Oh, the beloved trail camera, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways!
Perhaps the most exciting part about fall and hunting season is getting to play with my favourite toy; the wildlife surveillance camera, otherwise known by hunters simply as the ‘trail cam’.
Here I’m adjusting the settings on my trusty Bushnell Trophy Cam – Bone Collector. This particular trail cam has been in that same tree for more than a year now, and I’ve only changed the batteries once. Once!!
Not bad for an estimated 15, 000 photos.
Certain trail cams like this one, which gets lots of action, I set to low res. image (3 MB) to allow for the 300 -350 photos it captures each week. Other cams I may opt for ‘HD Video’ instead, keeping in mind the amount of space an HD vid occupies on the SD card.
These little Trophy Cams are not only reliable, they’re about as user friendly as it gets. Scrolling through the menu and changing settings with this model can be done with ease, and Bushnell remains consistent with their new models as well; keeping menu options and layout pretty much the same across the board.
Trail cameras with Invisible/Black LED’s like these two models are great for those ‘camera shy’ critters who don’t enjoy being photographed at night.
Since the LED Glow is obscured, they also make a better ‘surreptitious surveillance’ system for around the house, or to monitor your hunt camp for break-ins.
Checking-on already established trail cams or setting-up new ones is about as close to actual hunting as it gets.
(Warning – blatant product plug coming…)
Wow, what fantastic looking footwear! Do I look good, or what?
These new Merrell’s I courtesy of Shoeme.ca, made this week’s trail camera set-up an even more enjoyable experience. I felt like I was floating on air!
Thanks to the good folks over at Shoeme.ca for the opportunity of trying-out a fantastic pair of new shoes. I’ll be wearing these puppies to hunt camp next weekend when I set-up another series of trail cameras.
For more information on the latest in trail cam footwear: http://www.shoeme.ca/collections/merrell
Happy trail-camming one and all – may your SD cards runneth over with big game images!
Outdoorsguy
Checked my cards for the first time since putting out my Bushnells last weekend. Hundreds of pictures, lots of does, fawns and the odd small buck. Just waiting for the big boys to show up.
Reality TV anyone:
http://blogs.canoe.ca/outdoorsguy/hunting/the-reality-of-outdoor-reality-television/
Outdoorsguy