Just pulled one of my cameras today.

[CFHunter]

Went out and pulled one of my cameras today. Got a pic of the back end of a coyote and some pics of does. They don't look to bad off for the winter we have had.

 

[greg54]

Nice pics.

[wooly]

Just be aware that judging a deers physical condition can be a little misleading when based entirely off a single set of trail cam pics this time of year.

The snow will act as a giant reflector filling in all the shadows between ribs on an animal that may have obvious signs of winter wear. It's obvious the sun is at your cameras back side here looking at the tree shadows, but just keep that in mind.

Night time IR pics can also be deceiving as the IR acts as a fill flash that eliminates a lot of the contrast between differences of depth of your subject. (deer)

Extreme cases of poor condition may be very obvious under the any conditions in real life, or even on a traditional camera under the same conditions, but you can't always trust what a trail cams flat image tells you on the surface unless you know the basics about analyzing a picture for what it's worth.

Sorry to get side tracked on you. Nice shots!

 

Edited March 16, 2015 by wooly

[Doc]

Deer in deep winter have a very fuzzy look, even those that are starving. That heavy winter coat covers a lot of visible signals that they are stressed. No bony ribs or hip bones sticking out. But if you can get a good look at them, the head appears to be a bit out of proportion (bigger) relative to the rest of the body. Also there is a sunken appearance to the eyes. But even these subtle appearance features are so difficult to see, it is nearly impossible to look at a deer at this time of the winter and make any conclusions about their health.

 

But the real good news about these pictures is that it is clear that you had no crust on the snow that would support coyotes. It looks to me that the deer have a whole lot more leg sticking out of the snow than old "stubby" coyote did.

[CFHunter]

Just be aware that judging a deers physical condition can be a little misleading when based entirely off a single set of trail cam pics this time of year.

The snow will act as a giant reflector filling in all the shadows between ribs on an animal that may have obvious signs of winter wear. It's obvious the sun is at your cameras back side here looking at the tree shadows, but just keep that in mind.

Night time IR pics can also be deceiving as the IR acts as a fill flash that eliminates a lot of the contrast between differences of depth of your subject. (deer)

Extreme cases of poor condition may be very obvious under the any conditions in real life, or even on a traditional camera under the same conditions, but you can't always trust what a trail cams flat image tells you on the surface unless you know the basics about analyzing a picture for what it's worth.

Sorry to get side tracked on you. Nice shots!

No worries, I am here to learn, between what you and Doc said, I have actually learned a lot.

[phade]

I think the second pic is s buck. Im looking on my phone so I could be wrong, but I think it is.

[ny hunter]

pretty good pics thanks for posting...

[CFHunter]

Pulled my other two cameras. Can you find the Fisher?

 

[phade]

Great catch! They are hard to get on cam!

[Huntscreek]

Far right, they came back hard here the last two years. Had one on cam in fall, small game killers

[CFHunter]

I also have a pic of one at night, just hard to see, so I didn't post it.

Edited March 18, 2015 by CFHunter

[genesee_mohican]

It's difficult to get a full body, clear shot of one of those fast moving fishers without a bait pile. I've yet to get a good clear pic.

 

 

[catskillkid]

That first pic looks like the rear of a  cougar to me :]

[LI OUTDOORSMAN]

Saw my first fisher 2 seasons ago during late muzzleloader...very cool game sighting