dbltree
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Well after the incident with the trespasser and countless pictures of bucks shying away from the cams night or day I decided to pickup a very lite aluminum 3 step ladder and mount them up out of reach. The red glow on the BTC's is not as noticeable if one is not looking directly at it so I hope this will help?
The swivel mounts allow the cams to be easily angled downward
The mounts come with straps but I like to use deck screws so the mount is even less noticeable and the little step ladder allows me to put it out of reach and not in direct line of eye sight.
I know that the sensitivity area is reduced and in some cases one may not get a great look at the face of a trespasser but I'm going to test it out and see how it works.
Bucks see the red glo and boy they do not like it even a little!
It doesn't stop the bucks from traveling or scare them from the area but they do make every effort to skirt the cam
Notice he is rocking back and forth...nervous
The next frame he darts to the side and around the tree...these being only a few samples of many many and that includes daytime pics when they just see the cam on the side of the tree so even an expensive Reconyx is not the answer to this problem.
Cams on food sources or scrapes they seem to ignore (the deer not the poachers... ) but the cams on runways are another story. I'll check these in a week and see what if anything I come up with but in the meantime if you have advice or thoughts on mounting up out of line of sight...please share! :way:
The swivel mounts allow the cams to be easily angled downward
The mounts come with straps but I like to use deck screws so the mount is even less noticeable and the little step ladder allows me to put it out of reach and not in direct line of eye sight.
I know that the sensitivity area is reduced and in some cases one may not get a great look at the face of a trespasser but I'm going to test it out and see how it works.
Bucks see the red glo and boy they do not like it even a little!
It doesn't stop the bucks from traveling or scare them from the area but they do make every effort to skirt the cam
Notice he is rocking back and forth...nervous
The next frame he darts to the side and around the tree...these being only a few samples of many many and that includes daytime pics when they just see the cam on the side of the tree so even an expensive Reconyx is not the answer to this problem.
Cams on food sources or scrapes they seem to ignore (the deer not the poachers... ) but the cams on runways are another story. I'll check these in a week and see what if anything I come up with but in the meantime if you have advice or thoughts on mounting up out of line of sight...please share! :way: