Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Listening Point - General Discussion :: Trail Cameras in the BWCA
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PaddlinMadeline |
quote deerfoot: "quote PaddlinMadeline: "I always take one. I always put one out when we dump our fish guts. This was right by Never Fail Bay on LLC. " It works the best on bigger water where there is gulls. They watch you dump the fish and start squawking. The squawking is what attracts the eagles. It’s fun to watch the eagles fly in and take over. |
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goatroti |
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1JimD |
I had more, but some were embarrassing ! Jim |
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Basspro69 |
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yogi59weedr |
1st thing I learned was not to set up facing the sun.... |
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Pinetree |
quote Jaywalker: "quote DeanL: "quote nctry: "I think a lot of people would be surprised what comes through camp at night." That's one of those things-you don't want any bears in camp but nice to get pictures. |
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Pinetree |
quote yogi59weedr: "I just picked up 5 new ones. Still learning..... There very addicting, I got into them very heavy and keep buying a couple more each year of the next years model. I have enough for a while like too many fishing lures. I do get a tremendous lot of Rec time from them tho. Had them out since July 1 and got about 14 different bears,bobcats, a few wolves,fishers and finally this week a lot of bucks showing up. Had many of bear look at my camera and they pushed them around the trees numerous times. I have friends get a picture of a bear just as he is swatting the camera and smashing it to pieces. As you learn also remove twigs or grass in front of the camera or you will also get false pictures. All mine take AA batteries and like when it goes below zero I leave a couple cmeras out but go to lithuim(sp)batteries. |
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deerfoot |
quote PaddlinMadeline: "I always take one. I always put one out when we dump our fish guts. This was right by Never Fail Bay on LLC. " This could be the eagle that chases away the gulls that got there first. |
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bwcasolo |
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dicecupmaker |
quote PaddlinMadeline: "I always take one. I always put one out when we dump our fish guts. This was right by Never Fail Bay on LLC. "Kewl! |
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QueticoMike |
quote DeanL: "quote nctry: "I think a lot of people would be surprised what comes through camp at night." I don't think I want to know :) |
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1JimD |
quote QueticoMike: "quote DeanL: "quote nctry: "I think a lot of people would be surprised what comes through camp at night." Maybe wait until I get home to view ! |
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Pinetree |
quote Sven83: "I think it's a great idea! Might have to try that myself some day. They are good fishermen and efficient. |
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rtallent |
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PaddlinMadeline |
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Sven83 |
I base camped on Agnes during the first week of September this year and we were frequently visited by the local family of otters...come to find out, they were casing the joint! On the third night those little buggers emptied our minnow bucket. Every last minnow was gone! It would have been interesting to see them in the act. Smart animals those otters... |
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Corsair |
quote Sven83: "I think it's a great idea! Might have to try that myself some day. I'm surprised this hasn't come up before. Maybe a pack space issue? If you do decide to put one up, if you get some good pics don't forget to share! |
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DeanL |
quote nctry: "I think a lot of people would be surprised what comes through camp at night." I agree. I wonder how many bears stroll through a campsite and never get noticed. |
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anthonyp007 |
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dew042 |
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1JimD |
quote Corsair: "quote Sven83: "I think it's a great idea! Might have to try that myself some day. Planning on it ! If I can get up there ! Watching the weather now. Jim |
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1JimD |
As it turned out, I set up the camera facing towards the fire grate. Nothing but me showed up ! They were some pretty bad pics, that will be deleted soon! It was fun, and added a new thing to do! The almost first thing I did when I returned home was to check the card. I will take the Trail cam along again for sure next time ! Jim |
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1JimD |
Set it up at camp while I'm away. What do you think ? Jim |
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Savage Voyageur |
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nctry |
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Jaywalker |
quote DeanL: "quote nctry: "I think a lot of people would be surprised what comes through camp at night." I've always wondered if there aren't more bears and other critters than people ever know, so I did bring up a trail cam his spring and set it every night pointing toward my barrel and the campfire area in the background. Nothing in 6 nights! I do plan to keep trying. |
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mastertangler |
quote PaddlinMadeline: "I always take one. I always put one out when we dump our fish guts. This was right by Never Fail Bay on LLC. " Clever! I have always considered using a predator call in canoe country but one does so with a bit of risk. Owls always show up first and are very neat to see but calling in a bear, lynx or a wolf could happen as well. Might be kind of neat to use the trail camera in conjunction with a predator call (dying rabbit works great and a house cat mewing calls in the bobcats and probably lynx). Just have to figure out the most likely scenario and the trail the predator would use. Could work. |
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northallen |
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