Homebrew for 2 weeks

[Todd_ID]

I finally was able to get up to my property to get my pictures and refill my corn.  A bear had ripped down my feeder but didn't hurt it.  It was pretty cool to get whitetails, muleys, elk, and bear all on my own property!  Hopefully I'll get a crack at something this fall with my bow.  My daughter knocked the batteries out of the external flash, and I didn't catch it when I hung the camera, so the night pictures weren't any good; they'll have to come next time.  Enjoy:

[jackelope]

Some real nice whitey bucks there...that freakboy is cool.

[dirty24d]

Very nice. u have a  great area cant wait too see some elk pics. thanks for posting!!!

[alwinearcher]

Todd! Sweet pics brother!  Nice whitey, and that bear looks like he could use an arrow!

[buckmaster_wa]

Cant wait to see how that wierd drop tine whitetail ends up lookin like. Nice pics.

[Drifterat]

Some real nice whitey bucks there...that freakboy is cool.

Yeah, it'll be cool to see what he turns out like. I think the doe in the last pic has put on some fake eyelashes, she's purdy....

How far up that tree does that bear stand? I'm a terrible judge of bears. Seems like he's got a long snout.

[carpsniperg2]

great pics

[bowhunterforever]

Awsome pics

[Quackwhacker]

Nice pics!  Do you have a close-up of your feeder or could you tell me how you built it?

Thanks

[willapawapiti]

Quite the private herd you have there!

[Wea300mag]

That bear looks like it needs a haircut (or one of my 180grain bullets). Nice pics.

[dougedoug]

sweet pics

[Todd_ID]

Nice pics!  Do you have a close-up of your feeder or could you tell me how you built it?

Thanks

The feeder is all PVC.  Bottom is 3" street 45 I had laying around.  Middle is 3" pipe for about 4'.  Top is 4" for 2.5'.  That's just what I happened to have laying around from building my house.  It holds 10 pounds of corn, so my next one would be all out of 4" to get 15# or so in it; I just didn't have enough 4" around.  The top rain cover is a 4" rubber test cap that I had from doing the water tests for the county on the plumbing drains in the house.

[Todd_ID]

Some real nice whitey bucks there...that freakboy is cool.

Yeah, it'll be cool to see what he turns out like. I think the doe in the last pic has put on some fake eyelashes, she's purdy....

How far up that tree does that bear stand? I'm a terrible judge of bears. Seems like he's got a long snout.

I think it's a small to medium bear.  I'd guess him at 200#.  He stands about 6.5' on the tree to the top of his head, so he's a 5.5' bear....roughly.  That's just an educated guess, though.

[zackmioli]

great bucks you got. awesome piece of property.

[Quackwhacker]

Nice pics!  Do you have a close-up of your feeder or could you tell me how you built it?

Thanks

The feeder is all PVC.  Bottom is 3" street 45 I had laying around.  Middle is 3" pipe for about 4'.  Top is 4" for 2.5'.  That's just what I happened to have laying around from building my house.  It holds 10 pounds of corn, so my next one would be all out of 4" to get 15# or so in it; I just didn't have enough 4" around.  The top rain cover is a 4" rubber test cap that I had from doing the water tests for the county on the plumbing drains in the house.

Thanks for the info.  Is it just open on the bottom or is there another opening for the animals to get to the corn?

[BIGINNER]

THATS A BIG GASH ON THE BUCKS THIGH...  OUCH!!!   (FIRST TWO PICS)

[Todd_ID]

Nice pics!  Do you have a close-up of your feeder or could you tell me how you built it?

Thanks

The feeder is all PVC.  Bottom is 3" street 45 I had laying around.  Middle is 3" pipe for about 4'.  Top is 4" for 2.5'.  That's just what I happened to have laying around from building my house.  It holds 10 pounds of corn, so my next one would be all out of 4" to get 15# or so in it; I just didn't have enough 4" around.  The top rain cover is a 4" rubber test cap that I had from doing the water tests for the county on the plumbing drains in the house.

Thanks for the info.  Is it just open on the bottom or is there another opening for the animals to get to the corn?

It's open on the bottom.  About 2-3 cups of corn fall out before it piles up enough to stop falling out.  I've just got to figure out how to get the bears from tearing it off the tree.......

[saylean]

THATS A BIG GASH ON THE BUCKS THIGH...  OUCH!!!   (FIRST TWO PICS)

Thats what I was thinking....maybe that is why is antlers are growing funny  ..if the wound is old enough.

Cool pics!

[engelwood]

Nice pics. Thanks for sharing!

[scudmaster]

Very nice nice pics and awesome property.  Have you tried any color correction, the white balance seems off a bit.

[Todd_ID]

Very nice nice pics and awesome property.  Have you tried any color correction, the white balance seems off a bit.

With a homebrew infrared flash you have to remove the IR filter or scrape the coating off the lens of the digital camera.  This leads to a pink hue on any daytime pictures but allows the lens to see the IR flash at night.  Thinking about switching it to black and white to get rid of that.

Anybody have an opinion on which is worse, the pinkish hue or black and white?

[400out]

Good job Todd I think between the two of us we have that hill covered, I should get mine pics back mon. keep it up!  ( I seen that bigger whitey last year He was shooter then)  Later

[PacificNWhunter]

Great pictures.

[DeerThug]

I'd hold out for the mulie.  The whitetail is a better but the weird horn mulie is cooler. 

[scudmaster]

Very nice nice pics and awesome property.  Have you tried any color correction, the white balance seems off a bit.

With a homebrew infrared flash you have to remove the IR filter or scrape the coating off the lens of the digital camera.  This leads to a pink hue on any daytime pictures but allows the lens to see the IR flash at night.  Thinking about switching it to black and white to get rid of that.

Anybody have an opinion on which is worse, the pinkish hue or black and white?

If you put something in the picture that is white, you can then use a "Choose Neutral Color" tool in something like Picasa and that should correct for the coating.

[scudmaster]

Like this.  Also try to under expose and it will give you more options with the software.

[jackelope]

I'd hold out for the mulie.  The whitetail is a better but the weird horn mulie is cooler. 

The wierd horned buck is a whitetail.

[Skyvalhunter]

Nice looking pics thanks for posting