Thread: South Island Trail Cameras

I have been using trail cams for a number of years now (about 2012) in the alps. Ridges are good where game trails past along. Best to position facing southward where possible to avoid the sun rising and setting which glares out the footage but sometimes the terrain just doesn't work out for location. I usually find a tree handy for the supplied strap but have used tree spikes screwed into the trunk. But sometimes it can be hard to find the right tree in the right spot. Over the years i have also found possums a bloody nuisance - they like to gnaw the plastic corners of the camera and even climb all over it, sometimes dislodging it. I feel this is due to the camera internals putting out some signal that they pick up which they find curious? Sometimes i place rat poison on the ground below the camera which has worked at times but not reliable i feel. No it's not rats but for possums. I find the camera strap more reliable than an after market tree spike. Over the years i have had Twinneedle in Chch make me extra straps as UV will eventually weaken the straps but overall they stand up very well - rain or shine. I sometimes set my trail cams in pairs, slightly opposite each other to cover any deer trail where i think they will come from. I use Acorns and the Browning brand cameras. From six cams - one Acorn has finally crapped out (water) which was my first one brought 2012 so had a good run from it. A second one has played up every now and then but again had a few good years with pics from it. I do liking the Brownings but the Acorn has been one of the few that takes pics then video in one setting. My Browning has to be set to one or the other though the top of the range i think does both?