Thread: Trail Cams

Hey guys,

Does anyone have any advice on whether trail cams are a worth while investment and if so, are there any recommendations on certain brands that are good, or to avoid. The reason I ask is because I have found a few clearings which look like they have good potential but yet, I never seem to come across any game when I'm watching them.

Cheers

Yes, you will learn a lot , from your wasting your time.. right through to knowing the time to strike

See if you can get on the list for the Forum Trail Cam and set that out.

Failing this give me a PM and I'll bring up mine and set them out for with you.

Other than that I use the Lil Acorn 5210a cameras
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yV2HKg6DaI

Which works fine.

Check out Trade Me $1 reserve and you should get one for around $130

Just don't bloody bid against me.

Cheers
Pete

Haha im sure you would. Cheers for the info guys

Worth their weight in gold, my first trail cam was a little acorn, pretty good pics for a cheapo cam, I have some pics in the last page of the trail cam photos of a little acorn, you will learn a shitload about what animals are around and have a lot of fun.

Cheers mate. Heres the pic of the spot. What do you think of it? Does it have much potential? Also that is the end of a lake on the right of the picture. I have no idea as im new to hunting haha.

looks as good as any spot for critters, I would move the camera so there is no obstructions in front of it, branches etc, and try to angle so there is no blue sky in the top of the frame, cut out the glare in the pics.

I have a few cheap ones and they all do OK, about $100 new off eBay. I started out by looking at the expensive ones which run to hundreds of dollars per camera, but realised I'd learn more with 5x $100 cameras than 1x $500 camera. A couple have failed once or twice but overall I have a lot of animal photos.

Some tips:
-Secure it properly. I tied one to a rock and it moved, and rested another on a sheltered ledge. A possum pushed it over...
-Don't set it up facing the sun because you can get washed out photos. Southward is best.
-Use decent alkaline cells.
-Remember to plug the external power bung in, they tend to pop out on some models.

Get one that takes time lapse as well as movement. Photos taken at 5-10 minute intervals allow you to see whats going on out of the range of the motion sensor and that can be very revealing. Also in movement mode make sure no branches etc that are likely to be moved by the wind are in the sensors range.
Nothing more annoying that 200 photos of a bloody rush bush going backward and forward.

Yes remember there are two very different types of camera, although some do both.

-Timelapse cameras automagically trigger every few seconds and work well to monitor large open spaces where animals won't trigger a trail cam. I get thousands of photos per day and use GoPro Studio to play them as a movie and pick out the interesting shots. I get about 6 weeks of continuous shooting on Primos DPS, which fills up a 32GB card.

-Trail cams are mostly triggered by heat from animals passing close by. These only shoot when needed, so need only small memory cards and can last for months. But you rely on close triggering, so you can't look at open riverbeds for example.