Trail Cam contest April - June 2018

[DGorman]

Plenty of ducks around here this year. I haven't been happy with a lot of pics from this set so I did a little something to try to make it better. Well see how it works out in a few days.

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[Daver]

Holy woodduck flocks...when are we going duck hunting? Nice pics, love seeing them. The coyote crossing the beaver dam is a good one.

 

[goatman]

Sometimes it is as simple as cutting 3 foot out of a log. Some days the deer won't cross through. Jumping the log 3 feet away. I will delete down to three pics before this is over

 

[NWBuck]

A couple cool pics showed up on the few cams that we left out through the winter...

Nice strutter...

We get quite a few cat pics on this farm, but this is the biggest we've seen by a fair amount...

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

Funny story.... I was out checking fruit trees over the weekend. One of the plantings is by an elevated tower blind. The window was left open for some reason.... anyway.... I get close to the blind and I hear a ruckus. Next thing I know a big very light colored owl comes out of it.... then another. Scared the s*** out of me. So I go up there and they had apparently moved in. Dead critters and lots of doo doo. I shut the window and said damn as I thought about cleaning up the mess.... then I thought of this thread. So, I went and mounted a trail camera in there and opened the window back up. I wonder if they will come back? I looked up "owls in Iowa" and they didn't look like any of the pictures. (I am sure they are). Hopefully I get some cool pics.

Oh, and my "beaver dam cam" got wiped out by 3" of rain..... along with the damn itself. I should have known. New meaning to "Money down the drain" !!!!

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

Winged rats. Deer isnt impressed.

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[IowaBowHunter1983]

Ok I'm done with this experiment. My blind is an absolute mess. Window shut!!

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[arm]

Pretty freaking cool pics though!


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[EatSleepHunt]

Awesome pics!

 

[muddy]

Those are awesome pics, do they have a nest in there? Those are normal ol barn owls I believe

 

[sep0667]

The owl pictures get my vote. That's something you don't see very much!

 

[6x6]

Barn owls are pretty rare around here. I’ve only seen one ever. Great pics


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[IowaBowHunter1983]

dagnabit....now I feel bad. Maybe ill put up a barn owl nesting box next to the blind. They are obviously doing some good cleaning up the mice and voles.

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

Those are awesome pics, do they have a nest in there? Those are normal ol barn owls I believe

Not a nest but they are def living in there. crap everywhere. a dozen dead voles. one egg.

 

[Ishi]

Not a nest but they are def living in there. crap everywhere. a dozen dead voles. one egg.

You can’t kick them out now with a egg in there. The blind is there’s until deer season plus a colored pic would be awesome

 

[203ntyp]

Love the owl cam, really neat pics. They would make a cool video, if you decide to do that please share!

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

You can’t kick them out now with a egg in there. The blind is there’s until deer season plus a colored pic would be awesome

I left the door open so they not locked out. Ill build a box tomorrow per the DNR website dimensions and attach it to the blind. Hopefully they go in there.

 

[Ishi]

Ok I'm done with this experiment. My blind is an absolute mess. Window shut!!

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Great pictures plus they’re taken with a Cuddeback

 

[muddy]

They'l be outta there in a couple months, let em do their thing. That's just really really cool. I had a pair of saw wheet owls nest in my wood duck box for several years back in the day.

 

[Ishi]

Here is my first three photos.

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