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Quote from: huntnnw on May 22, 2024, 05:29:51 AMQuote from: hunter399 on May 20, 2024, 08:34:47 AMStill 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 huntnnwWent and checked a cam yesterday.One of the first I put up,it stopped working middle of May.Lost a whole month worth of picsSome 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.
Quote from: hunter399 on May 20, 2024, 08:34:47 AMStill 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.
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 .
