Trail Cam

[FOsteology]

Activity has slowed to a crawl this past week. Previously I was obtaining numerous pictures of young bucks, doe, and varmints. Albeit, 98% of the pictures were at night.

I think the continued heat (mid 80's to low 90's for a high) coupled with the acorns dropping has been the reason for the decline in movement and activity. I did however obtain these day time pictures yesterday morning....

Nice little grey fox







Young buck missing half his head gear !

[Frogman]

That camera takes good pictures!

Jim

[FinsnFur]

...takes real good pics.
Those greys are such cools animals aint they

Thanks for sharing those.

[FOsteology]

It's fun to watch their antics. I have a couple pictures on the trail cam at night of a fox climbing up the tree to sniff the camera.

This place has a healthy population of grey fox. A few reds as well. Land owner was adamant about leaving them alone.....
His common-law wife finds them adorable and has forbid any harm to come to them, or heads will roll!

I caught two raccoons in a Have-a-Hart live trap yesterday. Forgot to snap a picture before snuffing them out.
The place is overrun with the filthy, mischievous, feed stealing bandit sob's. I may have to "declare war" on them before rifle season begins. 

[Lighterknot]

What kind of camera is it?  I am contemplating getting one...tons of sign where I have been hunting, but have yet to see a deer out of my stand.

[FOsteology]

The pictures taken of the fox were with a Bushnell Trophy Cam. Young buck was captured with a SpyPoint IR-A.

Either trail camera takes very good pictures during the day. Night pictures are not as good....


Bushnell Trophy Cam:

Pro's

   * Wide detection area
   * Incredible battery life
   * Extremely small, compact size
   * Easy programming
   * 3 second recovery time
   * 8 Mega Pixel (has three settings 3,5,8 and only 3 for night) Mine is currently set on 3MP
   
Cons

   * Only detects out to 45 ft.
   * A little blurry on objects within 1 meter


SpyPoint IR-A:

Pro's

   * Easiest programming of any trail camera
   * Great day pictures
   * Wide detection zone
   * Great infrared range (60 feet)
   * 6 Mega Pixel (3MP at night)


Con's

   * Slow recovery time between pictures (10 seconds on average)    
   * Really blurry pictures of movement at night
   * White-out night pictures of close objects


Either will set you back a nickle under 200. MidWayUSA was running a special on the SpyPoint last month. If memory serves me correctly, they were selling for just under 120


For capturing animals on trails and on the move, I would recommend the Bushnell. If you have deep pockets, the Reconyx is THE best on the market. But it comes at a premium.... 450+


For information on various trail cameras, and hands on reviews/testing I strongly recommend :

http://www.trailcampro.com

[Lighterknot]

I have read everything on trailcampro.com and was leaning towards the Bushnell Trophy Cam.  Thanks for the info, now to decide if it's worth the $200 to me.

[FOsteology]

I can tell you from personal experience that the Bushnell Trophy Cam's rapid fire three pictures in succession and relatively quick recovery time,
coupled with the wide detection range was well worth the price of admission to me. Captures activity that all the other trail cams I've tried didn't.

You would be surprised what the other trail cams miss!

[KySongDog]

I have a Bushnell Trophy Cam also.  It is my trail first camera.  I decided on it after reading all of the favorable reviews plus it has a fast trigger time which I though was important.  Mine is the 5mp model.  I think the newer ones are up to 8mp now.  But I keep mine set on 3mp.  With a 2gig card I can get over 2000 pictures.   I am very satisfied with it.