How often do you check your Trail Cams?

[Northcountryman]

I live about an hour and a half from my hunting grounds so , not the most convenient for me to go and check my trail cams. I’d like to go about every 2 weeks maybe but is that too much where I can burn my spots do you think ? 
 

 

[Nytracker]

 I check mine every 2 weeks . Low impact  in and out middle of  the day  .  I have my first cell cam out now for 12 hours and have 20 pics . Checking from my recliner is kind of  cool. 

[Northcountryman]

On 8/25/2020 at 7:11 AM, gastrodoc said:

Same here.  Ordered some car parts two weeks ago with estimated 3d delivery.  They have been in Maryland Hub now for 10 days.  All tracking says is package is arriving late

Meanwhile Fedex got me a package ordered same day in 3 days

Yeah , middle of the day and About 2 weeks sounds right , in and out as quickly as possible , cool . So that’s what I need , a cell cam , how much roughly do they cost  and where’d you get yours if you don’t me askin ? 

[Northcountryman]

Sorry I meant this post quite lol

[Northcountryman]

9 minutes ago, Nytracker said:

 I check mine every 2 weeks . Low impact  in and out middle of  the day  .  I have my first cell cam out now for 12 hours and have 20 pics . Checking from my recliner is kind of  cool. 

This one lol

[Nytracker]

5 minutes ago, Northcountryman said:

Yeah , middle of the day and About 2 weeks sounds right , in and out as quickly as possible , cool . So that’s what I need , a cell cam , how much roughly do they cost  and where’d you get yours if you don’t me askin ? 

Sportmans warehouse.  I got the tacticam reveal.  It was $100. I paid for the $120 pro full year package.  Unlimited pictures for a full year. Its set up looking acrossed my food plot at my driveway. Game camera/ security  camera .  My hunting property is 25 miles away. My plan is through Verizon.  My cell gets 3 bars  but the camera gets full signal.

[Bolt action]

My hunting spot is about 45 minutes away. I try to get over there ever 3 or 4 weeks to check on things and swap cards.

[fasteddie]

My Walworth cams get checked every 3 - 4 weeks .

My Geneseo cams are 50 miles away and get checked whenever I can get there . The last time was a 3 month period . The weeds , etc grew up and triggered the cams . I had a lot of pics of nothing but did have many good pics .

[doebuck1234]

Property is 20ish mins away so can usually get up there weekly but typically wait every 2 weeks to check it.50yards inside woods so i get in and out quick.have card reader that transfers to phone so no swapping out cards

[Trial153]

Once a month or when I happen have to walk by them...

[sodfather]

No sooner than once a month and from September on only when hunting is what I like . 
 

[Zag]

I usually keep my cams near a 4wheeler path so I can access them from the wheeler and hopefully limit my sent each time I check them. Or I will locate them along my route to stand to again limit sent. 

[sbuff]

Once a week during the season every 4 to 6 months out of season. Just got a spy point  cell cam , not sure I could ever go back to a regular cam.

 

Edited August 30, 2020 by sbuff

[Robhuntandfish]

I don't put my cams next to my stands if I can, usually at least 150 yards away.  I just want to see what's in the area. Then I check them once a month and then once season opens as I hunt near them. I try to put them in places I will walk in to my stands so I'm not out wandering just for those.  But I've also hunted the same areas for many seasons.  If scouting new ground it's a different story. As i want to see what's in area and where deer are moving the most before setting up a stand. 

[sodfather]

On 8/30/2020 at 1:21 PM, Zag said:

I usually keep my cams near a 4wheeler path so I can access them from the wheeler and hopefully limit my sent each time I check them. Or I will locate them along my route to stand to again limit sent. 

I also like this method of checking 

[G-Man]

3 day to a week. Some.cameras get 1600 plus photos in 3 days.. but all cameras are easy main access points that are traveled all the time by me.  Mid day is best time .  I gave up on cameras in thick spots.. leave to much scent and disturbance in and out.. mine are drive up next to it swap cards on to the next.  Never even shut off motor. 

[GreeneHunter]

I usually check every two weeks …. and hope their not stolen !

[Lomax]

I have 13 cameras up and can check all but one sitting on the 4 wheeler.  They get checked about every three or four days I have a few more in some remote areas that you have to walk to but haven’t put those up yet next couple weeks those won’t get checked as much but most of mine you can drive up to pull the card download it to your phone put the card back and drive away never turn off the four wheeler usually mid day

[Water Rat]

I usually put my cameras out around February and retrieve them by the end of August. I’m not too concerned about getting deer pictures. I have a pretty good idea where the deer will be when the season opens. I’d rather get pictures of the predators in my hunting areas. I hope to get my cameras out of the woods in a couple of days from now. 

[Water Rat]

15 minutes ago, GreeneHunter said:

I usually check every two weeks …. and hope their not stolen !

It seems like there’s always someone walking around in the woods no matter what day of the year it is. Starting tomorrow (squirrel opener) the woods will start getting more human traffic. At least that’s how it is in my neck of the woods. 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Few weeks in, a few weeks out; give or take a few weeks.

[greg54]

I usually check mine every 2 weeks. Going to check them later this week and also check posted signs that might be down and tack new ones up where needed.

[genesee_mohican]

Most of my camera's are located 2 miles off the road, so I tend to let them soak for 1-3 months. I have a few that are short walks and I might check them every 2 weeks or so.  I need to get down to one of my cams, that I haven't checked since last winter.

[crappyice]

3 day to a week. Some.cameras get 1600 plus photos in 3 days.. but all cameras are easy main access points that are traveled all the time by me.  Mid day is best time .  I gave up on cameras in thick spots.. leave to much scent and disturbance in and out.. mine are drive up next to it swap cards on to the next.  Never even shut off motor. 

How do you check your cams and manage your pics? Load to a computer?


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[crappyice]

Property is 20ish mins away so can usually get up there weekly but typically wait every 2 weeks to check it.50yards inside woods so i get in and out quick.have card reader that transfers to phone so no swapping out cards

Care to share the card reader you have?


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