trail-cameras

[oldgoat]

http://www.chasingame.com/  the new one HCO is coming out with sounds like the deal.

[Greyfox54]

Thanks Rob I think you sold me on them , by the way Gil where in Jersey are you getting that much action ? Fred

[Gil Verwey]

Fred I own a little farm in Jackson. The problem with the camera and watching them all year, you wind up not wanting to shoot the ones you have been taking pictures of. I feel like I am cheating! Ha! I let my son and his friend hunt that stand openeing day and his friend took the 11 pointer in the picture. I also have a ton of turkeys, but my neighbor with a farm next to me treats them like chickens. I can't hunt them either. It is like shooting a petting zoo turkey or deer.  

 

[J-dog]

Scout guard is what I use - you'll be surprised at the size of em. They work great had no issues with mine going into the second yr of usage. Batts last forever as well.

It wont catch an animal crossing it in a trail if the camera has been "sleeping". It will if it is "awake". Easiest to set it up where it will face up or down the trail not just straight across the trail.

J

[Gil Verwey]

Right now at Walmart the Moutrie I40 is $158 on the Internet. That isn't bad for that camera.

Gil

[Greyfox54]

Gil I'm  over in Toms River . I asked Gene Wensel about shooting deer around your house as it felt like you are hunting pets , his response was if they don't come when you call them they ain't pets . I mostly hunt south of me as there are a lot of deer just small ones . I have a tough time finding open ground over your way . Best of luck to you , Fred

[Gil Verwey]

Thats a nice buck you have in that picture, so they don't look too small down there either. Last year I had over 11 rack bucks on the property and I couldn't imagine how many young small rack bucks. They bachelor up here on my farm when they are in velvet. Once the velvet comes off they go in all different directions. Everyone of those bucks on my property live 99.9% of their time on a heavily hunted, heavily driven WMA. They escape all the deer drives, they are amazing. I found the best shot at them for me is the first week of the season before they know the game is on. They go nocturnal real quick. Every year I get one that I know is a resident buck. The 11 pointer is in both pictures in my first post. I would get pictures of him all times of the day. I knew my son and his friend would have been tickled with that deer so I gave them my stand.  

Good luck to another Jersey boy.
Gil

[Zipperhead]

I can't really tell you which kind to buy.  But I can tell you what not to buy.  I bought two Moultrie's, and they both were useless in about a year. I have a couple buddies with the same problem.  Customer service was horrible.  They wouldn't help me out at all.

[Biggie Hoffman]

I have 6 of the scoutguards that Rob has...love 'em.
The only problem I have is, if I don't mark their locations on gps, I have trouble finding them again. I have one now that I won't find again until the leaves fall off in December!

[lt-m-grow]

Originally posted by A. Kinslow:
Bushnell Trophy Cam is my pick.  Same camera and "guts" as the DLCs and Scoutguards but without the programming remote.

The two best review sites I have found are:

 www.chasingame.com
 www.trailcampro.com  (local guy in springfield, MO)

That is true.  I bought two and love them.  

I threw my cuddeback's away after trying these.   They took great pictures, but I never was sure they were gonna work.  They chewed through batteries and used poor memory technology.

I love the size of these.  I am gonna get two more.

I purchased them from trailcampro.com.  Great service too.

[Greyfox54]

Truth be known Gil I sniped that buck in Georgia a few years back on a St. Jude's hunt . They open up doe hunting over here 2 weeks or so early and by the time the bucks are legal they are nocturnal and in stealth mode . I used to do well with rub lines but even they are tough anymore and with baiting legal now they figure out in a hurry that no one bothers them after dark . I guess that's why they call it hunting . Be well , Fred

[Gil Verwey]

Fred we head to Ohio usually once a year. This year we are going for two weeks. Next year we will be doing a DIY Colorado elk hunt.

Are you in any of the local clubs? I am in Black Night's. If you ever want to try a Trad turkey hunt, I have a few turkeys (chickens) over here. This deer in the picture was on my property and neighbors property. I saw it in velvet the year it was shot. It looked like a caribou when it was in velvet. I think it net scored 168. It was shot on public land here by a Jackson police officer. There are still some big deer in NJ on public land, but nothing like Ohio, although this would be big anywhere.

Gil