jswordy
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How many do you have? I'd like to get a few more even if they're cheapies otherwise this one gets moved around more often then I'd like.
I'm having trouble reading the card by just sticking it in the computer slot. PC will sometimes read it and other times not - mostly not. I'm able to hook up the entire camera via USB cable but that of course becomes a pain in the butt. Think I'll set it in a spot and leave it for a week and then see what it captured.
Oh, what capture mode and what time delay are you using with your trail cam? My brother tells me that video mode (mine has 2)) isn't really worth using but that still leaves me with 4 picture modes and 4-5 time delay settings. Sometimes simpler is better.
This one coming to me will make 2. It has a 60 foot range so it ought to be a bit better than my $25 one. I know there's a place for high dollar cameras but I also know that a lot of them get stolen, so I'm sticking to the cheap ones, even on my own place. I know people trespass, so just as soon lose the cheapos.
AFAIK, there is only one setting on this camera. I just set it up and let it go.
Thing about this Wildgame Innovations Terra 10MP that's coming from Dick's Sporting Goods is, they'll ship it to me free. So I have $44 in it with tax. Of course, I'll still have another $20-$30 in card and batteries.
Try to place your camera in edge habitat, facing along the edge, or in funnel areas, like where a woods comes to a point or opens out onto grassland, or near a water feature. If there are fences around, set up perpendicular to the fence.
Also, if your SD card doesn't read well, you can get a USB reader at Wally World for about $10 or so. Card goes in it, it goes in your USB port. That's what I use, since my puter is old. Just collected my camera from its spot from last week. Here's two new shots. I had it set up where a woods opens out onto a pasture. Did not get as many pix as when I had it in the funnel area near a fence. I'm also using my photo editing stuff to crop the pix.
I've now identified three different bucks on my place. I have only ever seen a buck in daylight once and that was a couple years ago. But they are there!