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Post by meateater on Jun 28, 2023 8:32:05 GMT -5
whats your opinion first let me say i own 9 or 10 and use them on several wmas they are all cheap i dont set the date or time i set them up and week or 2 later i check and see whats in the area. most wmas i hunt i scout a minimum 3 or 4 times,, looking for deer sign,checking cams, if other hunters are in the same area , looking for the perfect tree to hang a stand. heres the problem i see in the near future i am seeing more and more cell cams in the woods so if you wanted to you could set up 3 or 4 on game trails sit in your truck in the ac waiting for real time photos to pop up now you know which trail he,s walking and direction and head on over, to me this takes away the fair chase aspect of hunting cell cams are gonna make all cams illegal i see it coming.
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Post by altuck on Jun 28, 2023 9:42:44 GMT -5
I understand in some areas dog hunters are putting cameras on scrapes.
Instead of riding the roads looking for tracks, which may or may not be a buck.
They are confirming a legal buck before putting the dogs out
Course they are looking at their gps screen seeing where the dogs are while the buck runs past them.
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Post by One Man Gang on Jun 28, 2023 11:22:41 GMT -5
I still don't own any cameras but enjoy seeing the pics from my buddies when they catch a deer creeping.
Due to very limited free time, Google earth usually gets me to a starting point to put my boots on the ground. Quite honestly, if I had cams, I'm not sure I would deploy them on a public parcel but they certainly would help.
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Post by JS84 on Jun 28, 2023 15:21:23 GMT -5
To add some information, cell cameras do not provide real time pictures as they are taken. Mine do not and I'm not aware of any that do.
My cell cameras take pictures 24x7 but only upload the pictures to the vendor's servers, twice daily at intervals you set. Then you can log into the website or app to see the picture uploaded. What makes it more fun is my cameras are in an area right now where they barely get a signal and only connect about once every 3 days as is. A picture taken Monday at 9am might get to me by Friday night if I'm lucky. Now if I have them in an area with good signal; I'll potentially get pictures uploaded twice daily at 10am and 10pm. Still far off from real time
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Post by richm on Jun 28, 2023 18:16:29 GMT -5
Just blabbing - not targeting op.
People are so worried about what other people are doing and want to level the field so that they have some advantage.
They pitched a fit about e-bikes cause they were too cheap to buy one. So now it is assist only.
Some states have banned game cams because of the whiners.
Its like society, some folks want us all to start from the same starting line. Then we have socialists demanding that we all end on the same finish line at the same time no matter who runs the race best or who even tries.
I do understand where this stuff is coming from and it is the tv and youtube heros who would be lost without their electronic gadgets. They kill stuff on tv so everyone with xyz app must be slaying them, gotta ban it.
FL has some of the worst hunting available in the country and the shortest hunt times (3 or 5 days). I think we’re gonna make it without banning everything. The state slready set us up at a disadvantage but allows the opportunity.
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Post by pinman on Jun 28, 2023 20:25:24 GMT -5
At one time in history a piece of wood tube with a plastic reed in the middle was considered a "technological advancement" (in case you dont now what I am talking about its a duck call that has been around for 70 years or more). We are lucky to be living in an era of such technology. My FIL just had an artery cleared with little more than a pin prick in his leg. Embrace change or die trying to fight it....
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Post by joekat46 on Jun 29, 2023 3:12:48 GMT -5
 Only hunt turkey - Yes we own several and will use them almost continuously on private land. They help keep track of the gobblers and also spot the area trespassers. Good to know the patterns of both. When we drew a very limited quota in 2022 I scouted the WMA at least a dozen times with two cameras running. Worked out. Maybe in a few years I'll have enough points to draw the area again. Grr! Attempt to post a picture or two. If they post upside down click them and if you are logged in they self correct and enlarge. Top picture is from my trail camera a few weeks before the quota hunt. Opening morning I set up with my back to the tree where the camera was located. The one I'm holding may be the one strutting in the camera. I like to think so anyway. I really worked for that one. It was over a mile back in. A lot for an old geezer. The walk back out with 17 additional pounds was a killer. It got hot. Oh well, One picture correct one upside down .  |
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Post by meateater on Jun 29, 2023 10:12:47 GMT -5
sorry guys i meant live streaming there are cams out there where you can get live streaming in seconds.
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Post by joekat46 on Jun 29, 2023 14:34:58 GMT -5
Yes I see your point, Almost like a video game. Drones are another coming concern.
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Post by james14 on Jun 29, 2023 22:24:26 GMT -5
Live stream cameras are not in use to any meaningful degree. Yes, all cell cams can send pics as soon as they're taken, but the feasibility of using this to any advantage is not common in most situations.
Let's say I'm sitting in my stand and get a pic of a buck on a scrape. In the time it takes for me to climb down and get to where he is he could be hundreds of yards away - and I would have only a slight idea of which direction he went. This might be different on a feeder or food plot, but that would be a private land scenario. Heck, if you can take that little bit of info (pic sent to your phone), and figure out where he is, and how to get to him, in range, and make a good shot, more power to you. I'm running a lot of cell cams and know my woods very well, and that would be a tough, tough task.
Now, turkeys on the other hand, they're a different story.
Ultimately, very few people have the skills to make use of instant photos on a cell cam to help them pull off a kill. Those people probably already have no problem filling their tags, so it's not making any real difference in overall harvest.
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Post by richm on Jun 30, 2023 7:02:01 GMT -5
sorry guys i meant live streaming there are cams out there where you can get live streaming in seconds. Live video! That's cool - I used to think I was gonna take a Harbor Freight drive way alarm and kill the noise part, just the red blink when something sets it off - set it up behind me so I'll know when to turn around to see what it is. Being deaf, this seems like a smart thing to me. How deaf - I can't hear the tweety birds, deer blowing at me, or deer rooting around in the oak leaves. Hunting is all visual and sitting there with my head spinning around will spook stuff for sure. |
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Post by bowhunter4life on Jun 30, 2023 7:57:53 GMT -5
To add some information, cell cameras do not provide real time pictures as they are taken. Mine do not and I'm not aware of any that do. My cell cameras take pictures 24x7 but only upload the pictures to the vendor's servers, twice daily at intervals you set. Then you can log into the website or app to see the picture uploaded. What makes it more fun is my cameras are in an area right now where they barely get a signal and only connect about once every 3 days as is. A picture taken Monday at 9am might get to me by Friday night if I'm lucky. Now if I have them in an area with good signal; I'll potentially get pictures uploaded twice daily at 10am and 10pm. Still far off from real time My tactacams give pictures instantly. |
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Post by fishingsouthflorida1 on Jun 30, 2023 8:44:39 GMT -5
Yes some cell cameras you can get pictures sent to you that very moment. Hell on private land my uncle sets his out and waits for a hog to show up at night and get woken up by the notification on his phone 😂. But he’s an older gentleman and ain’t as fit as he use to be. But that only works because he has service on his phone in the area. I don’t know about y’all but when I hunt public land I barely get a single bar of service if that so the whole sitting in your truck in the ac waiting for a pic to show up only works if your in an area that has enough cell service to send you a picture. So that shouldn’t be a worry.
I have a couple cell cams and the reason I do is because I work and go to school still so I have little to no time to go back and check my cams so having them sent to my phone is ideal. ALSO for those scent freaks it helps prevent you from frequenting an area and laying your scent all over to check the camera and the deer picking up on that and taking off cause they smell humans frequenting the area.
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Post by meateater on Jun 30, 2023 9:36:16 GMT -5
im all for game cameras since i hunt multiple wmas i guess i could afford a couple cell cams but i enjoy time in the woods , that and love the excitement of checking them and seeing all the different animals. even though i scout more then most i just enjoy using them and its nice to know theres at least 1 legal buck in your area when you might only have 2 or 3 days to hunt. sucks to find out after 2 days in the stand that the buck making all those scrapes and rubs is a skinny four point when its 3 points per side to be legal , gonna be checking a few cams tomorrow , cant wait
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Post by JS84 on Jun 30, 2023 10:05:11 GMT -5
I have the Gen 1 Tactacam X or XBs. I forget which specific sub-model.
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