#316716 - 07/28/07 01:57 AM
Re: Help, How do I avoid racoons in my pictures
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NCST8GUY
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Registered: 12/20/03
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Loc: Raleigh, NC
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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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Registered: 08/02/03
Posts: 401
Loc: Athens, Tenn.
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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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Registered: 06/12/02
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Loc: Knoxville-Dover-Union City, TN
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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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Registered: 02/04/07
Posts: 467
Loc: Cottontown
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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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Cull Buck Hunter
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Registered: 12/16/05
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Loc: Cleveland,TN
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I had a problem with small owls on my deer cam, go figure.
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