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Love/Hate

I think the damn things should last longer Iny opinion! I have had cameras for over 10 years now. Moultries mostly, started with those old, big fuggers. They cost me about 2 bills a piece, now they are junk. Only about 3-4 years usage. Now I have Coverts, they are more affordable and doing well, but it just sucks to have 8 cameras, and only 3 that work!
 
Part of my issue is what I've endured for TOO long and that is building history with ghosts. I've consistently set myself up for disappointment and failure by getting to know bucks that haunted me. Add in the frustration of malfunctioning cams and it makes for a guy that just wants to say "fugg it" and go back to the old days.

But I'm an addict...
 
I just put out two cams this weekend, minerals and corn. i cant wait to see whats out there. For what its worth. I bought a moultrie D40 (i think) I have had it for three years on the same batteries and it has taken about 6-700 pictures.
 
10 wildgame cameras, 2 of which work, 1 that is probably the best all around camera we have. 2 Moultrie I-45's, 2 I-90's, 2 Trophy Cam HD's. you could say its an addiction, but I have never looked at it negatively.

The Red Fox picture was and still my prize picture, out of all the bucks, does, coyotes.....whatever, I have that moment captured forever. Even if I was sitting in my stand I would have never been able to capture that image. To me that's why I run them, it's a very fun and relaxing hobby for me.

That being said, when the Wildgame cams started crapping out it was a very tumultuous relationship!!! Those old ones were Turds!!
 
Ever since I had the issues with someone messing with my cameras, I have little desire to run them. I also feel that it alerts deer to us being in the area and allows them to pattern us. I got rid of two Spypoints this year and kept the other two. Been seriously kicking the idea around to selling the other two and getting a camera that does time lapse. IMO, that would be more useful over a field than a regular trail camera, plus it wouldn't have to be at eye level to trigger.
 
I just got my cameras out finally. First check is coming up Sunday. I again put all my camera's 9-10 feet off the ground pointing down at an angle. Keeps them out of eve level of thieves and deer. Had over 1200 pic's last year before a deer was looking at the camera.
 
I hunt a bunch of different places so I still love being able to know which properties hold which bucks, at least outside of the rut when anything can show up. This year has been tough and I still haven't located a shooter, so it has been a little frustrating.
 
I'd be lost without my cameras. For me they do two things. Most importantly they allow me to "hunt" deer year round. Secondly, my wife does not hunt. But, she can't wait to see whats on the cards every time I pull them. Seeing the deer that I choose to hunt makes her better understand my addiction.

The only negative I find is the same one Jesse mentioned, chasing ghosts. I've not taken a shot at a buck the last two seasons waiting on one particular buck to walk by. I just keep telling myself it is worth the wait. Without the camera I wouldn't know if he survives year after year.
 
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