Sunday, April 5, 2020

Note Your Trail Camera Locations


Stupid Is As Stupid Does – That’s me!
Last fall I shared that my first camera was stolen. Wrong!
A neighbor hiking located the camera and asked me if it was possibly belonged to me. A bit embarrassing seeing that it is just up the road from my home, and I went back three or four times looking for it! I missed finding it by thirty yards. When I set the camera out last summer I was confident I could locate it noting land features. WRONG!
Lesson Learned: Write down where your camera(s) is in a notebook or take a GPS reading when setting camera traps. Especially when you have a number of camera traps set in different locations.
The lost trail camera was set out last June – March (10 months). The lithium batteries were still working. The TC took 1,500 pictures, capturing eleven different critters.  Turkey,raccoon,squirrel,coyote,deer,bobcat,bear,otter,opossum,fox,porcupine.
Jim

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