Post by: Bean Counter on May 13, 2014, 12:21:15 AM
Post by: Greenhorn on May 13, 2014, 01:03:41 AM
Post by: huntnnw on May 13, 2014, 05:23:15 AM
Post by: jasnt on May 13, 2014, 05:50:10 AM
Post by: Bean Counter on May 13, 2014, 05:56:27 AM
If the cam is in a new location then I bring my laptop but if it's producing than I just swap cards and go.
K. I think this is what I'm going to have to do. My first run at placing cams. IDK how well I placed these even though i followed all the usual "rules" (3 feet off the ground, salt 10 yards out, north facing, etc).
Post by: bobcat on May 13, 2014, 06:18:27 AM
Actually, when I most often do bring the laptop is when I am setting up a camera in a location for the first time, and that is so I can be sure I get the placement exactly how I want it.
Post by: woodman on May 13, 2014, 06:31:56 AM
I am sure that many will disagree with me about scent, but I never worry about it. I check my cameras a lot and always have animals on them. My last check after 3 days had elk, deer, bear and even a coyote on one of my cameras. I just have found sweet spots for my cameras over the years and they are very productive. I post a few videos and pictures on this site, but I assure you that they are a tiny fraction of what I get.
Post by: danderson on May 13, 2014, 06:44:45 AM
exciting I put the card back in, my problem is picture management, I have thousands of pictures of what I would call keepers.
Post by: olsy on May 13, 2014, 08:02:26 AM
Post by: jackelope on May 13, 2014, 08:21:53 AM
$6.99
I take a sharpie and put a number on my camera and a number on the sd card I use in the camera. IE Camera #1 uses sd cards #1. That way there's no chance of what huntnnw mentioned about some cameras liking some cards. I like to have all my pictures so I swap out cards. My buddys who have lots of cameras have the little clear plastic Plano or whatever tackle boxes for their cards. Each card is numbered to each camera. They get into it deep. I'm doing the same thing just on a smaller scale. If I had an iPad I'd probably take that with a card reader, but loading all those pictures onto the ipad takes up a ton of gb's and takes a while the one time I did it.
If I know my point and shoot camera won't automatically reformat my sd cards, I might use them to take a look at the pics but I keep as many pics as possible.
My vote is to swap out cards. At $7 each, it's really cheap relative to all the gas money, camera money, tag money, hunting gear, etc.
Post by: jasnt on May 13, 2014, 10:19:58 AM
I usually remove the SD card slip in in my camera and see what I have, fast forward through the thing, if I don't have anythingSame here. I put the keepers in its own folder. I only delete pics once a year. I do this cause I use the pics for paterning and such so I keep them on record till the new season
exciting I put the card back in, my problem is picture management, I have thousands of pictures of what I would call keepers.
Post by: Martinhunter on May 18, 2014, 02:58:20 PM
Post by: Johnb317 on May 18, 2014, 03:45:12 PM
Post by: luckyman on May 18, 2014, 04:15:34 PM
If the camera hasn't had many photos over a month or two I move it, sometimes not to far. When I get back I load all the cards on a laptop hooked to a 32" TV where I can get a close look. I delete most and save the good stuff under 2013 2014 etc. I often find something good in pictures I thought were false triggers after a close look.
Most of my cameras are 5 to 6 feet up and slight angle down. I Rarely use bait.