Reconyx RC55 remote trail camera captured individual images at a rate of about one per second as long as something warm was in motion in the field of view.
As a hunter to get a camera to see what is really out there in my
woods..and to see what is eating my cats food! One greed "developer
"totally destroyed the 100 acre forest behind my house wiping out the deer
population. It was tragic. Now they have "drainage problems". As a hunter I
support the wild...we need the wilderness and all the animals (deer,
wolves, cougar, rabbit, hawk ext ) but they don't need us! Its my bucket
list to see a wild cougar, wolf, and bobcat (seen bear and got pic).
On this camera (2007 Reconyx RC55), the infrared (IR) flash is visible to
most subjects and tends to alarm some animals. Newer models from Reconyx
have an invisible IR flash (e.g. the model RC60) or now use an IR flash
that is barely visible when illuminating a shot. Animals may still notice
the new cams, but they don't tend to get alarmed. There's also a lens
filter on these cams that some animals hear when it moves into place once
per night. If one is careful, smell isn't a big concern.
@equarg no offence but the whole "back off and let nature do her thing"
...thing lol..is silly, i mean sure it can work for many species...like in
chernobyl...the deer are doing great...but what of the rest of the native
species that were there before humans removed them either directly or
inadvertently...do they all jump back? no they cant without are help
because many are either too far away to travel there or cannot reach it
period and or there arent enough for a viable breeding pop
@SNMmountains *looks for original comment* Wow Look. SOMETIMES the best
thing for wildlife management is to back off and let nature do her thing. I
100% support land conservation, rallying against clear cutting, and radio
tagging animals to study migration patterns, habits. Guarding against evil
poachers.. But if you look at an interesting example of leaving nature
alone. Chernobyl, everyone left that area, 30 years. Now Chernobyl has some
of the healthiest deer herds in around
@SNMmountains *continued* Another example are *Lazarus Species* animals
thought to be extinct but rediscovered 20, 50 100's of years later. The
possible reason for their return.....since people thought they were
extinct, no one looked for them (steal for medical use/ exploitation).
Hence they were left alone and gradually increased their numbers. But I
agree other times you must guard the animal with your life..Like the Black
Rhino (RIP). But what to do, is a hard to choose.
@equarg this whole notion that humans are bad and should let nature do her
thing and leave it alone in 9 out of 10 cases is simply ludicrious and
quite frankly a lazy cop out in my opinion...."yeah its fucked up...but we
should just let it go, nature can fix itself...look...its done it before"
sure it can, but will it restore itself to pre-human interference status on
its own?..probably not...and in my opinion that level of habitat
restoration is what we should strive for
@equarg yes i am aware of chernobyl and many other examples of nature
restoring itself...in micro habitats that is...on a whole we have disrupted
things for all species...ie roads, fences, urban sprawl and this has
inturupted travel corridors and migration routes..so yes some species can
jump back however if ur talking about the big picture its a bit more
complicated than "back off and let nature do it" that will never work as
long as humans are around period
@SNMmountains There is no need to curse. Once the damage is done, things
will never go back to the way they were. I agree. A 2nd growth forest lacks
what a primary forest has. But what is the problem is here is humans has a
short term view of things. A lot of times be help things, to death. Hell is
paved with the stones of good intention. One must take a long term view of
what "help is" vs the Short term. I'm talking 100's of years, not the next
5 years.
@equarg ur a hunter and u think that the wildlife out there in most places
especially in north america doesnt need the help of humans?...wow
seriously?...u may consider urself a "hunter" but u certainly dont know
jack about wildlife management...humans have altered the environment very
drastically and to sit back and say "they dont need us" is very very fucked
up in my opion..they do need us and they need us more than ever!
Various scents on the trees. Mostly predator scents like Carman's or
Ultimate Bear Lure. The software for making these videos comes with the
Reconyx cameras and is called BuckView. In this software, the images from
each camera get placed into separate files that are thumbtacked to their
actual location on a map of the area. Pretty nifty stuff for keeping track
of your records.
The martens are very cool to see in the wild. I've seen all of these
creatures first-hand, except for one animal in the video that everyone
probably misses - the flying squirrel at 19 seconds. He crosses from right
edge of frame to the center tree trunk. You can just make out his tail and
outstretched legs at 19 seconds. Pretty funny! Almost entirely nocturnal in
these parts.
@TWayDreamin yeah the rings are a bit hard to see but 0:14 u can see em
pretty good i think and u can certainly see the tail is noticably darker
than the body another trait that pine matens dont really have...i havnt
seen many martens tho..not many around where i live...but ringtails ive
seen alot and i gotta say this is a ringtail...its body shape, movement,
ringtail, color
@mysoccerftw Highway 97 near the Teanaway is one of the biggest killing
zones in eastern Washington. Now, in this economic environment, the county
has decided to spend millions of dollars expanding and improving the
Teanaway road that runs through the Teanaway - likely resulting in higher
average speeds, more traffic and more dead animals.
... and still some people don't see how people could go hunting. To
experience the wild firsthand. Nothing like the wildernesses of northern
NM, TX, CO, anywhere really. I don't shoot much compared to most of my
hunter friends. I pass up a few thousand deer before I shoot one every few
years. Love to watch them.
@shooterb12 - They have not developed it...yet. They have been sidetracked
by an investigation into some possible illegal behavior by a county
employee and an employee of the developer, in relation to an earlier
request to rezone the area for development. Stay tuned. It is bound to get
even more interesting.
That is a very kule compilation, and congrats on capturing such a diverse
and magnificent quarry of wildlife...absolutely beautiful. A thumbs up
posting! I wonder how great it was before we got robbed by the music police
Nice choice on the audio swap...tough to make fit...this turned out good
@ViralZombieHunter That is why I use mostly true infrared - or "black
flash" - cameras these days. My older equipment glowed a visible red color
when flashing at night. Even with true infrared, however, the cameras still
get noticed because they look foreign to the animal.
@pu33yassassin Sorry for the late reply. Please check with the website
shown on the video to support the volunteer organization whose sole purpose
is to keep the Teanaway as it is - a wonderful place to do all the things
you love to do outdoors. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
no offense, but it looks like the bears are humping the tree lol even
though they are not. ive lived in the mountains my entire life so im no
city folk tryin to be funny. ive lived in tahoe for my life, and im proud
because i cant stand the city and its people(:
@TWayDreamin yeah i know what a pine marten is and they dont have rings
like a coon on their tails...i know ringtail cats and martens are basically
the shape and could easily be confused in a vid like this but unless my
eyes deseve...its got rings on its tail
Nice job, excellent shots. That camera looks like a good investment...one
thing I was wondering: many of the animals seem to be curious of, or at
least aware of the camera's prescence..what do you think they are
detecting, sound? Smell maybe?
Amazing video man! Never seen trail cam footage with that many different
breeds of animals....especially 2 or three that looked like good trophies!
Hope you've got a stand or something set up on that trail cause it looks
like the place to be
That is a great video you have here....amazing with how many animals go to
the same spot in the beginning of the video too..i'm getting my first trail
camera this christmas i hope i have some luck like that for where i'm
putting mine
@louisclements I use many different scents and lures that are commonly
found at hunting and lure shops. Can't use a single one in any location for
long because the animals tend to avoid certain scents after a visit or two.
All of these images are from various spots in the Teanaway valley,
Washington State. Many hunting areas there are spike only, so that big bull
may still be out there in a wallow getting a good stink on as I write this.
@SNMmountains That little critter at the beginning is a pine marten. They
are little weasels about half the size of a fisher and they're a squirrel's
worst nightmare.
Interesting! the animals watching at night in the camera. Feel the animals
somehow the camera, or they see the infrared spotlight? Or is there another
explanation?
Cool, What a great breakthrough in technology...you captured an awesome
range of animals here (the flying squirrel is totally cool, so is the
Martin)--Keep it up!
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