[Todd Frank]

How many of you are using those remote trail cameras to monitor your bear bait?....If so what brand / and or kind /infra vs motion ect, and lets see some pics from them...Im going to purchase some, just would like to hear some input from guys already using them....Thanks in advance....Todd

 

[mich buckmaster]

From what I heat you need to be careful with the cameras on bait sites. The bears will ger curious and smell the camera and can do very bad damage to the housing and camera. I use them for deer, but I would be cautious using them for bears at a bait station.

Also you may want to put it into a better housing if need be.

 

[Todd Frank]

Funny you mention that I had got a little liquid smoke on my trail timmers and have had a bear eat the thing before,...Good point $10.00 timmer vs $400 dollar camera....

 

[FASTRNU]

I had a timer on a bait in 2001. Had to move it twice. It has some punctures in it now but it still works. It records up to 500 events. It was amazing what times I had bear at my bait.

 

[Luv2hunteup]

I use a Cam Tracker on my bait stations and trails leading to the bait. I use scent free pre-moisten wipes to de scent the camera before I hang it and have never had a problem with bear finding or destroying it.

I don't have a scanner to post any 35mm film pics.

 

[Guest]

I'm sure there has been good and bad.

My experience was awsome!

I drew my first MI bear tag last year and hunted in Roscommon. I kept 2 baits active with tons of jelly donuts. I used a 500 event timer on both sites, as well as, using a steath cam which I moved back and forth between the two.

At first I had settings for 2 pics every 1 minute. Most of these pics were of the bear's faces and the second was of the bear leaving the county.

I tried setting the cam for 1 pic only with a 12 minute delay between pics. BINGO!!!

I started getting all kinds of great pics. Retreaving film was like X-Mas as a kid. I couldn't wait to develope it and see what I got.

And what a scouting tool. I had 5 differtent bears on site one with the biggest being around 250lb. At site two I had only 3 different bears with the biggest being around 250 also.

On the second day of the season a took a decent boar weighing 230lb. I would not argue that that bear was no monster but I would argue that I had as much fun as a guy that took a 400lber. I took it because I knew it was top end of the bears that I had photographed over the entire baiting season. Without the pics I may have held out for a larger animal and risk no steaks for dinner. That my friend would have been a crime. Anyone whos eaten bear knows what I'm talking about.

Lastly, that camera turned what would have been great into a much more. My bear hunt started the day I started baiting. I got to see the fruits of the labor all sumer.

No problems with teeth or claws, just be careful not to get sweet smells on it.

Buy it, use it , and you'll love it!

 

[bowhunter4life]

I have used a photo hunter for the past three years. last year I got three pictures of a bear, although I had the camera set up over some apples hoping to get some pictures of deer. The bear didn't seem to get spooked, or attack my camera. The timing was set on 1 picture every 5 minutes. I agree with joshua and I love going to get my film developed. You never know what you are going to find develping them.