Talked to the conservation officer when he came to seal my bear and from what has observed, there are a lot of healthy bears out there this fall and not from eating at bait sites (which has been over for weeks). Not sure what they were eating this year, as acorns, beech nuts, and most berries were almost non-existent, but they are definitely eating well off nature. This one was licking some peanut butter off the tree (which was about 8' up so it gives you an idea of the size of the bear). That's all he was interested in. Showed up that one night and never saw him again.
Yeah that's quite the bear. There are acorns absolutely everywhere here...crazy the amount in the woods this year.
Well, I broke down and bought a trail cam. For our cabin. Grandson helped me bait it with some sweet corn. We have many customers for whatever we put out. They love lettuce.
How long do the batteries last in these things? In the first 48 hours there were 33 pics of deer. All does and fawns. This model takes 8 AA batts.
With a $20 Cabelas mail in rebate this Wild Game Spark will cost me $45. I am new at this but for 45 bucks I think it takes great pics.
I use lithium batteries and depending on the configuration, I get 3- 6 months on avg. Possibly longer as I didn't date my last batch of batteries and I don't recall when I replaced them. Temperature affects it as well but lithiums are pretty tolerant of heat and cold. Been debating about getting a solar panel and external battery for it hoping to make internals last a bit longer. Them lithiums are only getting pricier, just bought 24 of them for $66...
A 12v scooter battery on Amazon is like $20, a dc to 12v connector to power the trail cam and an ammo box to keep the battery dry. You're in for about $35 but the battery charge will last you the season. I'll never use AA or AAA batteries in a trail cam again.
I've had some cameras last over six months on a set of batteries. A lot depends on your temps and how you have the camera set up (pictures versus videos, how many seconds between shots, etc.).
I don’t use the video feature and have a 15 second delay on the shutter. Hoping the batteries last til the snow flies,,
My camera uses 8 AA batteries but it also has a solar battery pack. The AA batteries are just for backup. The solar panel is in full sunlight, glad I bought it batteries are expensive.
I am up here in Douglas County, WI about 40 miles from Lake Superior. ATVing. Buddy checks his trail cam today and it seems we had a visitor Tuesday when we were out riding. The cam is on the back side of his wood shed about 35 yards from the cabin. Not sure the pic is small and poor quality but I think the bobcat is wearing a tracking collar. What say you? Collar or no?
Can't recommend the Browning cameras enough. I have two that are out year round and have been for...dunno...4 or 5 years? They were not new 5 years ago either. Excellent photos and video, lots of options for photo delay, vid length etc. Battery life is very good. Pretty compact. Set up from Browning for the Master Lock Python cable locks and have bear boxes available. I usually wait for a sale on them and get them for around $80. I don't mess around with the cellular models. I am only buying 'black' led models at this point. The deer don't care about the regular lights, but the 'invisible' lights work better for humans. Here are some closeouts. Most usually have nothing but good things to say about the Brownings. I just got lucky when I bought my first one, not knowing anything about them. Factory Direct Sale, Closeout, and Refurb Deals
I assume this light still gives off an infrared signature, or some other signature if not that? As in, detectable with some of the camera apps etc that are out there for finding cameras? Due to shenanigans in our area, I would like to find some cameras that are undetectable.
