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super Tom strutting pic

thanks for the compliments. It's means a lot to me when my work is reconized by my peers and fellow hunters. yes, water is a hot spot to get pictures of all animals since they all need it. some water trail cam spots are obvious and easy to locate by footprints while others will be more challenging. water locations that are "in the path" of an animals daily feeding and bedding patterns are logically the best bet, but that doesn't necessarily mean that other water locations won't be visited fairly consistently as well. placing a cam for a few weeks will be a good test of where they frequent. a time lapse camera that is placed to "see" a large area can be valuable as well to see where they are drinking or crossing. good luck with your water cams. I think you will get some great pics and definitely be surprised by what unexpected critters also show up there.

these are the 2nd round of pics I got in the last month with cams set up along and in water. these pictures were captured with homebrew trail cameras. [/url]

not at all, but you might be changing that when Duck Wild part 2 gets posted soon.

thanks all, the ducks have been very cooperative this past month. My Panasonic homebrew units consist of compact 12 meg models wired to a SS2 control board. the Panasonic cameras models that are built into my trail camera units which have been found to function well with this application include the FX48, FS7, and FH20. A water resistant case enclosure is sold to accommodate different size camera widths. holes are cut out for the lens, flash, and control board Fresnel lens. Glass is secured in place covering the camera lens and flash. The camera is hacked into and a wire is run to the control board. Everything sits neatly into the weather tight case. there are many web sites that explain the procedures. There are also guys that sell finished units. Though I love getting pictures of all wildlife (especially birds,)I am not yet a waterfowl hunter though it looks like a great sport that I would love to try someday when I have more time. Duck Wild part 2 coming soon and I saved the best ones for last.

the boys are back in town; girls too. yep, they showed up in March and have been chasing each other all over the place. action has been hot. these are the good ones from March and early April. mostly Panasonic homebrews with a few from a P41, and S600.

nice quality. that cam sure did warm up.

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thanks guys. here are 2 more from March that I left out:

the boys are back in town. spread the word around; the boys are back, the boys are back. girls too. yep, the quackers showed up here in NY a few weeks ago. these were taken with a Bushnell TC 119436 and 119476.

thanks. yes, I have lots of ducks and blue heron pictures plus an owl and immature bald eagle. oh and a unique crow picture.

this is one of the few good ones I got in January. The jay looked small and far away in the original, but the focus looked good enough to try a big time crop. taken with Panasonic FH20 homebrew cam.

thanks for this post. I have an army of Bushnells and have had my share of issues and didn't know they could possibly be fixed with an update. I also have had great customer service from Bushnell through the years as far as replacing malfunctioning units.

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I picked this one up in January with a Panasonic homebrew trailcam.

that 3rd pic (buck and doe) is a beauty.

nice daytime quality even in low light. I just picked up a Covert "reveal" and am anxious to try it.

that 2nd pic has very good light and the result is a very sweet scenic picture.

had some time recently to check some overdue cams that I have neglected after the bow season opened here in NY. No big buck pics but a few other interesting subjects. these are from the last few weeks: the coyote has something fairly large and brown in it's mouth. I zoomed in but the picture is already cropped some and it's hard to see what it is. My guess is either a muskrat or a young beaver. Both are common around this water.

looks like they're hanging around the food. the bucks will be there too.

nice buck with both spread and height.

nice action, and good luck with that buck, but consider this. you in a treestand are a major variable. and you not being in that same stand is also a major variable. had you been there that morning you can't say for sure that deer activity would have been equal to when the stand was vacant.

nothing could be further from the truth.studies have shown deer actually are attracted to human urine left in mock scrapes.

me too