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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: seth30 on June 09, 2011, 06:12:03 PM

Title: Filming your hunt
Post by: seth30 on June 09, 2011, 06:12:03 PM: First off I intend to do this for Yote hunting, but the post itself may be in the wrong thread. If so sorry admin :sry: With Yote hunting do you guys leave your camera on for the full stand or turn it on when the yotes show up? Also how do you contend with a yote that comes in from a hard angle that would require you to move, and then how to avoid being busted by that? Thanks for reading the post :hello:
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: JPhelps on June 09, 2011, 06:23:36 PM: Seth30, I will try and help. I am definitely not a pro. We filmed a few coyote hunts this year. We don't have any kill shots though (we will blame it on the gun). :rolleyes:

We hunt uncut tall grass hay fields that are relatively flat. In this situation we found that a dedicated cameraman is a must and you have to be able to communicate. We turn the camera off and on throughout the hunt. we show things such as setting up the caller, the walk in and hand calling.

As far as hard angles, wait for the animal to go behind an obstacle giving you a chance to swing. If not you will have to be quick and hopefully you have enough time to get off a shot (most likely it would be at a running coyote).
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: seth30 on June 09, 2011, 06:27:44 PM: John, thanks for the input. Most of the areas that I hunt have very limited visibility, but I do know a few areas wide and open. This is the best view point of places that I hunt.
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: JPhelps on June 09, 2011, 06:32:28 PM: That would be a perfect spot to build yourself a ground blind. That will allow you to get away with a little more movement.
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: seth30 on June 09, 2011, 06:34:17 PM: I was thinking that myself. I was hunting that section last weekend, and had two yotes come up behind me :bash: I am going to return there either tomorrow or saturday still waiting on a few of my regular hunting buddies to respond to emails :chuckle:
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on June 09, 2011, 07:05:18 PM: Quote from: seth30 on June 09, 2011, 06:12:03 PM
First off I intend to do this for Yote hunting, but the post itself may be in the wrong thread. If so sorry admin :sry: With Yote hunting do you guys leave your camera on for the full stand or turn it on when the yotes show up? Also how do you contend with a yote that comes in from a hard angle that would require you to move, and then how to avoid being busted by that? Thanks for reading the post :hello:
its alot easier with two people but I have video from 10 yrs ago and used to tape the video to the side of my gun and now I put my bipod between my legs as I am sitting on my butt ..it works great when your alone ...One of my videos shows a shotgun wad going threw a coyote at 6 steps :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: seth30 on June 09, 2011, 07:08:04 PM: Never thought of taping the camera to my gun. Thanks :tup: I bet that slug did some real damage.
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on June 09, 2011, 07:20:08 PM: no it was not a slug !! it was winchester #5 turkey load .... flat out will drop them out to 45 to 50 yrds...this year when I shot my turkey at 35yrds It took out 3 stranes of bobwire and devastated the turkey and a fence post ... :chuckle: :chuckle: I have videoed alot of hunts but never took it serious but I love coming home and watching my own hunts ..thats cool enough for me ... I do need to figure out to put a couple on hear because I have some awesome turkey hunts and lots of bear which are all up high in blueberries .. hell videoed 7 last year never killed a one ... need to be a monster because I have packed to many out of these hell holes and I am lazy now ... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: seth30 on June 09, 2011, 07:23:10 PM: :chuckle: I shot a yote last duck season in self defense with #2 shot, it spun him around :yike:
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on June 09, 2011, 07:26:31 PM: Quote from: seth30 on June 09, 2011, 07:23:10 PM
:chuckle: I shot a yote last duck season in self defense with #2 shot, it spun him around :yike:
actually steel shot works good because it is faster so at 30 yrds it will up end them ..
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: sebek556 on June 09, 2011, 08:09:35 PM: think they are about 200-300 bucks but they have helmet cams with a small cam corded to a battery and memory pack, you can find them at dirt bike places and such. I used to have one, it was light enough to stick on a hat bill with out any real problems. think it would work great for filming a hunt and saved to sd card.But i was filming a little race with buddys and missed a tree so no more cam....
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on June 09, 2011, 08:12:48 PM: Quote from: sebek556 on June 09, 2011, 08:09:35 PM
think they are about 200-300 bucks but they have helmet cams with a small cam corded to a battery and memory pack, you can find them at dirt bike places and such. I used to have one, it was light enough to stick on a hat bill with out any real problems. think it would work great for filming a hunt and saved to sd card.But i was filming a little race with buddys and missed a tree so no more cam....
YEAH saw those might get me one ... wildlife inovations or something like that ... plus they have all kinds of gismos for fastening cameras to your gun now days ... taping it was my way years ago but I have up graded since .. :tup:
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: seth30 on June 09, 2011, 08:13:20 PM: wow, thats a great idea :tup: just got to talk the wife into letting me spend that type of money :bdid: Gives me something though to cruise EBAY and Craigs List for.
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: seth30 on June 09, 2011, 08:14:12 PM: Man Tomorrow Afternoon cant come fast enough :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: sebek556 on June 09, 2011, 08:17:16 PM: I saw the wild game ones before also they looked pretty good, the one I had was for filming from a dirt bike helmet but there are tons of styles out there now, been thinking about picking up a new one myself to film stuff with.. tired two weeks in a row to film a head shot with a bow on a marmot 2 so far 2 head shots 1 broken arrow and no film of it lol.
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: seth30 on June 09, 2011, 08:22:45 PM: One thing I have done is set my trail camera up on my blind side :bash: Amazing how many times a animal comes in behind and you dont know it.
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on June 09, 2011, 08:43:27 PM: Quote from: seth30 on June 09, 2011, 08:22:45 PM
One thing I have done is set my trail camera up on my blind side :bash: Amazing how many times a animal comes in behind and you dont know it.
:tup:
Title: Re: Filming your hunt
Post by: seth30 on June 10, 2011, 01:12:13 PM: Going to give it a shot tomorrow, im sick as a dog today, and feel like a truck hit me in my sleep :bash: