Re: When To Place Trail Cams?
Optimal time? As soon as spring temps start.
Preferably on a well used game trail, fence line, natural lick, man made lick (huge success with sidewalk salt, 50 lb bags), bedding areas!
I leave mine out on my active spots year round.
Come late fall, or one of my last trips before winter, I'll replace batteries/ new SD card. Leave them out over winter.
Most of the cold temps, they batteries give out, but come warmer temp days and spring they fire back up.
"I am fascinated by the wild, rough country where sheep are found. I love the long-continued excitement of the stalk. I even enjoy the disappointments and the frustrations, those stalks that go astray when the sheep have moved, and the wind changes". - JOC