How long has you cameras been sitting?

Discussion in 'Trail Cameras' started by Lester, Mar 15, 2014.

  1. Lester

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    Just wondering how long has your cameras have been sitting?
     
  2. Slugger

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    On the current trees since first weekend in JAN. I wont be back in VA until july so they will be sitting a while
     
  3. Siman/OH

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    Mine are out 24/7/365. No shelf time at all. My oldest Covert is a 2012, Moultrie is 2012 and Cuddeback a 2009. 5-7 days between each check.
     
  4. jake_

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    mine have been sitting on the shelf too long waiting to get out..... I did walk through knee high snow today to set up a mpe5. :(

    Had a few out over winter here and there and a 2012 black60 on security duty for 8+ months.
     
  5. buckeyehntr5

    buckeyehntr5 Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I pulled all except for two back in January due to the upcoming shed season and dealing with trespassers. I deployed 2 today on Raxx sites and will probably set up three more soon for turkey scouting. The two that I left up have been on the tree since August 2013.
     
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    donut757 Weekend Warrior

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    Jan-Sept are the months of operations for us.

    If I hunted land that I had to myself they would never come down. But too many people in the hunt club and too many other clubs around to keep them out during the season. I had 1 camera out for a few weeks to keep tabs on a spot with a few nice bucks in the area... Somebody reformatted the card 3 days before I got to the camera (which is why I will be buying a handful of python locks this year just for those cameras out n the open)
     
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  7. donut757

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    Im close, give me the coordinates and ill go pull the cards for ya.
     
  8. Lester

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    My cameras have been sitting since the middle of November with all of this snow. I cant even imagine how many pictures in total I will have to look at when I pull them.
     
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    Just pulled some that had been out one month. It took an injury to keep me away that long, lol.
     
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    i will gladly volunteer my time to assist in going thru them cards of monsters
     
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    jake_ Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Looking forward to your pictures from over the winter Tom!
     
  13. Art Vandelay

    Art Vandelay Die Hard Bowhunter

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    That's one heck of a cam soak, bound to have some awesome action on them.

    Just finished up checking mine.
     
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    That's a long time. I pulled all but two for turkey. Will probably get them all back out again at the end of april.
     
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    Pulled all mine around the middle of February. They will go back out sometime in April. Gonna try to get a couple more before then. I'm up to 5 with last purchase week or two ago.
     
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    I pulled all of mine for a few weeks, got the last one in two weeks ago. I ordered a bunch of new batts so will be replacing the batteries, cards and cleaning the lenses and setting them back out here in a week or so. I have 14 right now but will be adding a few more this year sometime.
     
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    I don't have any out right now. I wait until April or May to put them out for the first time each year.
     
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    I just got a camera yesterday that had been out since November 10, had some cool stuff on it. Still had 2/3 battery left on the Covert :tu:
     
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    Let's see if I can remember correctly. Got my first cam, a Tasco in October 2012, it has been out ever since, except it has been moved a few times and is in my mother's backyard now. Got my first good cam, a Moultrie M100 for Christmas 2013, it's been out ever since. Got a Covert MP6 about a year ago, it's been out ever since. Got a Primos 35 cam last summer, it's been out ever since. Got a Moultrie A5 last November, it's been out ever since. Got another Tasco a month or so ago, put it on a hill on my mother's property and plan on leaving it. Got a Red40 Covert and a Black60 Covert a few days ago, they are out and I plan on leaving them out, maybe move them around occasionally. All these cams are on our 17 acres except for the two Tascos which are on my mother's 3 acres...........Reckon I have enough or need more????????? :):deer:
     
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    16 hours, just deployed them on a clover trap for deer:tu:
     

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