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Trail Cam

  • 03-01-2018 3:42pm
    #1
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,722 ✭✭✭✭


    So we have a trail cam.
    Stealth cam G42NG. Seems like a good camera from reviews.

    We live on a small farm.

    For the first project I set it up on some badger tracks, just today. Plan to leave it for 48 hours and review.

    We have a small river, any guides for finding locations on a river to see what can be captured.

    Other suggestions welcome?


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  • #2
    Eddie B
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,979 ✭✭✭Eddie B


    A land bridge is always a good location for a trail cam. On the riverbank, a sandbar always has lots of traffic, but be mindful of rising water levels.


  • #3
    _Brian
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    There isn’t really a landbridge as it’s along a boundary.
    I could lay a pole across though and easily create one. Would that attract wildlife to cross at that point.


  • #4
    TopTec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭TopTec


    Would need to be a good large pole, maybe an old ESB one with the side flattened.

    I have trail cams out on two locations on a local river at the moment tracking Otters. I walk the river first and can usually locate favorite crossing points for the wildlife. A big moss covered boulder with the top moss worn off is a good clue.

    Easy to spot common paths under or through fences nearby and follow them to where ever they go.

    Your biggest problem with a trail cam on the river is other movement causing it to trigger, whether that be the water or foliage. I also seem to get more glare/washout on rivers than I do in say the forestry.

    I see your has a slow recovery rate of 6 seconds so it will take a bit of fiddling over a few visits to get the set up right. Rivers are challenging for trail cams but perseverance and patience will open up a new world to you.

    Over the past couple of weeks I have foxes and Pine Marten feeding on an old calf corpse that has washed down from the mountain... Dippers, rats, mice, Heron, ducks and a Buzzard. All recently caught on cam. Great fun reviewing.

    TT


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