Hunting Washington Forum
Washington State Hunting Forum and Northwest Resource Site
Please
login
or
register
.
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
News:
Free:
Contests & Raffles
.
Home
Help
Calendar
Advertise
Login
Register
Hunting Washington Forum
»
Community
»
Photo & Video
»
Trail Cam Set Up
Advertisement
Advertise Here
« previous
next »
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Go Down
Author
Topic: Trail Cam Set Up (Read 1736 times)
kglacken
Co-Host at ZG Outdoors
Trade Count:
(
0
)
Sourdough
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 1038
Location: Skookumchuck
Trail Cam Set Up
«
on:
February 27, 2012, 01:11:30 PM »
I have a spot I want to put my camera along a trail. I want the deer and elk to stop in front of the camera or at least slow down so I can get some better pictures. What do you recommend I use? Apples, salt lick, grains, what do you guys use?
Logged
Advertise Here
bobcat
Global Moderator
Trade Count:
(
+14
)
Legend
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 39214
Location: Rochester
Re: Trail Cam Set Up
«
Reply #1 on:
February 27, 2012, 01:15:09 PM »
Apples, but my supply has dried up for now. It could get expensive if you have to buy them at the store. I heard of someone using vanilla extract. That might be worth looking into, just for something to cause them to pause for a better picture.
Logged
h20hunter
Trade Count:
(
+16
)
Legend
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 20872
Location: Lake Stevens
Re: Trail Cam Set Up
«
Reply #2 on:
February 27, 2012, 01:19:07 PM »
Salt, mineral rock, apples, cob....anything to get them to pause and sniff. Also, if you have a decent trigger speed and a 3 burst capture you should get some decent pics even if they are on the move.
Logged
bobcat
Global Moderator
Trade Count:
(
+14
)
Legend
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 39214
Location: Rochester
Re: Trail Cam Set Up
«
Reply #3 on:
February 27, 2012, 01:23:43 PM »
I don't know if they're interested at all in salt right now. But I will know this next weekend when I check one of cameras. Actually the salt block will have been there for 2 weeks by then, and I checked it after 1 week, and didn't have one picture. The week prior to that I got 700 pictures of deer, when I had apples there. But maybe they will have found it after 1 more week has gone by.
Another thing I have done is to pile up some trees limbs on the trail to cause them to slow down just a little.
Logged
Arteman
Washington For Wildlife
Trade Count:
(
0
)
Sourdough
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 1904
Location: Earth
General of the Mongolian Bigfoot Militia
Re: Trail Cam Set Up
«
Reply #4 on:
February 27, 2012, 02:27:07 PM »
I heard that c'mere deer works well for this purpose, heard if you pour it on a stump or the ground they well tear it up trying to get it. I have never tried it though, but plan to once the bucks start packing again.
Logged
When you see the third, thin the herd.
Right now I'm somewhere picking up sheds.
h20hunter
Trade Count:
(
+16
)
Legend
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 20872
Location: Lake Stevens
Re: Trail Cam Set Up
«
Reply #5 on:
February 27, 2012, 02:37:20 PM »
I've used some of that Buckjam stuff before...the BEARs loved it...deer never got close.
Logged
bobcat
Global Moderator
Trade Count:
(
+14
)
Legend
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 39214
Location: Rochester
Re: Trail Cam Set Up
«
Reply #6 on:
February 27, 2012, 02:48:12 PM »
Apple flavored buck jam didn't interest my deer either.
Logged
h20hunter
Trade Count:
(
+16
)
Legend
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 20872
Location: Lake Stevens
Re: Trail Cam Set Up
«
Reply #7 on:
February 27, 2012, 02:58:46 PM »
You may remember I made a Deer Sunday....apples, sweet cob, more apples, more sweet cob, then...topped with a full jug of Apple BuckJam.
One big ol fat bear came in and didn't leave for two days. He ate, slept, and scratched his butt until the ground was licked clean. Unless I was in Idaho or BC...somewhere legal to bait bears....I wouldn't use the stuff. Too strong and sweet smelling for our area.
Logged
adamR
Forum Sponsor
Trade Count:
(
+8
)
Sourdough
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 1670
Location: Naches, WA
Re: Trail Cam Set Up
«
Reply #8 on:
February 27, 2012, 04:08:03 PM »
C'mere deer doesn't seem to work that well this time of year, it worked really good in the fall though.
I tried vanilla extract as well this fall and went from having two or three deer every once in awhile on a two week thread to about 15 deer and 60 elk that wouldn't leave during the next two week thread. Just bought the little 5 ounce (?) bottle and dumped it all over my apple flavored block.
Logged
Advertise Here
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Go Up
« previous
next »
Hunting Washington Forum
»
Community
»
Photo & Video
»
Trail Cam Set Up
Advertisement
Advertise Here
Quick Links
Front Page
Donate To Forum
Advertise on H-W
Recent Posts
Articles
Forum Rules
Recent Topics
Bullet performance 2025?
by
Rigby416
[
Today
at 12:28:20 AM]
King of the mountain caught sleeping
by
Rigby416
[
Today
at 12:08:24 AM]
2025 elk success thread!!
by
deerlick
[
Yesterday
at 11:09:31 PM]
SPIKE???
by
pashok23
[
Yesterday
at 10:24:51 PM]
2025 blacktail rut thread
by
fowl smacker
[
Yesterday
at 10:08:31 PM]
Manulife (Hancock) Land Closures
by
MMCCAULEY
[
Yesterday
at 08:25:39 PM]
Getting the hang of hanging on to mallards!
by
Goshawk
[
Yesterday
at 07:55:31 PM]
Where do the bulls go?
by
JWBINX
[
Yesterday
at 05:57:19 PM]
GMU 111 Aladdin Moose Hunt 2025!
by
teanawayslayer
[
Yesterday
at 04:52:10 PM]
2025 General Season Rifle Hunt VIDEO.
by
DWAT
[
Yesterday
at 02:37:49 PM]
Pathfinder's Opening Day Deer
by
Pathfinder101
[
Yesterday
at 02:32:42 PM]
2025 deer, let's see em!
by
jason stevens
[
Yesterday
at 02:06:24 PM]
Pan Fried Chicken Recipes
by
Fidelk
[
Yesterday
at 11:18:31 AM]
2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
by
Mulie87
[
Yesterday
at 08:26:10 AM]
The One
by
Rem14
[
Yesterday
at 08:25:43 AM]
Who knows Stihl Chainsaws? messed up and cooked my 044 hoping to save/rebuild
by
Emptyhanded
[
Yesterday
at 07:39:46 AM]
Wall Tents Tips and Tricks
by
Kingofthemountain83
[October 25, 2025, 09:28:36 PM]
Blue mountains deer permit
by
Kingofthemountain83
[October 25, 2025, 09:18:11 PM]
HUNTNNW 2025 trail cam thread and photos
by
hunter399
[October 25, 2025, 07:16:32 PM]
SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal