Author Topic: Very first trail camera (with pics) (Read 6563 times)

daiello91 · « **on:** May 23, 2010, 12:23:37 AM »

First trail cam location, 2 week soak, picked a trail near a 4 or 5 year old cut deep in. Jumped 4 does bedded down right next to the cam. No bait.

Got more pictures of this bear than deer.

Deer

Had plenty other deer photos too, but same thing really just them headed back into the thick valley woods. Got some IR ones too but they're foggy. The bear fogged up the lens sniffing it, but left it alone otherwise. I put some mineral salt on those two little stumps you see in front of the cam today, so I think that will increase the deer pictures. There are plenty of them. Lots of sign all over.

Ugh, just noticed I the year is wrong. Have to fix that next time out.

bowhunterforever · « **Reply #1 on:** May 23, 2010, 12:36:44 AM »

Nice pics

saylean · « **Reply #2 on:** May 23, 2010, 02:16:34 AM »

Good looking bear...looks maybe rubbed on the forehead?

Congrats man! Those cams are a kick.

zackmioli · « **Reply #3 on:** May 23, 2010, 11:15:03 AM »

thanks for sharing! look forward to seeeing more.

predatorpro · « **Reply #4 on:** May 23, 2010, 02:54:56 PM »

nice pictures thats a good looking bear i would take him in a heart beat! i cant wait to get my trail camera up all i need is time

daiello91 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 24, 2010, 09:39:50 AM »

Quote from: saylean on May 23, 2010, 02:16:34 AM

Good looking bear...looks maybe rubbed on the forehead?

Someone gave him a noogy!

I added some mineral salt this past weekend, be cool to see if it increases activity around the cam after a couple more weeks.

Austrian Hunter · « **Reply #6 on:** May 24, 2010, 09:44:05 AM »

Nice spot for a tree stand

thanks for sharing

daiello91 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 06, 2010, 11:56:15 AM »

Got 303 pictures in the last two weeks off my 1 cam, using Redmond Trace Mineral Salt #90 with Selenium. Great stuff!

The bear from earlier in the month was, back and actually ran when the deer came in. Lots of females looking ready to pop out a fawn!

some bucks:

zackmioli · « **Reply #8 on:** June 06, 2010, 02:35:47 PM »

you got a good spot!

daiello91 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 06, 2010, 10:21:22 PM »

Quote from: zackmioli on June 06, 2010, 02:35:47 PM

you got a good spot!

Thanks

I'm a mile from any road and it's a steep climb down into a valley (then a steep climb out!)...in the three years I've hunted there I've not encountered a single person near this spot. I love it

daiello91 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 19, 2010, 09:01:25 PM »

A few major prego does & a group of 4 bucks have been hanging around. 2 big boys & 2 spike/fork horns. The bear didn't return again

rackattack · « **Reply #11 on:** June 19, 2010, 09:07:33 PM »

Nice crop of young bucks there.

daiello91 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 04, 2010, 11:19:36 AM »

The one I'm hopeful for come hunting season:

Him and a big fork horn friend

The big boy, his buddy and a little spike. Used to be 4 in the group...but the other little spike seems to running solo lately.

Little guy using the bathroom in front of the camera:

Another smaller guy

A tiny little first year buck

Titan-1 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 04, 2010, 01:46:10 PM »

Sweet pic's

daiello91 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 05, 2010, 05:16:33 PM »

Thanks, I'm really hoping that one shown in the first picture of my last post sticks around. Maybe even become territorial so I can rattle him in. He's looking like he could turn out to be a nice 5x5

cx2vandine · « **Reply #15 on:** July 07, 2010, 07:36:02 AM »

Good looking pictures. How long does that mineral salt last? How big are the bags?

400out · « **Reply #16 on:** July 07, 2010, 08:43:18 AM »

daiello91 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 11, 2010, 07:37:17 PM »

Quote from: cx2vandine on July 07, 2010, 07:36:02 AM

Good looking pictures. How long does that mineral salt last? How big are the bags?

50# bags - $9. "Redmond Trace Mineral Salt with Selenium". During the spring rain they depleted a lot faster than now, and I replaced it every 2 weeks. I'm going to cut back to 1 per month to maybe 1 per 6 weeks now that the rain stopped. However I've heard that since I'm putting it on a stump that well after it's gone visually that deer and elk will continue to like the stump on till the stump is actually gone. I'm still new to this stuff so we'll see.

Put another camera out for bow elk and apparently saved it from sure destruction at the hand of a bear today. All the moss I put over it to camouflage it was gone and the camera was turned to half way around the other side of the tree. The camera is in a deep valley, and I was 14 minutes behind him...I'm positive he must have heard me start my climb down and bolted. No elk pics though, only deer so I moved it to another area I'm positive there are elk.

deerhunter_98520 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 11, 2010, 07:49:47 PM »

hey have you used the trace mineral 50lb blocks? i have one in front of my cam and the deer and elk just walk right by it..nothing is touching it...maybe i should goto the bags instead..your havin lots of luck...i just put out a 50lb of wet cob today so we'll see how that works out.

daiello91 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 11, 2010, 07:52:29 PM »

Quote from: deerhunter_98520 on July 11, 2010, 07:49:47 PM

hey have you used the trace mineral 50lb blocks? i have one in front of my cam and the deer and elk just walk right by it..nothing is touching it...maybe i should goto the bags instead..your havin lots of luck...i just put out a 50lb of wet cob today so we'll see how that works out.

I tried a block a couple years ago in the same area. It got used, but not nearly as much as the bags.

daiello91 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 22, 2010, 07:30:57 AM »

Ran out after work and checked this cam. My buck group of 4 seems to have split up and the big 5 point hasn't been back since the 3rd, a couple of the others came in solo. Hoping he comes back.

big fork horn

smaller fork

first set of fawns I've seen this year

huge sow & cub

Pretty sure this is the same bear that comes by once every month or so

another fawn finally

It was a busy 17 days on the camera. Still hopeful the big 5 point comes back around.

cx2vandine · « **Reply #21 on:** July 22, 2010, 09:59:39 AM »

engelwood · « **Reply #22 on:** July 22, 2010, 10:53:56 AM »

Quote from: deerhunter_98520 on July 11, 2010, 07:49:47 PM

...maybe i should goto the bags instead..your havin lots of luck...i just put out a 50lb of wet cob today so we'll see how that works out.

Hey Deerhunter, good luck with that wet cob.... I put that stuff out a month or so ago and got A GAZILLION pictures of ravens/crows!!!!! Let me tell ya, you are going to get a ton of bird pictures...no fun at all. And for whatever reason, the deer and elk stopped coming by on the wet cob and came right back when I got rid of it and put out the mineral rocks again. Good luck, but I wouldn't suggest wet cob to anyone due to my experience.