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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Billy74 on July 11, 2018, 04:12:07 PM

Title: Pub land trail cam
Post by: Billy74 on July 11, 2018, 04:12:07 PM: I’m going to try trail cams this year on public land up in unit 111. I’m going with the cheapest cams I think I can get away with, getting as far off the trail as I can and hanging them high. Any advise for a first time camera hanger. I was hoping to get them up in mid August and check every couple of weeks through Sept.

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Title: Re: Pub land trail cam
Post by: dscubame on July 11, 2018, 04:17:40 PM: Game trails or better yet intersecting game trails. Cam at a good angle to game trails rather than at 90 degrees.
Title: Re: Pub land trail cam
Post by: Timberstalker on July 11, 2018, 04:36:03 PM: Clear all brush out of the way. Movement can trigger a bunch of empty photos.
Don't face them East or West. The sun moving can trigger them and also washes out photos.
Don't forget spare SD cards or a phone reader and batteries when you check them.
Put them in a bear box if able.
Always make sure they are powered on before you leave them.

Good luck, it's addicting. :tup:
Title: Re: Pub land trail cam
Post by: Doublelunger on July 11, 2018, 04:39:35 PM: I'd put out some sort of attractant as well (salt or whatever). :twocents:
Title: Re: Pub land trail cam
Post by: Timberstalker on July 11, 2018, 04:42:12 PM: Quote from: Doublelunger on July 11, 2018, 04:39:35 PM
I'd put out some sort of attractant as well (salt or whatever). :twocents:

Yes, this is a good point. It helps stop them in front of the camera for a bit as well.
If you get a good trail, and aim the camera correctly, that helps too.
Title: Re: Pub land trail cam
Post by: jamesfromseattle on July 11, 2018, 04:54:54 PM: Make sure to drop a GPS pin on them. Even if it seems like an easy area to remember when you drop them, when the foliage grows up or dies back it can look a lot different. I always take a photo of the camera itself as well to help refresh my memory about where they are.
Title: Re: Pub land trail cam
Post by: Miles on July 11, 2018, 04:57:59 PM: Quote from: jamesfromseattle on July 11, 2018, 04:54:54 PM
Make sure to drop a GPS pin on them. Even if it seems like an easy area to remember when you drop them, when the foliage grows up or dies back it can look a lot different. I always take a photo of the camera itself as well to help refresh my memory about where they are.

Good advice. My buddy and I put out 24 cameras last year. I had to really dig deep into my memory on a couple later that summer.
Title: Re: Pub land trail cam
Post by: Johnny Doe on July 12, 2018, 09:53:13 AM: Quote from: Timberstalker on July 11, 2018, 04:36:03 PM
Clear all brush out of the way. Movement can trigger a bunch of empty photos.
Don't face them East or West. The sun moving can trigger them and also washes out photos.
Don't forget spare SD cards or a phone reader and batteries when you check them.
Put them in a bear box if able.
Always make sure they are powered on before you leave them.

Good luck, it's addicting. :tup:

:yeah: Nailed it!

I like my cams facing North with as little vegetation (blowing weeds/grass/etc.) as possible. If it's deer your after remember the back on a whitetail is about 42" high so waist high.