Trail Cam Tips

[billythekidrock]

Trail Camera Basics, Tips and More
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,62220.0.html

Excellent trail camera article by Bow4Elk.
http://www.pnwbowhunting.com/2010/06/invaluable-trail-camera.html

[klickriverchromer]

Here's a tip. Buy one and you'll have too have two or more, so just get two to start with.. Be prepared to have fun.. Energizer lith. all the way..

[bobcat]

I have five and at best that's only half of how many I REALLY need.   

[Daytonite]

Just bought my first one...actually two because I have an addictive personality and knew one would not be enough ....of course either is two but money talks

[h20hunter]

Some basics that I have learned the easy and hard way:

Protect it from people and bears or you are just going to have to replace it.
Test at home, then test again.
Make sure you know what types and size of memory cards it takes and have an extra.
Face it away from the sun.
Fast trigger speeds are your friend.
IF is cooler and works better to keep the cam hidden than regular flash.
Check the height as well as angle of placement.
Test the range for trigger sensitivity as well as camera angle.

Lastly, buget some more time and money because once you start that is what it is going to cost you.

[1Shot2Kills]

Protect it from people and bears or you are just going to have to replace it.

 

My first lesson with cam.... stolen..... 

[RuttinWapati]

I not only tested my Trail Cam at home but also tested it in the woods. I took my digital camera along when I put up the trail cam. I then proceeded tested the trail cam on the area where I wanted to focus on and then reviewed the pic's on the sd card in my small handheld camera. 

[WA hunter14]

I not only tested my Trail Cam at home but also tested it in the woods. I took my digital camera along when I put up the trail cam. I then proceeded tested the trail cam on the area where I wanted to focus on and then reviewed the pic's on the sd card in my small handheld camera. 

 

i dont know anything about trail cams but im going to get one, is there any other way to look at the pictures than with a camera?

[bobcat]

You can look at the pictures on a computer or on a tv.

[WA hunter14]

and what do i need to do that? cables cords?

[bobcat]

My computer has a port for an SD memory card, so I just plug my card into the computer. If your computer doesn't have that, you need a card reader. They're not expensive- I got mine at Wal Mart for about $8.00. With the card reader, you plug in your SD card from your trail cam, and then plug the card reader into the USB port on your computer. You can also plug the card reader into your TV, if it has a USB port.

My Moultrie cameras came with cords to plug the camera into a TV, but I've never needed to do it that way. I normally just look at the pictures on my laptop.

[WA hunter14]

alright, thank you!

[billythekidrock]

I use a Moultrie card/picture viewer.

[nontypical176]

My tip...don't put it next to a birds nest or you will get 400 pictures of them birds and nothing and dead batteries...stupid swallows.

[rosscrazyelk]

I know what you mean by addictive. I just bought one and already looking at what I want next