doughboy1956 Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 I see a lot of nice pics. but i have a few questions if you can help, it would be great. When our season starts here it gets very cold in the nights and most of the pics seem to be from warmer States or before it gets cold. My youngest son (31) thinks he can make one. I don,t want to buy one because it would hurt his feelings. Hope he is right. If not at least he will try. lol 1. Will the trail cam work in cold weather? 2. Will the trail cam work when there is a light rain? 3. How do you keep the lens from frosting up? 4. Will i need to get my pics early an put it away in the Fall? 5. How long to you leave them at the site? 6. Anything else will be helpfull? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Re: Trail Cam Questions!!! [ QUOTE ] 1. Will the trail cam work in cold weather? 2. Will the trail cam work when there is a light rain? 3. How do you keep the lens from frosting up? 4. Will i need to get my pics early an put it away in the Fall? 5. How long to you leave them at the site? 6. Anything else will be helpfull? [/ QUOTE ] 1. Yep they seem to work in cold weather. I have heard of them not having as good of trigger speed in colder weather (20 degres or colder). And animal needs to be closer to camera. 2. They work fine is rain, as long as something is in front of them to trigger camera. 3. Never do anything to avoid this so unsure, never seemed to be a problem... 4. I tend to have them all from early july to late jan. early feb. After most bucks have lost horns usually bring them in. 5. I will leave them as long as I am getting good pics at one site. But often I get curious and move them about to catch differnt bucks and see what going on where. 6. THEY ARE VERY ADDICTIVE!!!!!! AND A SO MUCH FUN!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bond Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Re: Trail Cam Questions!!! Actually, trigger ranges are the best in winter. Deer need to be close to the camera when the outside temperature is approaching the deer's body temperature. In the winter it's much easier for the senser to sense a 100 degree animal when all the snow around it is 0 degrees. The only negative effect cold temperatures have on cams is battery life. The batteries don't last nearly as long as they do in summer. With my old film cams, I found that they didn't work in temperatures approaching 0 but my digitals never miss a beat in cold temperatures. Everything else, Todd covered pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 Re: Trail Cam Questions!!! Looks like all the questions are answered pretty well above. Your son should be able to make one fairly easily. There is some really good information available at pixcontrollers site. I leave my cams out year round too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 Re: Trail Cam Questions!!! Yep, I agree with above. Here's a couple winter pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughboy1956 Posted October 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 Re: Trail Cam Questions!!! Thank you all for your great help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyt03 Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 Re: Trail Cam Questions!!! goodluck, its tons of fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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