Post your trailcam photos. This is the only thing I’ve captured in 4 months.
>>2719020I was able to capture this fat fuck who was clearing his own special little dirtbike road through my property. I called the cops and they knew exactly who it was. Some dink down the road who used to put cats in the microwave when he was a kid. They went down and "had a talk" with him and the shit stopped tout de suite.
>>27190203 yotes tugging on a mulie carcass
>>2719020cute
>>2719038How much land do you own, anon?
>>2719038what the fuck is this retardation? the forest is about 2500 acres and has many owners and we all enjoy the freedom to roam and nobody damages anybody's shit, it's never been necessary to monitor because everyone has respect. and then chucklefuck thinks he can chop down trees and clear a mud thoroughfare for his douche canoe through like 9 peoples' properties so I put a sign up i which he defaced and then i called the cops. I pay taxes, I'm not a retard who's sitting under a tree in a ghillie suit every day
>>2719042>I don't own anyftfy
>>2719020kek. Is that your cat or some random stray?
>>27190232016-10-14Lice LARP faggot.
>>27190692016 is when this happened though
>>2719209South American?
>>2719024>>2719209Nice.
>>2719216You are South American.
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>>2719369>>2719370they must be going to the same party :3
These are two different mountin lions. I think this first one is a female and the second is a male following her.
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What is the least pozzed trailcam? Going to be setting one up in the woods 30 ft from my house so preferably something that I could periodically connect to with my phone to check what it's captured.
>>2719041Based. You literally defended your property and got a result. Dunno what this goon slapper is on about
>>2719474thank you anon. I thought so too.
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>>2719389Seconding. I want to get one as a Father’s Day gift
>>2719389>>2721470All of the following were taken with 2 different cheap amazon solar trail cameras. Neither are currently available, but just about any with a decent rating will get you similar results. One was $100(two separate cameras for day and night) the other was $80. The $100 one also had wifi, but I've found it to be useless. It doesn't connect to your wifi, it acts as a wifi that you connect to to download your pictures. Sounds useful, right? Well, you have to connect to it with bluetooth to turn on the wifi, which turns back off after 15 minutes. So, you have to be in bluetooth range to connect to it. Then you have to use the app to turn on the wifi. Then you connect to it like any wifi. Use the app to download photos/videos. Well, I can tell you from experience, if you're already going out to the camera, it's faster, easier and more convenient to just swap the memory card. The solar cells have saved me unknown numbers of batteries. Both take 8AA batteries but also have a rechargeable solar battery. The cameras use the solar battery first and only use tyhe AAs if that runs dry. I've had mine out for almost 2 years and never had to replace the batteries. Well, that's not true. I had to replace them once, when I first got the camera and it was my fault. The solar cells weren't getting enough light. And that is also a limiting factor. You will need to place them where they can get sun, which will limit where you can place them. >>2719369>>2719370>>2719377>>2719379>>2719380>>2719382>>2719385>>2719386>>2721398>>2721399>>2721400
>>2719389how can a trailcam be pozzed lmao
Gotta wonder how many people have set up trail cams looking at popular swimming holes
>>2721600Me and my friends used to spend long days and nights out innawoods by the railroad tracks Stand By Me style, drinking beers, having fires, smashing all our bottles on the railroad gravel, etc. Railroad company eventually clued in on all the broken glass along the tracks (they even had to regrade it once so their maintenance vehicles could pass without getting flat tires kek).Whelp, unbeknownst to us they set up trail cams around the area and caught us in full flagrante delicto smashing bottles and burning campfires, running to hide everytime a freight train would pass in the night. And they sent all the photos to the local police and literally nobody lifted a finger to bust us. Town cops don't give a FACK unless you're doing it on their property. feelsgoodman and fuk u CSX
>>2721601Based. Fuck the rail fags, fuck BNSF Railway, and FUCK WARREN BUFFETT.
>>2721601Based. Stand by me vibes.
>>2719020Any recs for a cellular trail cam? Looking for one that accepts sim (not a data plan like spypoint..:)
>>2721760>>2721718Here’s my souvenir railroad spike. I treated it and sealed it like a museum piece
>>2721533A bunch of them require subscriptions to use
>>2721903What is a good one that doesnt?
>>2719038sounds like he did defend it
>>2721857>no matchesBased anon.
>>2719020Hello. I'm interested on buying my first trail camera. I don't hunt and i'm not a biologist. I just like getting pictures of animals and uploading them to iNaturalist. What are some decent cameras that you recommend in the price range of 50-100 usd?I don't live in the U.S. So the price might add like 20 usd here.I just like mething that doesn't take potato quality pictures and has a easy settings menu
>>2719632nice cat
piebald doe
>>2722010If you're buying off of ali, they're all about the same. They're all chinese clones of the originals. You're not likely to find an original "name brand" camera for under $100. So, just look at the reviews and pictures/videos others have taken and shared and pick one. That's your best bet. I recommend solar, it'll save you a small fortune on batteries. Memory cards are cheap, a 128gb card will take months of video and years of pictures. I've yet to see a cellular camera that doesn't require you to pay to get the pictures, so I do not suggest those either.
>>2722141never seen a white one, we don't have that around here
>>2722159NTA pied animals are also known as leucistic, which is a partial loss of pigment. It's similar to albinoism, which is the complete loss of pigment.
>>2721795I use this one:https://www.tactacam.com/reveal-x-2-bundleI was skeptical at first cuz of it being "pozzed" (got it as a gift) but it works pretty well. It replaced just a regular cam and the pics are comparable. It is nice getting a pic immediately when something triggers it. You can request videos to be sent but they are stored on the sim card. it sends a pic every 24hrs so you know its working. battery life is decent. I happen to have great cel coverage at this location which helps im sure
>>2722212Is that a fox diving into the snow? That's an awesome catch! Did you get video?
>>2722214yes and yes. This fox is about all I have seen this winter but he comes thru regularly.
>>2719020>>2719632cat for cat
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>>2725210>>2725212>>2725213>>2725214>>2725215>>2725216popular spot
>>2725247Yeah, it's a fairly high traffic area, lots of prints. That's why I put the camera there.
>>2719020heres a wolf butt a got a couple of years ago
>>2725454and a small griz
>>2725455and 3 lions
been waiting to post this
>>2725503this one is even better bros
>>2725506>>2725503Why are their tails so small?
>>2719038You have to go back.
>>2725522looks like mange
>>2725525I thought mange was lousing fur in splotches
>>2725457That's weird, I don't see the thi-
>>2725539mange is caused by mites, they lose hair wherever the mites are. Look at the "sick" fox in the second video, he's missing hair all over the place. He's much firther along. But they all look like they have it. Look at the hind quarter near the tail in the first video, it's starting to thin there too.
>>2725455I'm in awe
>>2725552of what? the bear or the fact he was on camera?
>>2725566Both the bear and the fact Anon got a shot of one.
>>2719369>>2719370Cool footage
>>2725579I didnt realize you posted so much more...thanks for contributing
>>2725454the camera angle is janky cuz the elk rubbed up against it. They actually rubbed up against again and it moved back into position lol
This cheeky cunt won't stop using my trailcam as a perch
>>2721601GIT UR DUN, YEEERGGHH TTHROW DEH BOTTLES AT THE RAWLS AWW YEARRRR YEEHAWW
>>2726021you aren't wrong friend
>>2726002Is that a raven?
>>2726194Magpie
how am i supposed to wank off on a tree with all your damn cameras everywhere?
>>2726482No reason to stop. Just don’t look at the camera pls it ruins the moment
>>2726482Stare directly into the lens and finish like a man
Mostly a lot of extremely boring clips of urban deer standing around eating apples, but this one is neat
>>2726903>how you like them apples
>>2726903I couldn't sleep knowing they're out there walking around
>>2725454>>2725455>>2725457All on the same camera? thats crazy. Where?
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Here are a couple coyotes I reciently caught on camera. One would move and then stop, then the second would move, stop, and the first would move again.
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>>2729454Bucks are starting to get antler buds in Northern California
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>>2729484Last time I saw a gray fox was a decade ago at my parents ranch. Love those little guys.
Good thread
>>2729488Is that a hornless jackalope?
>>2729490To be honest, im not sure. Heres another angle.
>>2719389>something that I could connect to my phoneSo any model that takes SD cards. Unless you have an iPhone and then you need an adapter. Or hear me out, just buy a 2 pack of microSD cards and swap them out when you pass by. Only thing I've noticed is the cheapies really hate the frost and cold. Nothing happened to mine then as the spring came the NV died.
>>2719020Also, that's why I came to this thread. What in a trailcam breaks when the NV stops working? Is it just a gear, shaft/gear connection, a gear tooth? It almost feels like it should be mechanical; you can hear a filter being flicked out of the way. I have some cheap Tasco or Simmonds cams that all died around the same time. NV is captured very rarely (ie. only in testing) and when it is captured, it's obvious the IR lights are being flicked on and off real quick and something isn't right. Going to take one apart; can't hurt it much more than it already has been and I have two others if I fuck it up bad. If it goes well, all three will have NV again and I'll know for the future.
>>2729795I've never pulled one apart, but I'm guessing the clicking you're hearing is the aperture opening and closing. If it died during a frost, I'm guessing it wasn't completely waterproof, some moisture got in there and froze. This could have damaged the mechanism. If you've never gotten good NV images/video it may be a dud from the factory. I'm just throwing guess out there for you though, none of mine have failed(knock on wood...)
>>2729853Well I took it apart. Cameras were used and all in working order, like new other than a little battery terminal corrosion which appears to not have done any damage, nor did it cause any issues for the months I was using them. Appears the mechanism for moving the filter (pink/blue to the naked eye) can move but something is preventing the mechanism from moving the post that flick the filter out of the way (probably a broken plastic gear or something). The little filter can be moved rather easily and the little post that moves can move rather smoothly. I didn't see the filter move when NV was attempting to turn on though, which means I probably have to pull it apart further and see what's broke. At the sizes those gears would be, I have little hope to repair and shape teeth so I'm hoping it's a motor shaft -> gear attachment issue. The only thing I noted was a small ~2mmx3mm piece of dried grass when removing the filter slide which I may have introduced after disassembly. I removed the slide that filter was on but didn't go any further.>but I'm guessing the clicking you're hearing is the aperture opening and closing.There is no aperture in a cheap digital cam like this; think of it as nothing more than a webcam with a computer attached to save pictures & video. Exposure is done digitally. The only difference is a little mechanism to slide that IR filter on and off so your daytime pics don't look pink. The filter used in a cheap action cam is shown in this video; in trailcams this filter is slid out of the way at night time with a special mechanism. https://youtu.be/nppnme-9ZOA?t=689(cont. maybe with pics)
>>2729853>If it died during a frost, I'm guessing it wasn't completely waterproof, some moisture got in there and froze.The "NV stopped working lol" problem seems to plague cheaper NV cams in winter but I haven't read reviews for a couple years so maybe it's finally solved. While I camo painted the ones I got used I think I might hold off painting new ones I buy from Walmart, etc. to still have the ability to exchange them should they up and die (1-2yr warranties offered for like $3). It may also just be the cold; IIRC I've heard people mention that their cams never worked out of the box which makes me wonder if the small parts just crack in the cold, whether from shrinking on a metal motor shaft or just being brittle and cracking while moving. It's fully possible that the cameras could've been exposed to below freezing temps in shipping or storage before ever being used, which would possibly point towards the shrink and crack theory. I haven't heard anything rattling in the cameras but who knows; it could just detached from the motor shaft. Parts could just get warped out of place or in a position to jam it up for all I know. Camera lens gears are delicate, cheap ones especially.>none of mine have failed(knock on wood...)From my experiences, I wouldn't leave your nicer ones out in the cold. But then again, if you spend above $100 maybe they actually don't die in the snow lol. My cameras work fine in day but it's really the night time I'm interested in! Either way, whatever; it lets me know when game comes through an area at the times I'd actually be awake and ready to hunt. That's all they really need to do. Them being so cheap is a bit of an anti-theft mechanism in itself. Painted. Carved. Cheap AND outdated. Fucked up night vision. You'd get like $0.50 for it at a pawn shop, lol. The mount, if I use one, would be worth more. The straps I use are worth more ($3-4/ea) and they're also painted lol.
So here it is without a case. For size reference, the screws are the ones you'd expect in any cheap piece of electronic junk, like the one holding the case of a dollar store calculator together. The LEDs are the size you'd expect them to be; no bigger or smaller, whatever the most common size is. The filter is over the lens but hard to see at this angle/with this lighting.
IR filter moved out of the way as it should when filming NV and the top cover for the camera mechanism upside-down showing its tracks (?).
Filter removed. No clue what's going on, I'd have to dig in further and I'm wondering whether it's really worth it.
>>2729794Ended up getting a TC08
>>2729274>>2729313what are these?
>>2719023>be mutt>own a 100 acre property with nothing on it that you don't use>even if you go there, you use like 1% of it>probably can't even afford a fence>some guy with a dirtbike drives through there>ITS MUH PRIVATE PROPERTY YOU NIGGER YOU CAN'T BE THERE GO AWAY OR I'LL CALL THE COPSwhy the fuck do mutts do this? are they fucking dumb?
>>2730660If the dumbass dirt bike rider (or anyone for that matter) hurts themself on your property they will sue your dick off, that’s a big reason. Obsessed btw
>>2730660no fences because freedom to roam. hikers, skiers, horsey riders, etc all come through and none of them damage the land. this asshat was cutting down trees and tearing up his own little road. it's because the trail he used to use got closed by another property owner who got tired of the noise and damage. so then chucklefuck decides it's time to make a new road through everyone else's peaceful acres.the only one being selfish and destructive here is the fucking douche canoe rider
>>2730627coyote?
>>2730627>>27309602 wolves that came by 2 minutes apart that were checking out this mule deer carcass that these yotes were snaking on earlier this winter>>2719024
>hangs out in front of your cam for 45 minutes and wastes your cams batteries with dozens of pointless triggers Why are they like this?
>>2731212>that small smileTo fuck with you, apparently
>>2731223Cheeky cunt
>>2731212that happened to me. Bull elk sat down for 3hrs in the middle of winter and blew thru 100s of pics and dozens of vids lol. the only vid i kept was when the mapgpie was nitpicking in his fur.
Not my pic. A friend of mine sent me this trail cam pic of his of a pride of mountain lions he got last summer.
>>2731405holy schidt that's both amazing and kind of terrifiant
>>2731407Yeah, imagine those things creeping up on your tent at night
>>2731405Crazy reminds me of this video https://youtube.com/watch?v=MtsSLiZxXrk
>see fox in a field>hmm, maybe the fox will go in the woods at the wooded valley area between fields rather than be so in the open>just get videos of squirrels and deerFUCK
>>2732196Rofl....I feel your frustration. Half of the videos I get from my traps are squirrels(tree and ground). I've found that heavy traffic animal trails are less prone to squirrel bombs if they don't have a spot they can get high enough to climb and spot from. No stumps, logs or anything else they can sit on top of. Seldom uses dirt roads are often very productive. You'll still get deer... you'll always have deer if you're watching a high animal traffic spot. But you're also more likely to see other animals too.
i've been hoping for this guy to come back around but i haven't seen any more of him yet.
>finally put cameras up higher>deer just keep 25-30ft distance and do the head up/head down bobbing game looking at it like it's going to explode if they take another stepFugggggg. I just took the cameras and put them lower and hid them in brush better. Also turns out my cheap ass camera I put out to record the squirrels will corrupt the DCIM folder of the SD card when it gets full. Good thing to learn that recording birds and squirrels at home than forgetting a camera for 4 months and coming back to corrupted bullshit.
>>2719632I feel like I could kick this mountain lion's ass
my nearest neighbor is a half mile away, so seeing pets is kinda weird. I mostly see birds, quail and rabbits
anyone know wtf this thing is? doesnt look like a domestic animal, nor a rabbit
>>2722010anything under $100usd is going to be chink shit so its basically all the same.I only buy game cameras with no-glo night vision, fast trigger speed (0.1 seconds) and lately, I only buy game camera with solar power/rechargeable batteriesI'm using this one right now and its pretty good https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CBS72X1H/The solar panel is a game changer
>>2734993I was like 99% certain I could kick my cat's ass and actually I could not. Now scale that up to a cat close to 20x their size (approx the weight of an average non-fat adult person) and a successful wild predator, and it's just about guaranteed for the fight to go exactly how the mountain decides it should go. Which normally means it would completely overwhelm you and then escape the moment you go into your desperate survival instinct throes, because no surviving predator takes any personal risk of injury.The cat will take off with your blood on all four of its paws and mouth and you will both live another day. The cat will keep doing what it does, and you will modify your own behavior.
>>2735494Nice, I bought my brother in law this same camera for Christmas last year.
>>2735502artists rendering
>>2735502>I was like 99% certain I could kick my cat's ass and actually I could not.Sounds like a (you) problem.
>>2735529https://youtu.be/zkGDp4oT2GU?si=k9xzgKtaKktO0C_C
>>2735493No offense but it's a pretty shit pic because of the lack of contrast at the edge of the IR (all mid-dark greys) and because of the distance. I see a black stripe on the face and I see some movement blur (see: eye) so I'm assuming a raccoon. Are you in the US? Really looks like a raccoon looking towards the camera behind a small weed.
>>2729246>FUCK YEAHHHH I'M A DUCK
>>2719038tweaker logic
>>2719042>being blunt>some vague bluff>some weird flexnigga what
>>2719020>/out/ catsDo these cats stand a chance out there? How do they end up living so far away from people, and why?
>>2719038The government doesn't allow us to set traps to defend it unfortunately
>>2725455noice
>>2719020> trailcam...> fat house catkino
>>2730660Where on the planet are you allowed to drive a motorized vehicle across private property outside of an established easement?
>>2719020Egg theif
>>2740223Thief*
>>2740225feef*
>>2740223If he hangs around that hole too much he will wind up getting turned into a hat. I've been watching him.
>deer getting spooked by camsHow do I prevent this? I have them sprayed roughly brush/trunk colored but sometimes they just get spooked. Trying to get cameras at deer head level and I can in some areas knowing which ways they travel but in other directions they sometimes get freaked out. I even have some down low and while they're okay with them 90% of the time, sometimes they freak out and run at random. Is it just deer stupidity or am I doing camouflage wrong? I have one at head height they're fine with right up next to a tree and branch with some brush trimmings giving it a little bit of camo which makes them fine with that but one on the ground with some brush and vines made a deer freak out once. I'm probably not hunting them so it's fine but I just want to test out setting cameras and getting good footage. And is there any way to more easily figure out which way deer are likely walking a trail? Seems like something you have to just have a gut instinct for.
>>2740950Try placing them higher, around 6-7 feet. Find a stick about an inch or so thick and place that behind the top of the camera, to angle it down. I've never had a problem spooking deer with mine set up this way.
>>2721600That's a good idea, then you could get a look at a hot chick's nude ass as she skinny dips
>>2719020Pupper on my property
>>2741039Neat
Bumpan because waiting for new trailcam pics. Trying to remember where the fuck I put my other trailcam I took home. Fugggg =DDDDDDDDD
>>2743708I'm heading out to check my cameras this weekend. I'll have almost two months worth of footage to go through. I should have at least one bear, bucks in velvet and turkey poults.
>>2743725>2 months of footageDamn, nice. I have to check my cams somewhat regularly "just in case", though during the hunting season that's not a big issue. Turned out that my cheapo Tasco (or Simmons actually IIRC) cams I picked up from a yard sale will corrupt the card if it fills. Doesn't know when to stop writing lol. Luckily found that out after setting a cam out at home in a high traffic area rather than one left innawoods. If I were to leave it in a spot a squirrel and some birds sit every day eating nuts I'll probably fill most of my 32gb (yes max size is 32gb cards because chineseium) in a month.
>>2743739My cameras have solar cells and 128gb memory cards. I've let them go for several months. I can save over 2000 30 second videos at 1080p. They also have an overwrite protection setting. I can choose to overwrite or stop recording if the card runs out of space. I do, usually, check them monthly, but this last month or so has just flown past. And I went on a rafting/camping trip instead of going up to the mountains where I have my cameras.
>>2719023I bet the cops were looking for an excuse to fuck with that retard for ages and you must've made their day when you called in the complaint lmao
Has anyone set up an urban trail cam for surveillance purposes? In my last apartment I wanted to set one up across from a thicket under a rail bridge where I was absolutely sure there were nocturnal junkies/hobos living. Never got the chance since we moved from there very quickly
>>2743765That is literally what the cops said. "Oh yeah, we know who that is, leave it with us". Nothing happened to him, they just knocked on his door probably for the 10th time and told him, once again, to fucking knock it off.Fun unrelated fact, a few years earlier some jackal broke into my parents house during the day by pushing their air conditioner through the window and climbing in and then ransacking the place. The cops were like "yeah so, we know exactly who did this, he's been doing this for about 5 years and we can't get a warrant to go get him. But we know who it is and btw it's xxxx at xxxxx Drive, just sayin."Funny outcome, about 2 years later he got a warrant against him for dealing drugs and when the cops finally got in they found years worth of useless shit he had stolen from people all over town, including my parents' safe which had my birth certificate and other harmless shit in it. We got it all back and he finally went to jail.
>>2743771It's pretty wild how criminals can in theory get away with a lot of crimes just by not reoffending (ie cops know exactly who they are, but the crime isn't serious enough to pull a warrant) but because their IQ is so low, they can't help but keep reoffending until they finally get snagged and have the backlog thrown at them
>>2743817Yep, small town retards never change, certainly true in my small town.
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>>2743739Speaking of... I got grass triggers on one of my cameras... 3,500 videos to go through 90% of nothing but grass. For perspective, my other camera that only had animal triggers had 158. And I was off by an order of magnitude! I can save 30K 30 second clips on my 128gb memory cards!
>>2719069>can't conceive of anyone posting anything from 8 years agounderage zoomer confirmed
>>2744521Here's some old-ass trailcam pics I had saved
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>>2719020Healthy looking Griz on the cam this morning
>>2721601>Town cops don't give a FACK unless you're doing it on their propertySometimes town cops just know that there is nothing they can do. Especially if My locals once posted on facebook for parents to come pick their drunk high schoolers up from a party out in the woods. It was literally like “There are only 4 cops in the and one has to stay at the station and a second one needs to be available for emergencies and the other two can’t handle 75 drunk high schoolers on their own… we blocked the road and are not letting them drive, we are not issuing tickets, can any available parents please come pick your kids and their friends up?”
>>2743862My right to the ownership of my land precedes the greedy machinations of any government officials. You go get your own space, and keep your grubby dick-beaters off of my trees.
>>2743862Partially agree. It is frustrating hunting is not possible anymore without permission of a landowner or buying land yourself. The death of free land
>>2745736>hunting is not possible anymore without permission of a landowner or buying land yourselfthat entirely depends on where.
>>2745766Want know where it is possible. Google is shit nowadays
>>2745774>blaming google for your own wilful igorance.out west. Over 100,000 elk are harvested annually out west. The vast majority of it on public land.
>>2745781Nice, don't live in America
>>2745116dang
>>2745786you can still come over and hunt on public land
>>2721975Spypoint, 100 captures per month sent to the web with their free plan.Beware their newer models like LM2, it's a sabotaged PoS. The older LM I got still works
>>2747410young bucks scrappin?
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>>2748251>pepsis that bebzy?
>>2745736this is why millions of acres of state and national forests exist. most people don't hunt on those lands anyway, because they're capable of talking to their neighbors and other landowners and permission is very easy to get.you're just an asspie mclarp who can't do those things
>>2749182>you're just an asspie mclarp who can't do those thingsi thinks hes just a europoor>>2745116great shot!
>>2719023did he not see the camera? what an idiot
>>2749815I take great pride and care in hiding my cams anon.
>>2719020So, who got the best capture in this thread?
>>2719377Cool picThe rocks on the log kinda ruin it for me though.
>>2741039are those red wolves or just giganto-yotes?
bumping. super hot. really don't want to go out to check cams but need to badly.
>>2752392I'm in the same boat, too hot to check the cameras. It was over 120 yesterday!!
>>2751146agnon railroad tracks are full of trash of every ilk, not the least of which is rubble, scrap, oil spills, and building materials discarded by the railroad company. nevermind all the mattresses and old refrigerators that people dump near the tracks. a little shimmering glittering glass ain't hurt nobody
>>2743862just walking through is one thing. cutting down trees and tearing up the soil to drive a dirt bike around is very different
>>2719020lots of babies on the trail cam these days
>>2752621nice
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>>2752621foals
>>2754575>foalsbaby elk are called calves (calf)
>>2719041Should have pressed charges as it's criminal trespass if you have signs up. He'll do it again.
>>2719020I need to find my trail cam SD card and put my cameras back up.When they were up last year mainly just got a lot of groundhog videos.A few stills of deer. A pic of a stray cat. And one shot of a fox.
>>2719072What trail camera is this?
>>2755024Wildgame Innovations Terra 5. I was on sale at Whalmart for like $40 at the time. It's not great and has a disappointing FoV. Very hard to aim as it doesn't pair with wifi or bluetooth so can't actually check your aim while you're deploying it. But, it's a fun toy.
The Arlo cameras were fun until the trial ran out, until the current gen ones get hacked I guess I need a trail cam to satisfy my needs.
>>2755043NTA but sounds a lot like my current walmart cam. About $40. Bretty decent and comes in tan which is nice as it blends a lot better than black. Also, has anyone ever ran into issues of ants taking their cams over? I have an older one that either ran into issues working or the batteries died (or both). Gave it another week just to see if it'd capture anything and it didn't. Undid the strap, pulled the mount, put it down, went to grab my phone and...why the hell am I ABSOLUTELY covered in ants? Oh, cool, my cam is now an ant nest. IDK if they were using my pole, mount, and securing strap to climb along to get further up the bush it was under or what but fuck me.
>>2719020got another wolf.
>>2756999cute!
>>2758021What is that? red wolf?
>>2758143Looks like a coyote to me...
>>2758147I s'pose
>>2758143It’s a coyote, no wolves in my area probably for centuries except in the zoo
>>2758254must be somehwere hot. His short coat tricked me.
>>2758365agreed. look at the difference in coats between>>2758021and >>2719024
How sensitive are these things? The pics in this thread are pretty neat, but I feel like if I put a trail cam near my house it would just capture 500 pictures of trees swaying in the wind
>>2758538they aren't generally triggered by movement but by heat signatures. this saves a shitton of time and battery and everything else.I have a motion sensitive camera meant for indoors use but I have it pointing out the patio doors into the back garden and it just records all fucking day long when a leaf drops or there's a gentle breeze. my trail cam however only goes off when it detects heat, so a person or animal, sadly this configuration won't capture anything cold blooded so no gators or snakes and such
>>2758541>won't capture anything cold blooded so no gators or snakes and suchNo wonder it's all cougars and cougars
>>2758538>>2758541some also have sensistivity levels so you can adjust. If mine is too sensitive the heat of the sun and passing clouds can trigger it
>>2725216>ringtail catArizona?
>>2758946California, far north near Mt Shasta and Lassen
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>>2719020look at that fucking IDIOT HE DOESNT EVEN KNOW!
>>2735492"what the dog doing? "those words echoed in my head it's like I'm brain wine washed
>>2758538I have a cheapo Walmart model, the tan Tasco (Simmons?) model and it very very rarely gets triggered by trees. Now if you get one of those little shitty cube "spy cams" with REAL IR nightvision WOW then yeah it's going to get triggered by everything and die in 2-3 hours. Apparently trailcams do have a heat sensor (IIRC otherwise called an "occupancy sensor" in other electronics) so it shouldn't get too many false positives, but if you set it so it faces the setting sun it can get set off a couple times every time the sun sets (as well as having poor lighting due to facing the wrong way from your light source; this is more photography talk in general though). Don't put it too close to your subject (which can be frustrating wanting to get close pics) as not only can the night vision blow out the contrast and turn everything white if you get an animal right up at your cam, but often animals can pass by before the camera has time to start recording so you might only get a glimpse of raccoon butt and tail in a video. Photo is probably more forgiving and has less of a delay but I like video.In general, from what I understand, they kinda use a combo of heat and movement detection. Also rechargeable batteries are a good idea. Don't get one with an internal or proprietary battery (assuming that's a thing) or else you'll be SOL when that el cheapo tiny capacity lithium battery goes bad (and need to bring it in to charge), get one with a replaceable tray for AAs.
>>2760844nice. where is this?
>>2758143There isn't a huge difference between wolves and coyotes. Coyotes have pointier snouts and ears. And these days we have hybrid coyote-wolf mixes.
>>2734993In your dreams, I'm sure you could.
>>2735493Looks like an over turned bowl and a bird feeder.
>>2734993What about this guy? same camera. diff cat. looks bigger
>>2761942>same cameraI should clarify and say its the same camera spot but a different camera. I swapped out cameras last year
>>2761674>There isn't a huge difference between wolves and coyotesexcept a 100lbs
>>2749964>I take great pride and care in hiding my cams anon.Any advice or tricks?
>>2719038Tell me you are American without...
>>2762418>"Just hold still mister wild predator while I put you on these scales. It'll only take a minute. Much obliged."
>>2762439>no wolf or coyote hase ever been hunted, killed and weighedwtf
>>2761942big cat
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>>2735502you can literally just whack any animal with a stick and they will run away from you for miles.
>>2763155generally yes, however many animals, particularly capable predators, can reach a point of escalation where they believe they must attack you to defend themselves. and it's hard to know when they're at that point. particularly with burr but also apparently with large cats as mountian lions have killed people. in general though a predator will not risk injury just to make a point, you have to really escalate shit for it to actually engage you.alligators and crocodiles are an exception, they don't five a faaah
>>2763156human with a bat or walking staff can defend themselves (moving laterally during the charge) striking for the head. if the situation is especially dangerous waving a burning torch (lighter + spare clothes + dry vegetation) would stop the attack cold. most big animals leave obvious sign, mud wallows, broken vegetation, trails down to water from elevation, tree rubs, piles of scat. you should be able to spot predators miles before they smell you by just looking around when walking. probably just throwing a rock will work. this is in the 0.00001% chance that you are being attacked and didn't already clear out the entire forest by crunching along like a fatty.if a bear really wanted to eat you it would follow you for days watching you from dense vegetation off the trail and choose to enter your tent at night. only after it's convinced you are alone, don't have a gun and don't have other food it can just yoink when you're sleeping. that same bear would eat berries out of your hand if it could choose between attack and munch. wild animals cover tens of miles a day, if a predator is attacking it's likely so weak and delirious from starvation that it's near death, or you disturbed a big chonkers cached kill or you got between a mother and young. in all three situations it should be super obvious minutes if not hours before. spooky silence and vultures and crows circling above you obvious.almost always, moving is what gets people lost, injured, killed. they lose track of their location, can't get bearings, panic, make poor choices trying to get higher for a mobile signal, have improper gear, the weather changes, they get wet or dehydrate, can't regulate their temperature, walk in circles, twist an ankle or knee, and then if they get attacked it's because nearby predators have secondhand embarrassment. 99% they live if they sit down under a big tree and start a fire.>t. ghillie suit enjoyer who has hundreds of hours outdoors just lying still and observing
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First night at new house/property. Hanging around my chicken coop. Wasn't able to break in.
>>2763719Is that a neighborhood cat? Cat's won't usually fuck with chickens. Bobcats are another story, but that's not a bobcat.
