What are the odds????

[ouchfoss]

I've had a trail cam for about 3 years and Ive never had any luck getting pics of anything. In fact the largest animal I had a pic of was a robin and thats the only animal I've ever had a pic of after about a full 30 days worth of having the camera up in 3 different places. 2 nights ago my dad was bugging me about putting it back up so I went and bought a battery and put it at the Y of a grown up road about a mile from my house. The Y is a big dried up mud puddle you can usually see coyote tracks in and every once in a while you see some bear tracks or deer tracks. We figured it would be a good spot to at least get a picture of something we might be able hunt soon. The first animal pic was 13 hours later and I have to say, I wasnt expecting this.

[runamuk]

meow

nice pic

[Jeffrey]

That cougar came through about an hour too early...or he could have had rabbit for dinner.

[carpsniperg2]

cool pics

[400out]

Where was the Y in that road at I missed it 

[ouchfoss]

The Y is about 10 feet to the left of where this pic is taken.

[huntnnw]

Guessing from the amount of time you have hung your cam,  you haven't used an attractent. Or you are not using a fast trigger speed on your cams, most cheap cams do not have a fast enough speed to just be placed on a trail without something to hold them.

[ouchfoss]

I dont think this has a very good trigger speed. This was the cheapest cam you could buy at Walmart at the time. I tried to adjust the delay time between photos but I couldnt really figure it out. I lost the instruction manual for it years ago.

[mountainman1]

Your odd in that spot are good. I would set up where your trail cam was pointed up the trail or down the trail for a better chance of more than two pics of an animal, anyhow you got a pic of a lifetime so keep the camera going for more pics...

[h2ofowlr]

That first pick would suprise me to.  Quite the animal.   

[ouchfoss]

There wasnt much to hang the camera off except for a small alder tree that was right there and I was having a hell of a time adjusting the angle and direction it was pointing because all I could find to hang it with was a few small bungee cords and some string. My dad and I were talking about making a long wooden stake to hang it off so we could just put the cam where ever we wanted and just pound the stake into the ground.
I definetly plan to keep the camera in that same spot and maybe adjust the angle a little and hopefully hit a grand slam like that again!  

[NWBREW]

I think you know why your not getting any deer pics.   You should take care of that problem.

[ouchfoss]

I think you know why your not getting any deer pics.   You should take care of that problem.

There has been a doe and fawn that Ive seen several times about 1/4 mile away and I havent seen them in a couple weeks. I havent really been looking for them but I guess if I see a doe with no fawn in that area, I'll know what happened.

[h20hunter]

Heck with the cat, that is one mean SOB rabbit to scare a lion away. Hunt the rabbit and hang his hide on the wall for all to worship.

[Jeremy S]

That's cool man.