to soak! Finally had some bucks show up on one in the past week. Freshened up the salt, hopefully they will stick around!

[Mfowl]

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[Mfowl]

Bears too!

[Mfowl]

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[hunter399]

Well I've been after it a lot lately.
I've had multiple cams not working. Basically most of my cams filled up the SD card within a month.
All the cams I have out I started out with two photo burst.
Just left the five second delay.
So I have been circling back,and changing settings on all my cams to one photo burst. And some kind of delay.
To minimize cards filling up to quickly.

So it's been a cat and mouse game,with new spots,first year using loose salt. Years past I never had problems with cards filling and causing the cam to stop working.

With all that said, I do have some new spots that are showing some good results. Most of my old spots have more activity then years past. Nothing I really want to post up yet.
Although like most hunting related stuff,it's a learning process.
Next year,all my cams will be on the lowest settings right out the gate.
One photo burst and a 15-30 second delay.
Sucks cause I'll probably sacrifice some cougar pic by setting a delay. But I also can't have cams not working.

Wanted to say GREAT PICS guys, like seeing success even if my own isn't great.
Thanks huntnnw for your advise to check cams.
Otherwise I'd be sitting with a bunch of cams that filled up in May come bear season.

[Bendejo]

Nice Lil family shot I got on the cam yesterday

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[hunter399]

I'll share one pic here,since I did start the topic.
Kinda feel stupid not sharing at least one.

[throttlejocky20]

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[hunter399]

Officially DONE,thank god .
In my quest to find the holy grail ... Grand daddy buck.
I think I bit off more than I can chew.
Last two cams dropped recently,wish I would of went deeper in the woods. Trying to run a lot of cams isn't easy.
Now just rando cam checks.

[Mfowl]

Mid June.

[Mfowl]

Mid July

[redi]

Nice bear

[Mfowl]

Mid June.

[Mfowl]

Mid July.

[Mfowl]

Mid August, next stop, hard horned!