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[nybirdman]

Game cameras are great fun;I have five of them and run on video all the time.What brand is your camera?I run Bushnell and Brownings;the latest is a Bushnell Aggressor HD and takes out-standing video.

 

[Thomas]

Just wait until newborns start showing up,your game cam will be worth every penny.

 

[TractorGuy]

These are Reolink RLC411WS wifi security cameras. I have them mounted on a stand and powered by a deep cycle battery with a 100 watt solar panel connected.

I sit in my living room and watch over the network. The cameras have SD cards that they record to and I can download the videos or capture photos through the network.

 

[Thomas]

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I am in the market for least 2 new game cams this year...thanks for info.

 

[TractorGuy]

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I am in the market for least 2 new game cams this year...thanks for info.

These have not been cheap or easy to set up. They have limited range and eat battery power. I have had to upgrade to a marine deep cycle battery with a 100 watt solar panel so it has a large footprint and it's too early to tell if it will maintain the charge.

It works okay for my purpose since it's near the house in my field but not the setup you would leave in the woods.

 

[nybirdman]

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I am in the market for least 2 new game cams this year...thanks for info.

Check the Bushnell Aggressor HD 20 MP;I have run game cameras for ten years and this camera is out -standing.This is a screen capture from a video.That particular camera is a Browning;also very nice but lacking
a little in night pictures(it is a black out style in all fairness).The Bushnell is a "low" glow.

 

[TractorGuy]

That low glow business is over rated. It's a sales gimmick. The deer don't seem to care in fact they look into the lights out of curiosity and tend to pose for the camera. I have also read the low glow tends to reduce the effectiveness of the infrared lighting distance. Practically every video I have of deer shows them looking into the camera then going on about their business. The infrared lights on my cameras can be seen from 100 feet away.

Watch this guy check the camera out as he walks in front and poses.
Deer captured on Reolink RLC-411WS wifi Security Camera - YouTube

 

[nybirdman]

I don't think I can agree about low-glow and no-glow."Wild" deer will notice the "low-glow" ,certainly any predators will spook(coyotes ect.).No-glow has it's place so humans can't see it;think security camera.
No-glow is limited for night time pictures but with quality cameras it still works,just may not have the range of low glow.

 

[TractorGuy]

I don't think I can agree about low-glow and no-glow."Wild" deer will notice the "low-glow" ,certainly any predators will spook(coyotes ect.).No-glow has it's place so humans can't see it;think security camera.
No-glow is limited for night time pictures but with quality cameras it still works,just may not have the range of low glow.

I am just getting started with this project so I can't say with any certainty if the deer are looking at the red glow of the IR lights or just my out of place camera stand.

Here is the setup before I added a larger battery and larger solar panel. The new solar panel spans the entire width of the stand and sits at a 45 degree angle on the ground.

So far I have only captured the one small buck and the rest have been does. It may be I will not get any large weary bucks. I often see large tracks in my field so I know I have the traffic. I will eventually move the stand out where I see those tracks. I chose the current location because I saw a lot of smaller tracks there already so I put a mineral block and some corn out. They seem to like the cover of the tree but the small buck I captured was right out in the middle of my yard. About 50 yards away is where I often see large tracks so one of these days I will move the stand out there to see if I capture the animals making those.

I am not hunting these animals so they are used to having free range on my land.

 

[Thomas]

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Thank you for the info and be checking it out. :thumbsup:

 

[Thomas]

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So far I have only captured the one small buck and the rest have been does. It may be I will not get any large weary bucks. I often see large tracks in my field so I know I have the traffic. I will eventually move the stand out where I see those tracks. I chose the current location because I saw a lot of smaller tracks there already so I put a mineral block and some corn out. They seem to like the cover of the tree but the small buck I captured was right out in the middle of my yard. About 50 yards away is where I often see large tracks so one of these days I will move the stand out there to see if I capture the animals making those.

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Your giving me some great starter ideas :thumbsup: nor critter here are hunted for there my wife pets.

 

[TractorGuy]

I think this kind of answers the question about whether or not the bucks will care about infrared lights or big white bulky cameras looking at them. Once they get a sniff of where the does have been feeding they could care less.

 

[TractorGuy]

We had a pretty busy night until a spike arrived. (not shown in this video) He came in around midnight, back at 2:30, and showed back up around 5 AM.

Watch full screen in the shadows behind the tree and see if you can tell how many deer pass through my front yard.

I placed an old sweatshirt on some sticks to see it they were apprehensive about it. It had been worn and left in my dirty clothes basket so it had my scent on it. The only sign of them caring was they shied away from licking the mineral block nearby.

 

[Thomas]

Have feeling there not bedding down to far from your house.

 

[TractorGuy]

I just looked out in the field the the large track I've been seeing walked by 20 feet from the cameras but not in view of them. I adjusted the outbound camera towards the field where I saw those tracks and i think I will leave the flood lights on tonight. I have been trying to get a glimpse of this BIG deer for a while with no success.

 

[Thomas]

Maybe little Doe spray scent near cam will help.

 

[cqaigy2]

Nice videos!

I notice those are wireless cameras and you said they have SD that could be downloaded from. Do you use the wifi, or could you shut that down, to save power?

 

[TractorGuy]

Nice videos!

I notice those are wireless cameras and you said they have SD that could be downloaded from. Do you use the wifi, or could you shut that down, to save power?

I download through the wifi. The SD cards are not easily accessible. You would have to take the cameras apart to get to them. You can do everything through the widows or android apps via wifi so there is no real need to take the cards out. I format them every now and then but they automatically overwrite old files when they get full. They will hold several days of recordings. They only record segments when the camera detects movement and the deer seem to be more stealthy than rain. When it rains they record almost non stop but when the deer are in front of them they will stop and start. I might need to set them to record longer after motion is detected. I have that set for 15 seconds right now. I think I will try 30 again.

 

[TractorGuy]

Last night I had a couple of does come in to eat a spell then a half rack buck enters to displace them. This pair of does travel together and I have seen them run other does away. I wonder if they are mother and daughter that don't want to separate.

I hope this buck lost half his rack sparring or rubbing. I have seen a one horn spike, a seven point with one spike missing, and now this half rack. All of the defects have been on their right side so I fear there is a genetic flaw being passed down. I have seen a four point with a near perfect symmetrical rack.

I checked the tracks at the mineral block this morning and this is still not the large track buck I hope to capture some images of.