"If you ever go into the bush, there are grizzly bears lurking behind just about every bush, waiting to pounce, so you need a powerful gun, with huge bullets" - Gatehouse ~ 2004
That's amazing! Great hearing stories like that. I had a few companies send me replacement stuff free to componsate for pure negligence on my part lol ... it goes a long way.
Maybe I'll make my next camera another Browning. Been really happy with mine after quite a few years all year round.
Great thread - really appreciate hearing 1st hand experiences. I'm also looking at running a couple of cameras and won't be able to check them very often.
Hearing about how the cameras can be bear appetizers and also get stolen, I'm wondering if anyone has used a SPYHIGH mounting system, which looks like it could get a trailcam away from trouble: https://www.spyhighmounts.com/
forever noob
I've been running the upper level Bushnell and Browning trail cams the last few years on private property. Tried one Stealth Cam and won't be using again.
Best one for me so far is the Bushnell Core DS-4K cams.
https://www.bushnell.com/trail-camer...B-119987C.html
That seems like a lot of work. I put most of my cameras up in a tree looking down at an angle. I build my own mounts using this system
https://www.deerassociation.com/buil...-camera-mount/
I have a three rung section of a tree climbing system and use that to put the mount in the tree. I then pile a crap of stuff at the base and up the tree to keep the bears away. Seems to work so far. I put them over salt licks, so they work well for me, much better than 3' off the ground. Keeps the bears, moose and elk from bothering them.
Downfall to angling it down is smaller field of view and you wont pick up animals in the peripheral of the site. It works well on trails, but again, depending on the detection length and trigger time, you might get the animal 60" away and can't see it that well, or you just get the ass as it walks away or the blurred out face if too close.
Just ordered another two Brownings for $100 off each, plus the ammo boxes for my battery builds this winter.
Cheers
SS
Thanks SS. I really appreciate your input. I thought about a tree climbing ladder as well but since I don't have one I was thinking the SKYHIGH mounting system might be the ticket.
The DIY mount in the link you shared looks like a great system - I'm also thinking of a higher mount to avoid the wildlife and thieves.
It seems the most popular responses are for Brownings and Bushnells - I'm thinking one of each to start to see how I like them. Can you please tell me which Brownings you just bought?
forever noob
"The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom."
There are some Brownings on sale at Cabelas for $100 off right now - might be what was being referred to above.
I ran a couple of the Cabelas Gen 3 Outfitters this year and was happy with them. I found the integral LCD screen very handy for set up and quickly checking on what had been snapped.