Trail Cam Software

BHC · Jan 21, 2012

Just purchased the W.I.S.E trail cam software just curious if anyone has used it and what you liked and disliked about it..
Also if any one has advise on how they set up there locations and activity points types, etc. it would be appreciated..

Diehard Hunter · Jan 21, 2012

I found it very confusing. I got a free year for being a member of NAHC, but I have not had the time to figure it out yet.

BSK · Jan 22, 2012

I've talked to the maker of W.I.S.E. and pointed out several errors in his calculations (which he corrected). However, I have not spent any time actually using the product. I write my own analysis software and databasing systems.

BHC · Jan 22, 2012

You should sale it, as for collecting trail cam survey what are the best methods for getting buck-to-doe ratios and fawn recruitment? I mean where is it best to place cams,( food plots, bait piles, salt, etc.).

BSK · Jan 23, 2012

BHC said:
You should sale it...

My programs are too site specific. Plus I collect data most wouldn't be interested in.

as for collecting trail cam survey what are the best methods for getting buck-to-doe ratios and fawn recruitment? I mean where is it best to place cams,( food plots, bait piles, salt, etc.).

I collect data from every type of set-up possible. However, I have a data entry field for all picture entries detailing the set-up the picture came from. That way I can analyze the data by camera set-up. You will find that pictures from each different set-up will have their own biases. For instance, food plot pictures are often biased towards antlerless deer. Pictures from scrapes will be biased towards bucks, etc. For example, from only food plot cams, my adult sex ratio is 0.92 adult does per buck and my fawn recruitment is 57%. But if I use only scrape camera pictures, my adult sex ratio is 0.28 adult does per buck and my fawn recruitment is 40%. Those are big differences (more than 3-fold difference is sex ratio).

But to answer your questions about specific data types, I find I get the best fawn recruitment numbers from food plots. I get the best adult sex ratio data from trails, old logging roads, and travel bottlenecks.