#315152 - 07/26/07 08:55 PM
Help, How do I avoid racoons in my pictures
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wlt
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I am new at this and my first pictures were of racoons at my feeder. Do I have the camera set too low to the ground or what??
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#315162 - 07/26/07 09:02 PM
Re: Help, How do I avoid racoons in my pictures
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Game cams for deer should be about 3.5 feet off the ground, however if you have coons....and corn....you'll get pictures of coons.....lots of them.
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#315486 - 07/27/07 07:01 AM
Re: Help, How do I avoid racoons in my pictures
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wlt
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I dont mind the coons I just want to know if I am aiming the camera wrong. It is about 2 and a half feet off of the ground with the feeder about 15 feet away. Do I have too much forground in the picture and thus need to move the camera up and only have the picture feild begin at the leggs or middle of leggs? ( Deer approach from the rear towards feeder)
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#315696 - 07/27/07 09:38 AM
Re: Help, How do I avoid racoons in my pictures
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If you're setting a camera up at a feed site it's gonna happen. Hopefully your not using a 35mm!
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#315953 - 07/27/07 01:49 PM
Re: Help, How do I avoid racoons in my pictures
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wlt
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No it is a new moultrie 4.0 and it is working out great so far. It is my first attempt and again Im not sure if I have it aimed too low.
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#316039 - 07/27/07 03:47 PM
Re: Help, How do I avoid racoons in my pictures
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I have around 10,000 pics off of my Moultries ion the past two years. I have two Moutlries. The trigger time is slow.
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#316350 - 07/27/07 08:42 PM
Re: Help, How do I avoid racoons in my pictures
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wlt
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This new moultrie has a very fast trigger time, between 1 &2 seconds.
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#316686 - 07/28/07 12:10 AM
Re: Help, How do I avoid racoons in my pictures
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Rico
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everyone has coons on their cams.. 17 hmr will help..
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#316716 - 07/28/07 01:57 AM
Re: Help, How do I avoid racoons in my pictures
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I'll go against everyone else. I use bait and a cam in a heavy racoon area. And yet, over 97% of my pics are of deer. I mount my camera HIGH. Dern near eye level, aiming slightly lower than level. About 15-20 feet from bait. I have literally 15 pics of coons from over 1,0000. I don't get squirrels, 2 of a groundhog, but you take your chances.
Coons aren't a bad thing. They are wiley bandits. They have and leave scent, and I swear if I see coons early, I get my game face on, cause I feel deer are a coming.
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#317068 - 07/28/07 02:19 PM
Re: Help, How do I avoid racoons in my pictures
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wlt
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OK OK I GET the point about shooting the coons. but what about "AIMING" the camera? Will bringing the picture area "UP" help any or should I try something else?
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#318088 - 07/29/07 01:33 PM
Re: Help, How do I avoid racoons in my pictures
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Wes Parrish
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Once I learned last year about the relatively unknown and unappreciated dangers of using corn at camera stations, I stopped, and so did the coon pics. You'll seldom get a coon pic without corn. And I believe you'll get more older buck pics without corn.
IMO, feeding corn in Tennessee is just a bad idea.
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#318403 - 07/29/07 06:52 PM
Re: Help, How do I avoid racoons in my pictures
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cmoses
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no help for that other than do away with camera lol
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#318433 - 07/29/07 07:22 PM
Re: Help, How do I avoid racoons in my pictures
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I had a problem with small owls on my deer cam, go figure.
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