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Title: How long have you left camera
Post by: jstone on August 26, 2020, 01:09:56 PM: What’s the longest that you have left a camera.?
I am thinking of leaving my camera up in a way out of the way place threw the winter. Grab it next year.

Thoughts
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: vandeman17 on August 26, 2020, 01:11:44 PM: I left one for close to a year but not on purpose, just didn't get around to grabbing it. Batteries were dead and card was full
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: Stein on August 26, 2020, 01:23:56 PM: I've had one out for 8 years now. It's placed on a tree right next to a fallen tree that has the map I used to mark where I put it as well as a nalgene bottle. I remembered where I put three out of the four when I went back 6 months later and noticed the map wasn't in my hunting stuff.
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: HillHound on August 26, 2020, 01:39:44 PM: I accidentally left one for a year. I pulled all of them right before season started last year or so I thought. And when I went to hang them back up this spring I found that I had actually left one out over the winter. It only took pictures for about four months before it glitched out and stopped for some reason. It was kind of cool having it out during hunting season though. There was some very close encounters between elk and hunters and it really did not seem like the hunters were in stalk mode like they had a Clue that the Elk had just passed in front of them within minutes
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: emac on August 26, 2020, 04:02:58 PM: I leave mine up year round. Start checking them once a month when the snow lifts until the snow won't allow me to anymore than repeat the next year.

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Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 26, 2020, 08:22:36 PM: Try to do overwinter cams every year. The higher elevation ones will hang for 9 months due to snow not allowing access.
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: Bango skank on August 26, 2020, 08:30:21 PM: I leave them up over winter all the time. Have had cams hanging for several years in multiple locations. One i was going to check today has been up over 5 years.
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: mburrows on August 26, 2020, 09:05:42 PM: I plan to leave one out over winter too. Hoping to get a few months worth of photos but we’ll see. I’m guessing the batteries will drain quite a bit faster in the cold
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: greenhead_killer on August 26, 2020, 10:16:39 PM: Get lithium batts, put a 16gb card in, 1 min timer. Will last well over a year if the place isn’t pounded
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: buglebrush on August 26, 2020, 11:01:30 PM: I've got sixteen out. They stay out year round, and are still taking pictures when I check them a year later. Some I only get to every other year, depending on whether I'm currently hunting an area or not.
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: jstone on August 27, 2020, 07:10:30 PM: Thanks greenhead for the info on the baggies and the SD card.
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: jstone on August 28, 2020, 08:34:38 AM: I have a dumb question about the cards
What does that little lock switch on the side do?
Leave it on lock or not?
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: Skyvalhunter on August 28, 2020, 09:37:13 AM: Lock it if you don't want your pics deleted or the card to be formatted.
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: millerwheeler on August 29, 2020, 08:57:32 AM: I have 3 cameras in one area that are going on there 5season in place I check them several times a year , freshen up the batteries , and give them a good wipe down to make sure the sap isn’t ruining them been fine no water in them ....yet these are just cheap 8mp tasco ones
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: TommyH on August 29, 2020, 09:45:38 AM: I’ve had 2 that quit working because I left them out over winter. The one I left out last winter was fine tho.. it took pics for 11 months.
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: Katmai Guy on August 29, 2020, 01:17:03 PM: What is the average snowfall where you guys leave your cams over the winter? And how much activity do you get compared to the rest of the year? The places I have a couple get to much snow for any activity so I just pull them in Nov.
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: greenhead_killer on August 29, 2020, 02:14:03 PM: It’s all year dependent. Some cams are buried for two months then start working again as soon as the snow melts. You’d be surprised at what you see in mid jan with 3-4’ of snow. Area dependent on winter activity as well. Some cams I get nothing for 4 months. Others I have critters moving the whole time, year round, no matter the conditions.
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: Katmai Guy on August 29, 2020, 03:17:45 PM: I will try and leave them out this winter then and see what comes by.
Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: emac on August 29, 2020, 08:24:09 PM: For me its mostly Bobcats and bunnies all winter. I get anywhere from 3-6' of snow. But what is nice is when the snow starts melting and the normal critters start showing up before I can get to the camera's. I had a sow and 2 cubs on cam this year in the middle of April in about 2 ft of snow. Some does in January in 3-4 ft of snow. Was probably rock hard cause they weren't sinking.

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Title: Re: How long have you left camera
Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 30, 2020, 02:50:19 PM: Overwinter cam pics, older Bushnell with 4 Kirkland AA, 32g card, cam high in tree, 6500' elevation, 9months in tree, only snow pics from late December till the wolverine came thru. (pic 2)
Check out the snow level difference, dates are correct.