Trail camera tips

[JL]

I have a area that I hunt that is pretty much commen area and get a fair amount of foot traffic. There is a big buck (biggest tracks I have seen in ten years!) and I want to place a couple trail cams up but know they won't last a week without walking off. Has anyone mounted trail cameras high,15-20 ft or so, in a tree and had good results? Any tips?

Thanks

[Jim Jackson]

I mounted a camera about 18 feet up right as an experiment earlier this fall, and it worked fairly well.  Lots of dud shots due to the motion of branches, and some fairly hilarious squirrel shots, but it worked.  The flash certainly didn't seem to bother them as much.

[trapperDave]

never had a problem with the flash runnin em off.Ya really only need to go about 10 ft up to stop the thieves, they are lookin for em 3ft off the ground. One important thing, point your cams north so you dont get washed out pics from the suns glare.

[JL]

Thanks for the info. Any suggestions on inexpensive digital trail cams? I have seen reports of slow shutter activation on some lower end models. I checked out a few websites that sell them and you pay just about as much as you want for these cameras! Some you can connect to a cell phone and have the pic's sent to your cell phone/email the instant they are taken! Holy cow! I just want something that takes decent pic's and don't cost an arm and a leg to do it. Thanks in advance.

JL

[Blackhawk]

I picked up a Moultrie GameSpy on sale at Sportsman's Warehouse for $79 a couple months ago.  It does have a slow shutter activation, so I just place it facing into the trail rather than across it.

My neighbors have been complaining about the loss of their cats, so I put the camera in a wooded area by my house and got these two pics a couple nights ago.

 

 

[Seeking Trad Deer]

I like my Wildview camera...inexpensive but has lasted and trigger is slow.

[Seeking Trad Deer]

[Blackhawk]

Great pic there STD!  Great camo for that little critter, huh?