Wild Species
Camera Traps
I am using trail cameras out in the field to do recon on locations that I can look at closer for potentially photographing wildlife with my DSLR cameras.
That is one of the trail cams that I am holding in my hands and I have just changed out the battery and the memory card for fresh ones, and I am going through the settings before placing the camera back in its security housing as seen in the insert photo.
This particular trail cam can operate with six AA batteries, but I am using rechargeable battery packs that will allow for up to 6 weeks of operation with the camera unattended.
My trail cams are 10 and 12 megapixel models, and I am using 32 gig cards in them.
There is a bit of a learning curve to using trail cameras, however its rewarding to open the camera up and see results like you see here in the insert photos captured with this trail camera.
Some of the things that are important if you plan on capturing wildlife images in to select a good location by scouting the area before setting up the camera.
Do this in the early morning and again in the late afternoon to observe the movement of wildlife and the game trails they take to get to water, and where they tend to feed, as well as where they bed down at night.
If you don't take the time to scout the area and just haphazardly select a location, you more than likely will be disappointed with poor results, or in other words lack of images on your memory cards.
I also take the time once I have chosen a location and installed my trail camera to cover my human scent that I have left while setting up my equipment through the use of natural scents.
There are many scents to chose from at your favorite hunting outlet, especially those with a archery department.
I have been using pine-and-earth scent with good results, and my research has found that using a spray scent has proven to be twice as effective as when no cover scent is used.
You also want to visit your trail cameras as least as possible, and time your visits during the mid-day hours when there is less chance of alerting wildlife to the fact that you have been in the area.
And again, cover your scent when your done servicing your trail camera.
The color photos were shot during the daylight hours, and the black and white photos were shot at night.
This camera operates in stealth mode continuously, and at night 42 black LED's are fired when there is any a combination of movement and heat that passes in the range of the camera.
The Elk in the black and white night photos were not aware that they had been photographed, although the flash has fired.
Click on the photo for a closer look.....
Removing the human scent.....
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