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Be sure the animals are going to be fairly close, preferably within about 15 feet, if you're expecting to get night time pictures. The reason I say this is the only pictures my Tascos have taken, other than of myself, have been at night, and all I could see were eyes glowing.
Quote from: bobcat on May 16, 2011, 09:56:39 PM Be sure the animals are going to be fairly close, preferably within about 15 feet, if you're expecting to get night time pictures. The reason I say this is the only pictures my Tascos have taken, other than of myself, have been at night, and all I could see were eyes glowing. Have you tried "instant fix" in PS on the dark photos?
Cool pics Bob, but I wish you'd resize them.......they take forever to load.
Nice to see a good set up, did you select your spot on previous expeirence or just see the path by the deer? Nice pics!
Quote from: seth30 on May 23, 2011, 06:43:24 PMNice to see a good set up, did you select your spot on previous expeirence or just see the path by the deer? Nice pics! This is on 200 acres of private property, and I wandered around quite a lot before settling on this particular spot. There aren't really any distinct feeding areas as far as I can tell, so it's kind of difficult in trying to place trail cameras. I have another camera out there at the far east side of the property, and I posted some pictures from that one previously. On the west side of the property I tried a couple of spots and I didn't have a lot of confidence in either spot, since I had pretty much just randomly stuck them up in convenient locations without putting a lot of thought into it, and therefore each time I only let the camera soak for 1 week. I got no pictures, except a couple at night in which the animal that set it off was out of the range of the flash. So seeing that this Tasco's flash didn't have a lot of range, I tried to put it in a location where I thought the deer might be more active during the day. So I ended up into a big patch of timber, as far in from the road as I could get, and down in the bottom just above a creek, where a few indistinct trails sort of funneled together. It worked out pretty well, but I still hope activity picks up, as the camera was there for three weeks and I only got 29 pictures. I'm considering putting out a salt block just to try to keep them there in front of the camera a bit longer. Another thing I need to remember to do, is to put some tape over the little red light on the front of the camera that comes on anytime it picks up movement. I read on chasingame.com that the red light will spook deer pretty bad. Not sure if it actually did, but I don't want to take any chances.
I'm definitely no expert- I'm still learning myself. I've only been doing trail cameras for about a year and a half now. But one thing I've found, is that just getting out there and analyzing my hunting area when trying to figure out camera placement, is a great learning experience. Without the cameras, I really wouldn't have the motivation to get out in the woods every couple weeks during this time of year. Last year I was hoping to find a good buck and then pattern him with the use of the cameras. Well it didn't work out that way, but I still learned more about my hunting area than I would have if I hadn't been out there all the time setting up cameras, checking them, and moving them around.
That is definately a UNIQUE HORN
