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How many cams do you run?

Kuk09

Kuk09

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As the summer starts, I'm getting ramped back up for the season. I've been making up some 12v packs for all my cell cams, and while doing so, I remembered all the other cams I have and where I want to set them.

I got to thinking... how many cameras is everyone running? How many acres are your cams covering? I'm currently fortunate to have a good chunk of private, and will have about 20-25 cams out this season. I'll keep the cell cams in areas I know see good traffic, and will use the others in new or less traveled areas to see what things look like.
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Live an hour from our 100 acres, last year ran 9 Cuddelinks + 4 other cell cams + 5 regular cams… it’s still just a small sample of what’s going on haha. This year trying more mock scrapes. I have two young kids so can’t get out enough, threw a ton of cams at em, had great hunts but still only took a doe.
 
I ran 8 last year. 4 Reveal cell cams, and 4 Brownings on about 500 acres of private land. With the price of lithium batteries, I'm debating even putting them out this year.
 
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I am running all cells and thinking about selling my traditional cameras. I run 4 reveals (with the rechargeable battery pack) and 1 stealth cam. I set them and don't go back to them until after season or if they NEED maintenance. I want to get more cells though.
 
ThePennsylvanian said:
Man, our community really does overdo the phrase "I run xxxxxx cameras"....
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I would say cameras are one of the few things we actually do run. You power them electronically , adjust them, activate them, maintain and check them, and then take them out of commission
 
I MAINTAIN 5 to 12 cameras year round. I just think it's a lot of fun. I have 4 cell cams out now and a couple of regular cams. The cell cams are in my hunting spots set up with solar panels that I bought for cheap on flebay and the regulars are in spots that I think may have potential.
 
Kuk09 said:
As the summer starts, I'm getting ramped back up for the season. I've been making up some 12v packs for all my cell cams, and while doing so, I remembered all the other cams I have and where I want to set them.

I got to thinking... how many cameras is everyone running? How many acres are your cams covering? I'm currently fortunate to have a good chunk of private, and will have about 20-25 cams out this season. I'll keep the cell cams in areas I know see good traffic, and will use the others in new or less traveled areas to see what things look like.
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Care to share any details on how you build your battery packs? I was looking at getting some premade ones by HME/Stealth to keep from replacing batteries every year.
 
I wonder if you could somehow use the tree itself to power the cameras...sort of like those potato clocks.
 

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I'll be running 8 cell cameras this year. Had 11 last year but can't get some of them going again.
 
avgjoe said:
Care to share any details on how you build your battery packs? I was looking at getting some premade ones by HME/Stealth to keep from replacing batteries every year.
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Building battery packs isn’t worth the savings for me, but what you can do is get cheap solar battery panels on Amazon and then buy the 3 year optional warranty with em - Asurion I think. $50 total for guaranteed 3 years isn’t bad, and Ive exchanged two with that warranty, I can’t believe they’ll even insure them. Bushnell got smart though, proprietary plug the Amazon panels won’t fit.
 
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