Maine Game Cam Pics

Mooseherder · July 06, 2009, 08:39:24 PM

We got back yesterday from our 2 weeks at camp.
I set up the camera on June 21st by the Stream about 400 feet from camp. It is on a trail we use for ATVs and walking down to the water. Seems the animals didn't mind our presence and were going about their business.
The first Moose was almost missed by the cam. :D
It couldn't have had a better opportunity to work after all the Moose was directly in front of it. :D :

Makes me wonder how many pics it didn't take.

The next two are about a half hour later of what I think is a different Moose. It got this little feller twice. It looks like it is wearing a Bridal. The problem is the pics are a half hour apart. Wonder what the camera was doing in between that time.

Next picture is of a Mooseherder. ;D

Then there was a Bar. Incidently we saw two young bears when we were riding the ATV trails. They were at seperate locations and I'd bet momma wasn't far away each time. We would come into an opening and see them running towards the woods. Never quick enough to take the camera out for a pic.

Then there was this Moose who looks a little different.

I changed the video card 5 days before we left so there maybe some more
and left the Cam up as we are going back in August. Hope the Batteries hold up.

SwampDonkey · July 07, 2009, 05:22:30 AM

Where did you pick up your wild-cam mooseherder? I was driving down the four-lane yesterday and on the other side of the wildlife fence were two bulls grazing, like in a park. Then later out near our brush cutting operation there was a bull and cow running down machine trails. I've gotta look for one at Walmart or Canadian Tire soon. I'm sure there are a bear or two on my lot as usual and lots of moose. I'd like to set one up on my beaver pond and see if I get an otter shot.

Mooseherder · July 07, 2009, 05:48:26 AM

We got this Wildlife Cam at Gander Mountain. They're an Outdoor World Sports Outfitter like Cabela's.
It is one of the cheaper models. We stopped in at the new Cabela's in Scarborough on the way up as we had an afternoon to kill waiting for a Wedding. They had a twin pack of a similiar camera for 119.00
I meant to check at Walmart for another but forgot while there. You'll need a video card also. It makes it more convenient to pop the card out instead of bringing the whole camera to the computer.

pappy · July 07, 2009, 09:23:58 AM

DanG it MH we done missed ya and da misses this trip :-\ We'll definitely catch ya in August... 8) What's the dates a comin' and a goin' ??

When did ya find a dry day ta ATV as it rained 15 days during the month of June with 23 days of cloudy weather total??? :

I set up my game came with a car battery as it has a 12 V port... I used it all last summer and that sure saved on batteries $$$ ..

Hey Donk this is the one I got last year or so and it works great for the $$$ I spent..

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/moultrie-game-spy-d-40-digital-flash-trail-camera.aspx?a=391658

SwampDonkey · July 07, 2009, 04:24:11 PM

Yeah thanks. I checked on Google and that same Camera is $300 here in Canada. Not sure if it's exactly the same but it's the same make and 4.0 MP's. It takes video night and day, infra-red and 150 day battery life. Might be the next step up by the looks of the features I guess.

Camera at Canadian Tire

This Bushnell one looks similar to yours for $99.

Here's the next step up in Bushnell you can hook to solar for $199.

Mooseherder · July 07, 2009, 06:23:07 PM

Pappy,
There is a port to hook up a 12 volt but I gotta buy the connector.
I put 350 miles on my 4-wheeler this trip on 4 different day outings.

(I even found a little time for work)
My wife put about 100 miles on hers. Her cousin and husband came up from Connecticut and I had to show him around. ;D
I didn't see one Star in 2 weeks which is very unusual because we usually get to see the Milky Way most nights up there. We drove around some clouds and got caught in a few but we were prepared with good rain gear and full face helmets. Got caught good twice though with the heavy downpours.
We'll be there August 1st, see ya then

Mooseherder · July 12, 2009, 02:05:48 PM

I was putting some pictures together from our trip and noticed something on the disk that I had missed earlier.
It is an AVI movie of the Bear Walking away from the Game Cam. The camera picked up the Bear or a BigFoot about a second before it went out of the camera frame on the left. The video is only eleven seconds. The Bear is in there for less than 2 of it. :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRTugPhwMqE

SwampDonkey · July 12, 2009, 07:19:59 PM

I checked the local stores here for game cameras and they don't stock anything. They have regular digital cameras, but most or so cheap (price and design) they are almost disposable. :D Got to go into the city and look sometime, maybe. ;) At least I know prices and brands now.

Mooseherder · August 17, 2009, 11:12:39 PM

The camera went off quite a few times while we were gone and when I saw the picture count over 40, I was really excited about seeing what was on the disk. Well, all there was, ( was ) disappointment in the camera not working properly. It was just a bunch of flashes that showed nothing on it for a picture. >:(
I changed the batteries and set up at a different location and it still mostly malfunctioned except it got a baby Moose and Deer. I'll bet their Mama's were close enough for pictures during the malfunctions eh.

TimberGhost · August 23, 2009, 10:35:43 AM

Cool pics!! Thanks for sharing them.

Radar67 · August 23, 2009, 12:13:39 PM

Moose, when I first set my camera up, I was disappointed as well. I soon learned that limbs and branches waving in the wind, in close proximity of the lens, would cause the camera to take a shot. I also learned that the reaction time of the camera was slow, so I had to compensate by aiming the camera a little further away in the direction I thought the game would travel. I have caught a couple of fox, deer, squirrels, and a snake with mine since I made the corrections. I use a Moultrie.

Mooseherder · August 23, 2009, 12:55:36 PM

I set it up in a location you just described the morning we left all though the previous areas were good also.
Loaded it with new batteries and hope it functions properly. It looks like more of an over-exposure type problem as the slide is just a glare. It is supposed to take 3 pictures when the motion detector is tripped. I'm hoping something reset when the new batteries went in.
My brother is going to put it away and mail me the Card before the snow flies.
These are on well traveled paths to the Stream and really close to the camp. We use these same paths during the days when we are there. Our presence doesn't seem to bother them. 8)

SwampDonkey · August 23, 2009, 02:24:34 PM

I find moose are just like cows and horses. They just roam and graze and follow their same old pathways. ;D :D

Radar67 · August 23, 2009, 04:05:20 PM

Oh, one other thing I failed to mention, if the camera is pointed toward the sun an any way, it will take random shots as well. I started setting mine up so that it generally faces a northerly direction.

Ron Scott · August 23, 2009, 09:02:28 PM

Yes, best to face them to the north, the sun will trigger them. I use the Moultie also.

Jeff · August 23, 2009, 10:48:40 PM

I got just one and part of another season out of mine. The flash went to heck so all I get is daytime shots. No warranty as the kids bought it for me at Christmas, so I didnt use it until the following fall, got one season out of it, used it this past year for Lynda's hunt and it quit around the first of December. :-\

Mooseherder · October 26, 2009, 07:06:10 PM

My brother sent me the video card from the Game Camera we left out at camp. It seems to have worked flawlessly taking well over 550 shots on this round of batteries. 8)

Now if I had only trimmed those branches or put the camera at a different place we might have some great shots. :

I did get 2 pictures of this baby Moose so all is not lost.

Here is that DanG Branch. The camera is in an opening on a path to the stream.

beenthere · October 26, 2009, 07:12:09 PM

Are you thinking the branches affected the flash/exposure time? or what?

Mooseherder · October 26, 2009, 07:19:57 PM

Oh yeah. I have the times showing on the bottom. It finally wore down the Batteries after so many shots it was done by August 27th.
The good news is I had already written this camera off but now it seems if da operator gets some training it might be salvagable. :D

iffy · October 27, 2009, 02:31:29 PM

My wife works for the NRCS office and awhile back a local farmer/hunter came in and showed her pictures he got with his new trail cam. First picture was of a tractor pulling a cultivator north. Next picture was of the tractor pulling the cultivator south. Next picture was of the tractor pulling the cultivator north -------------About 30 pictures. :D

Mooseherder · June 06, 2010, 04:41:59 PM

Set up the Game Cam with a new Video Card and Batteries upon our arrival at Camp on the trail the animals use down to the Stream.
I was excited it had 12 pictures on it by the end of the week even though I knew 3 of them were probably me driving by.
Well once again this thing failed miserably taking the picture while a Moose is already past.
I figured it was time for a new Venue.

Maybe the Bear will have better luck with it on this path to the Stream.
He can Maul it so serves some purpose. :D
It'll be there till August unless someone steals it. Boy, won't they be disappointed

Radar67 · June 06, 2010, 06:50:44 PM

I had the same problem when I first set my cam out, turned out I was setting it up too close to the trail. I backed it off 20 or 30 feet and it started getting shots if the game wasn't running.

Magicman · June 06, 2010, 09:19:24 PM

And point it ether up or down the trail, not straight across.

Mooseherder · August 27, 2010, 09:31:48 PM

I went to retrieve the Game Cam when we got to camp after the Pigroast.
The camera had been on the trail since early June.
It was exciting to see the batteries were dead and I was thinking there must be a couple hundred pictures taken. :D I took it off the tree and proceeded up to the camp so I could install the video card into a regular camera.
There was 48 pictures on the card. :

The batteries had gone dead with 48 pictures. 8 of them were my brother and I riding or walking the trail. I had got over 500 pictures of a windy branch with a previous set of batteries. :D
Anyways it wasn't a total loss. Got 3 Moose anyways. Here is the best one. Picture 1 and 2 are the same Moose.
The third caught the Hind Qtr. of one and the 4th picture got a youngin'. The 5th picture is me verifying the camera was working before we left.

beenthere · August 28, 2010, 03:04:43 PM

Big moose. When will you get a chance to hunt for moose ?

I have one cam out and last night was a good night. But going to be tough on the batteries as there were 188 shots in 24 hours. Many of turkeys and some of raccoon. Also some deer as well as three good bucks. I thought at first only two, but one was a smaller 9 pt.

Here is an 8pt behind a 10 pt. (right beam is apparently bloody from bumping the velvet covering).