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Trail Camera Tactics.

DaveT1963 said:
For those that are interested, send me you questions now and I will answer the questions during the session. Perhaps one day i can learn how to do a live feed and take questions live on Facebook.
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Click "live" on facebook. Start recording. As you're recording it'll show what people type on the bottom of your screen. Pretty simple. I will send you pics if you'd like.
 
I’m curious about prepped trees vs camera back tracking? Let’s say you put out 6 cams to find a buck to chase. You then move other 5 cams in until you get him pinned down. That’s gonna out you in trees you never expected. So would you prep trees based on terrain and travel features and hunt those as a second strategy for unknown deer and use the cams to go after a specific deer? I know that’s two different strategies but would could you pull them off in same season? How would you blend those two strategies together?
 
Interested to hear what you look for in a new property and then how you break down that property to scout and put trail cams out. Especially if it’s a place that is not a close proximity hunting spot. I’ve watched all your vids in the past and how much detail you go into with pictures and a binder. Absolutely love your approach. Any start to finish info on 1 property would be gold Dave, thanks!


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Sounds fantastic, look forward to watching


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Also if it was a newer area to you, why you picked it.


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I guess part of the camera strategy that would be good to cover is how you rationalize how many you need. I know you run a lot of them, but at 150-200 a pop for a browning, not a lot of folks are sitting on 50 cameras. Would be good to talk through solving for a strategy on a typical size parcel. For me for example I have 300 acres I lease and right now I only run 4 cameras. I try to pick at least one up a year, but it always competes against other gear so I'm not stock piled. Also - I'm 3 hours away from my property and can't check every week. I left 3 cameras this year to simply soak all season and only just pulled them and so now I have a better idea of where to set them for next year but would love to hear more on your thoughts on this. I tried the Spypoint Micro this year as the 4th camera to address the fact I can't get up there often and it worked really well, so I may grab more of them. I have loved the Dark Ops - best camera I have ever owned and intend to keep adding those as I can. These 2 vids were cool - thanks
 
Good video @DaveT1963 well presented, this is where video trumps words. Having that drawing really helps it all make sense
 
DaveT1963 said:
I am actually going in this weekend to a woodlot/cow pasture type setting where there will be about 500 acres. My plan is to document this process over next eight months. I set a camera in there in sept and in Dec I had a monster 10. I have NO idea where he is spending most of his time but I am going to use the same approach to try to find him & track him down. For this property, I will start with 3-4 cameras at the best funnel trails and I will set up a couple mineral licks based upon what I find scouting.

You can get by with one but it will take time. PM me and I will give you some ideas about saving some coin on browning - you can get a fantastic browning for 100 bucks. The problem with cheap cameras is the detection capability. I have tried so many and nothing gets a higher capture then the browning's so far. I love the SpyPoint force dark - until I realized it missed a ton of triggers.

But you have to do what you have available. And yes right now I have probably 50 browning's but only 5 are still out (been pulling them) but I am running those on over 30 different WMAs in 3 states typically. For the video above I used a total of 3 cameras.
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you now that you say that on the spy point, I did witness that in person - I had mine over a food plot and watched deer from a ground set up 120 yards away with no pic taken - the detection range seemed to be the limitation. I think those work pretty well but have to be in tighter quarters
 
I have seen deer in front of my cameras and not get a pic, but truthfully it is a spot where they can be walking 100 feet from the actual camera. It is a great spot for deer activity but that is out of the range.
 
DaveT1963 said:
There are cameras that will detect out to 120 feet. Also, keep in mint air temperature can highly influence detection capability. The colder the air the better the camera picks it up. So in winter your camera could possibly nail a 100 foot. During the heat of summer most cameras struggle past 80-90 feet.
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I have exodus render that I put in that spot, I have been trying to stay out of there as much as possible. The cell cam makes that possible, I guess I sacrifice detection but it is an impressive cam overall
 
Dave, what is your loss rate on cams either by thief or malfunction? Maybe I have piss poor luck but it seems like the humidity down in S LA/MS eats cams.
 
Wow, I’m averaging a 1-2 loss rate only running 8 cams!!!!! Had to weed thru a lot of junk & my Browning seemed to be desirable & walked. A full season soak isn’t an opinion for the ground I hunt as during the gun rut hunt nothing is safe.

Yes the content is great. I’ll post up questions as you go. Appreciate the effort on this.
 
I get lulled into a false since of security during summer, early season. Can practically get away with a cam on the check station post, yet during gun, rut 2 miles deep & 10’ high isn’t safe.
 
I'm really surprised how many cameras people get stolen, I might lose 1 per year but thats rare I also don't set them directly on rubs or scrapes just trails going to and from there and put them up high, I will usually put some branches or something in the strap to help camo it. I'm sure some areas have alot more people scouting than others, here in FL its hard to scout in the middle of summer. I also buy alot of my cameras from www.snipergear.net, he sells a 4 pack for around $100 and they're perfect for public land. I use my nice ones for areas that are private or that I know people don't go to
 
btsnhos said:
I'm really surprised how many cameras people get stolen, I might lose 1 per year but thats rare I also don't set them directly on rubs or scrapes just trails going to and from there and put them up high, I will usually put some branches or something in the strap to help camo it. I'm sure some areas have alot more people scouting than others, here in FL its hard to scout in the middle of summer. I also buy alot of my cameras from www.snipergear.net, he sells a 4 pack for around $100 and they're perfect for public land. I use my nice ones for areas that are private or that I know people don't go to
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How do the Wildgame cameras hold up these days? I haven't bought any in quite a while 10+ years. They would barely last a season back then for me so I switched to Moultrie. That snipergear 4 pack has me very interested though.
 
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