 |
|
| Home PMs Upload New Posts |
| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 7:41 AM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 2082 Non Typical:  Join Date: Feb 2007 |
|
Well it's that time again. I've completed my off season scouting of several new properties that I lucked into, and found the major travel routes, and plenty of sign indicating that the bucks were there last year. I spotted a few while scouting with decent antler growth already. So now is the time to hoist those trail cameras into place, and find the bigger boys so I can get the tree stands set by the 1st week of August. __________________ Support the N.J.O.A. and the "Littel Amendment" An amendment to the New Jersey State Constitution that Guarantees the right to hunt, trap, and fish in New JerseyNew Jersey Outdoor Alliance
|
||
| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 8:21 AM | ||
|
Warden, Sponsor |
Posts: 7977 Addicted to NJH:  Join Date: Mar 2005 |
|
|
Ive got 2 out for awhile. Im sure both have dead batteries. Hopefully Ill be able to get them this weekend.
Good luck with the new properties. __________________ >>>>----> NJH Pro Staffer.
 |
||
| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 8:23 AM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 3673 Monster Buck:  Join Date: Jul 2007 |
Yes good luck MTH Looking forward to seeing some pics__________________ "How can you be so hypocritical to look down on a man who is honest enough to kill his own?" (Thanks MTH)
"The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma" "Patience is the key to success" |
||
| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 8:29 AM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Online |
Posts: 2404 Non Typical: Join Date: Apr 2008 |
|
Yeah it's that time of year again __________________ EAT SLEEP HUNT Make your dreams a reality. Take a kid hunting. Film your next hunt. www.nloutdoors.com
|
||
| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 8:36 AM | ||
|
|
Registered User Currently Online |
Posts: 2404 Non Typical: Join Date: Apr 2008 |
|
MTH what kind of camera's do you use? I find the Moultrie's take the best pics and have the longest battery life. I'm going to pic up a few more of those this year. __________________ EAT SLEEP HUNT Make your dreams a reality. Take a kid hunting. Film your next hunt. www.nloutdoors.com
|
||
| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 8:38 AM | ||
|
|
Registered User Currently Online |
Posts: 2404 Non Typical: Join Date: Apr 2008 |
|
JrHunt we set up a Moultrie I40 last summer before the season and up until last month it was still on the original batteries. That camera is super efficient. Snaps like 4-600 pics per week and great picture quality. __________________ EAT SLEEP HUNT Make your dreams a reality. Take a kid hunting. Film your next hunt. www.nloutdoors.com
|
||
| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 9:03 AM | ||
|
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 2082 Non Typical: Join Date: Feb 2007 |
|
Quote: I have 2 moultrie I-40's. battery life is great! trigger speed is good, and the SD Memory cards snap right into my Nikon digital camera for quick viewing/printing of pictures.
MTH what kind of camera's do you use? I also have the steel security boxes for the cameras--only $30.00 each, so no theft/bear damage. Only problem with the security box, is that it actually bolts to the tree with 2 6" lag bolts from inside the box-so it takes a while to set up a camera, and the locations are limited to larger trees-unless you are willing to risk theft. __________________ Support the N.J.O.A. and the "Littel Amendment" An amendment to the New Jersey State Constitution that Guarantees the right to hunt, trap, and fish in New JerseyNew Jersey Outdoor Alliance
|
||
| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 10:54 AM | ||
|
|
Registered User Currently Online |
Posts: 2404 Non Typical: Join Date: Apr 2008 |
Yeah we had a bear rip one off a tree last year up North __________________ EAT SLEEP HUNT Make your dreams a reality. Take a kid hunting. Film your next hunt. www.nloutdoors.com
|
||
| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 12:59 PM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 504 Typical:  Join Date: Dec 2005 |
| I just got done putting a camera up my in Chester. I'll switch SD cards next week-end. Hopefully will have some action. | ||
| Posted: 15 Jul 2008 10:08 AM | ||
|
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 2082 Non Typical: Join Date: Feb 2007 |
Talk about dissapointing I pulled the cards after 3 weeks in the woods-nothing but does and scrubby bucks. Looks like the new spot aint so great afterall __________________ Support the N.J.O.A. and the "Littel Amendment" An amendment to the New Jersey State Constitution that Guarantees the right to hunt, trap, and fish in New JerseyNew Jersey Outdoor Alliance
|
||
| Posted: 15 Jul 2008 10:14 AM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 1381 Non Typical: Join Date: Oct 2007 |
|
|
Quote:
Looks like the new spot aint so great afterall i know the cam doesn't lie... but if u have that feeling of the big one being there he is.... u just have to be at the right place at the right time.... if you have does... when bow starts and the rut starts moving, the phases of the moon start working, mr biggy will be chasin all those does.... i have had to many times where i saw nothing but does and scrubby bucks but just had this gut feeling he will be there and never gave up.. and i would see him.... i would just maybe adjust the came like 50yds to the left or right and see whats workign that way.... he may just be camera shy!!! __________________ Ima meatatarian.... i only eat meat...it's a personal choice that i have made....
|
||
| Posted: 15 Jul 2008 8:45 PM | ||
|
Warden, Sponsor |
Posts: 7977 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Mar 2005 |
|
|
Don't give up on that spot so quick. I pulled the card on one of my honey hole cams and had 40 pix of the same doe walking by everyday for 10 days.I know there are huge bucks at this spot. __________________ >>>>----> NJH Pro Staffer.
|
||
| Posted: 21 Jul 2008 6:05 PM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 343 Rack Buck:  Join Date: Feb 2008 |
|
JUst don't molest it either.....I'm sure you knew that already __________________ "One of my favorite sounds is the silence of the woods"
|
||
| Posted: 21 Jul 2008 7:56 PM | ||
|
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 2082 Non Typical: Join Date: Feb 2007 |
|
I left the cam in place and won't go back til saturday-so another 2 weeks goes by. We'll see what the deal is then. __________________ Support the N.J.O.A. and the "Littel Amendment" An amendment to the New Jersey State Constitution that Guarantees the right to hunt, trap, and fish in New JerseyNew Jersey Outdoor Alliance
|
||
| Posted: 05 Aug 2008 12:55 PM | ||
|
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 2082 Non Typical: Join Date: Feb 2007 |
|
It's been 6 weeks of pics from 4 different locations--all without bait and transition trails. Plenty of action with does and scrubby bucks.
Also I found a new problem with the Moultrie security box. Apparently at my last stand location, I had a bat trying to use the box as a nest. So I had lots of pics of bat wings as the bat crawled over the camera into the box. Next saturday I'll post the camera over bait for the first time and see what's snacking. I have one location that is an old apple orchard. The trees do produce small apples, but I'll start to supplement those with fresh deer apples under the trees as if the fruit is beginning to fall. Hopefully that will get me more pics of what's in the area. I know the deer are hitting that spot now checking for falling fruit. __________________ Support the N.J.O.A. and the "Littel Amendment" An amendment to the New Jersey State Constitution that Guarantees the right to hunt, trap, and fish in New JerseyNew Jersey Outdoor Alliance
|
||
RSS 2.0 Atom 1.0