Put batteries in my trail cameras a couple of weeks ago. Getting some pictures, not all are shooters, but fun to look at.
cameras a couple of weeks ago.
2025 Deer Season
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Nice! What kind of camera do you have? I am looking to buy another one and I don't know if I want to stay with Tactacam or not.
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I have Ridgetec cameras, they are not cheap. I did catch them on sale on Amazon for $100 off.
But they have been in the woods 24/7 for 4 years and still work if you keep batteries in them.
We're seeing some deer here and there. Nothing real big. Right now the soybeans are tall enough that the only part of a deer that's visible is the head. Grandson has a couple of cameras out but nothing of interest has shown up.
Grouch Attack received notice that she's getting another handful of CWD control tags. That gives me a chance to remove more of the 'dink bucks' that have been protected for years by the '4 point rule'.
If fall goes like summer has, we may still be harvesting in mid-November and hunting from the combine or tractor seat.
Grouch Attack received notice that she's getting another handful of CWD control tags. That gives me a chance to remove more of the 'dink bucks' that have been protected for years by the '4 point rule'.
If fall goes like summer has, we may still be harvesting in mid-November and hunting from the combine or tractor seat.
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Sausage on the hoof.
Hankus
Buckeye
I’ll be driving up to the family property in GA with my son next weekend. We’ll be clearing sight lines and removing wasp nests from the dozen stands we have set up on the property and the adjoining fields. As part of the compensation Charlie the farmer gives my MIL for farming her property we get to hunt around his fields, totalling around 1250 acres. Charlie planted peanuts this year on my MIL’s fields near her house, and soybeans on most of his.
My wife’s cousin’s daughter and her boyfriend have set up a couple of feeders and cams in the woods on their part of the family property and are seeing quite a bit of activity.
I’ll be concentrating on shorter range stands in the woods this year and hunting with my scoped SRH and Rossi 92 in .454 Casull. Hunting the edges of the fields with my old triusty scoped Remington 788 in .308 will be my fallback if/when I need to fill the freezer.
My wife’s cousin’s daughter and her boyfriend have set up a couple of feeders and cams in the woods on their part of the family property and are seeing quite a bit of activity.
I’ll be concentrating on shorter range stands in the woods this year and hunting with my scoped SRH and Rossi 92 in .454 Casull. Hunting the edges of the fields with my old triusty scoped Remington 788 in .308 will be my fallback if/when I need to fill the freezer.
try that in Wisconsin and see how soon someone with a badge shows up to have a little chat with you
Most of MO (especially north MO) is privately owned land so bunny cops learn to use common sense when dealing with landowners on their own property.
I wish that was the case here in WI but it's not and there's not a darn thing private land owners can do about it . the way WI wrote it's laws bunny cops can go just about anywhere they like
Are you able to connect them to a Solar Panel? I have StealthCams and all of them are hooked up to solar panels. I never need to replace batteries.
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The cameras have the connections. Their locations are in shady areas, so how well solar panels would work is suspect.
Give one a shot. They work way better than I would have thought. All of my cameras are on my property in Montana. They are a 7 hour drive away, so there is not "quick trip" to fix one.
Small herd of cattle decided to hang out in front of one of them all night long.
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Armadillos and possums can result in dozens of pictures in just a few minutes.
Yeah, woke up to over 900 pictures of cows. I have not planned on fencing off the property (160 acres, 2 miles of fence, rough terrain), but the more I see the cows, the more I am wanting to fence them out. I could build a buck fence for nothing more than labor
But it would still be a lot of work.
" I have not planned on fencing off the property (160 acres, 2 miles of fence, rough terrain),"
So this is an 'open range' area? I see what appears to be fence next to the road in the background. Two miles of fence doesn't seem unacceptable.
So this is an 'open range' area? I see what appears to be fence next to the road in the background. Two miles of fence doesn't seem unacceptable.
Technically, no we are not in an open range area, but Montana is a "fence them out" state. There is BLM land just to the north, that does have grazing leases. The cows are coming from there. That is not my fence, or property in my last post, just a picture of a buck fence for anyone who doesn't know what they are." I have not planned on fencing off the property (160 acres, 2 miles of fence, rough terrain),"
So this is an 'open range' area? I see what appears to be fence next to the road in the background. Two miles of fence doesn't seem unacceptable.
I just ordered a couple Tactacam security cameras, do you have issues with this manufacturer?
Not at all. Just wondering how other cameras compare. They are a good product. We have some of the security cams too. No issues whatsoever.
OK, that makes things a bit more clear. Since you are in a 'fence them out' state there's not much else you can do. MO is a 'fence them in' state with a 50/50 requirement-adjoining landowners share the expense of fencing.
I have serious doubts that a 'buck fence' would exclude a bunch of hungry cattle???
I have serious doubts that a 'buck fence' would exclude a bunch of hungry cattle???
It will, most of the time, and since there is plenty of food where they are at, they are less likely to try and go through/around the fence, but it will still let the critters we want come and go.
