I have a game camera that I have put out on a number occasions with little success. I have caught deer, but little else. I'm not a hunter but just do it for kicks. I had a spot near my house that I have had the camera at, off and on, for months. The bait (meat) is always consumed but never any photos. The best I got was catching a fleeting glimpse of a bog lemming as I walked to my camera. I tried everything from tying the bait up so the animal(s) would have to struggle and create more motion, to trying different camera placement.
I had the camera set very close to the ground and I was certain from my test photos that it was sensitive to the bait area, however this last time I put a pine cone shim near the top of the camera to get a serious downward angle. I thought it was too much of an angle but low and behold...I got 50 exposures. I figured it was a raccoon or opposum. What I got was a gray fox and a raccoon. Hope you enjoy these few (of many) photos.
The gray fox:
the coon:
Getting away with the goods
Raccoon mooning the camera. I also had a close up of this nose sniffing the camera but it was way too over exposed.
Jeff
I had the camera set very close to the ground and I was certain from my test photos that it was sensitive to the bait area, however this last time I put a pine cone shim near the top of the camera to get a serious downward angle. I thought it was too much of an angle but low and behold...I got 50 exposures. I figured it was a raccoon or opposum. What I got was a gray fox and a raccoon. Hope you enjoy these few (of many) photos.
The gray fox:
the coon:
Getting away with the goods
Raccoon mooning the camera. I also had a close up of this nose sniffing the camera but it was way too over exposed.
Jeff