Archie-fox Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Afternoon all Quick question how long do you leave your trail cams out for? I move mine every 20/30 hours but thinking 3/4 days now.. How long do you leave yours out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Change the chip every morning but they can stay put almost permanently unless I want to see something specific elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig83 Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Depends what your after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie-fox Posted August 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Depends what your after? I just like to see what's about at night, not looking for anything really but like to know if foxes/deer are about.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig83 Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 I do a lot of fox control, when I have a particular crafty customer I pin down some bait and don't touch my trail camera for 5-7 days (maximum battery time) Two reasons for this...first of allot allows human scent to disappear and the natural habitat got back to its normal rhythm. Also this lets you build up a pattern...foxes are a creature of habbit. Sometimes you can even work out a dominant fox, and that helps with priority control. The same I use for deer, just without the bait. One thing to watch is make sure the camera points away from the sun....Iv learnt that mistake so many times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 In the very rural and un-walked area where I run my trail cams, I swap out the SD card weekly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig83 Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 In the very rural and un-walked area where I run my trail cams, I swap out the SD card weekly. Until you walk there lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 I change the card depending on what I'm after. If it's a troublesome fox I check early morning, swap the card with a clear one, home check what's on the card then usually ring up and tell the landowner I'll be there at whatever time. If it's Munty then I could leave it for a week, no rush they don't kill the pheasants lol Sometimes I'll check the card when I get back to the truck in a camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootgun Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 I used to leave mine 2-3 weeks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Until you walk there lol Yup. Seriously, I seem to be the only person ever recorded on there. Really rural North Wales. Nearest town is 10 miles away. A few houses and farms in the area, but nothing much. I ran the camera in the woods for 5 weeks after the end of last season. In all that time, it recorded me, a few birds, and the occasional squirrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 I leave mine for a month if I can for munty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 I leave mine for a month if I can for munty. Why? Does it not just tell you something that happened a long time ago that way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Why? Does it not just tell you something that happened a long time ago that way? Not where I shoot . No one else can shoot where I do so I see the regular visitors . I get an average time and get there half hour before. Two muntys in a certain spot so far for me in 2 trips . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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