Swung up to the cabin to check on the cam the other night and the good news is that my cheap camera DOES work through cooler weather (down to 10 degrees anyway!) but the activity level of the travel corridor is quite sporadic. I managed to catch some does, a spike, and a small 8………..2 1/2 to 3 1/2 years old. My big 8 hasn’t been caught on film since the first pics and it appears I’m not catching the same deer twice.
On multiple pic settings, the bigger deer aren’t running off and getting captured in varying poses and positions…………but don’t appear to be coming back either.
What I need to keep in mind here is that if the corridor is near normal activity, my camera’s been empty (on pics) for over 2 weeks. I’ll have to look at the negatives and see what pics were last……….as I have some with snow on the ground from a couple of weeks ago. If this is true, then I’m not too concerned. But if not, I’d like to experiment some and see if the deer get more and more accepting of “whirring trees”. I have a pic of a little doe starring down the camera in early afternoon and then turning/bolting out of the “shoot zone”.
So far, the experience of owning and using a trail cam is incredibly fun and intriguing. I recommend one to everyone!!! It’s REALLY COOL to see what’s going on long after you’ve left and no one else is around.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A PREFERRED SETTING FOR OPTIMUM FILM USAGE? I’m getting a lot of “blanks”……………(just the scenery). On multiple pic settings, this is because the animal is gone from view but the device has been triggered to take “x” number of pictures. There’s also the time setting between detected motion but haven’t seen any arguments for or against any particular settings. What preferences have you guys developed?
Say “CHEEEEEESSE!!!!!” 
