Super Fitness Health BlogUse Your Trail Camera Proficiently
Wildlife spotting cameras may be a hunter’s best friend if set up and placed properly, or they may be incredibly discouraging if not setup properly. There are many variables that might impact the quality of your photographs, or even if you get the picture at all. Many hunters get irritated when the photo is just an incomplete body photo, such as only the head (missing the complete rack) or just getting the legs of their quarry.
Read on for some tips that will probably enable you to make the most of your digital trail camera:
First, make sure you are using a quality camera. An excellent resource for unbiased reviews of game cameras is www.gamecamerasreviews.org. There you will find game camera reviews submitted by actual users of the cameras.
Once you have a quality camera, head for the field. Use caution when installing the game camera in locales where you might find high foliage that could obstruct the camera. Surprisingly, the morning sun can warm up the leaves on trees and cause motion.
Try to install the trail camera oriented north or south if at all possible. Any positioning facing west or east can result in washed out photographs because of the sun. This often arises in the morning hours when the camera is pointing east, or the afternoon hours when the camera is pointing west.
Clean out the area directly in front of the game camera around 20 to 30 feet out in front of the game camera and to the sides. This should keep the game camera from being activated as a result of wind gusts moving leaves near the camera.
Examine the triggering mechanism of your camera. Too far away or too near to the target area can lead to missed photos (this is true for any make of trail camera). Changing temperatures will cause inconsistant movement recognition level of responsiveness. Frequently adjust your game camera based on the latest and predicted weather conditions.
It’s a recommended practice to install the game camera at a higher elevation in rub areas if you are attempting to take pictures of your next big buck. Flashes straight in the buck’s eyes can potentially spook the buck and he will abandon the area completely. Flashes that appear from higher than eye level don’t seem to disturb them.
The best approach is to point the game camera along a trail would be to aim it just a little to the left of the trail entrance or a little to the right of the trail exit point. This should result in many more complete photos being taken and decrease the number of incomplete pictures you’ll get with your trail camera. This will allow the camera’s sensing unit to capture the full photograph instead of activating too late or too early.
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