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Hiding Trail Cameras #7840011 04/06/23 06:20 PM 04/06/23 06:20 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Midlands South Carolina S SGT. C OP trapper
SGT. C OP trapper S Joined: Dec 2006 Midlands South Carolina	What are some creative ways to hide cameras? For around my home.Which is way off the road. I put them inside bird houses. Hardly noticeable. Also, in the woods. Sarge A hero voluntary walks into the dangers of the unknown Freedom is accomplished by good men willing to do bad things to bad people

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840012 04/06/23 06:24 PM 04/06/23 06:24 PM
Joined: Dec 2022 illinois J jalstat trapper
jalstat trapper J Joined: Dec 2022 illinois	Sounds like a job for Swamp Wolf retired game warden

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840015 04/06/23 06:24 PM 04/06/23 06:24 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Killingly, CT Brian Mongeau trapper
Brian Mongeau trapper Joined: Feb 2007 Killingly, CT	I've put one on the ground and strategically placed stones around/over it. So, a little rock pile, then tossed leaves on it. Aim it right or you will only get feet.

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840022 04/06/23 06:38 PM 04/06/23 06:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Northern Minnesota BernieB. trapper
BernieB. trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Northern Minnesota	www.berniesbearcamp.com https://www.youtube.com/user/BowhuntingRoad/about

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840029 04/06/23 06:48 PM 04/06/23 06:48 PM
Joined: Apr 2009 South Ga - Almost Florida Swamp Wolf trapper
Swamp Wolf trapper Joined: Apr 2009 South Ga - Almost Florida	#1 tip: do away with the straps. Horizontal objects catch the human eye in a vertical environment like the woods. Use screw in mounts. #2 tip: mount above eye level, preferably up high amd angle down. #3 tip: get fancy and glue or velcro leaves/bark to camera face...without blocking lens/sensor. Down here Spanish moss is perfect. Thank God For Your Blessings! Never Half-Arse Anything! Resource Protection Service

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: Swamp Wolf] #7840031 04/06/23 06:50 PM 04/06/23 06:50 PM
Joined: Dec 2022 illinois J jalstat trapper
jalstat trapper J Joined: Dec 2022 illinois	Originally Posted by Swamp Wolf #1 tip: do away with the straps. Horizontal objects catch the human eye in a vertical environment like the woods. Use screw in mounts. #2 tip: mount above eye level, preferably up high amd angle down. #3 tip: get fancy and glue or velcro leaves/bark to camera face...without blocking lens/sensor. Down here Spanish moss is perfect. Nice professional advice never would have crossed my mind

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840035 04/06/23 06:58 PM 04/06/23 06:58 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Northern Minnesota BernieB. trapper
BernieB. trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Northern Minnesota	Here's another one: www.berniesbearcamp.com https://www.youtube.com/user/BowhuntingRoad/about

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840077 04/06/23 07:48 PM 04/06/23 07:48 PM
Joined: Nov 2012 Frazee, MN B backroadsarcher trapper
backroadsarcher trapper B Joined: Nov 2012 Frazee, MN	If you can get a tall ladder in the area get them high in a tree. Have a few like that watching active properly lines here.

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840082 04/06/23 07:50 PM 04/06/23 07:50 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Iowa T trapdog1 trapper
trapdog1 trapper T Joined: Feb 2015 Iowa	I don't own any cameras so don't need to hide them, but that is some interesting stuff, Bernie.

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840110 04/06/23 08:17 PM 04/06/23 08:17 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Northern Utah Lost in utah trapper
Lost in utah trapper Joined: Dec 2013 Northern Utah	You can use rubber cement to glue on leaves and other natural material. Easy to peel off when you are done.

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840122 04/06/23 08:29 PM 04/06/23 08:29 PM
Joined: Jun 2012 kansas L larrywaugh trapper
larrywaugh trapper L Joined: Jun 2012 kansas	Game wardens stick em in the trees here. Won't take no prisoners,won't spare no lives.

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840138 04/06/23 08:44 PM 04/06/23 08:44 PM
Joined: May 2018 SW Georgia W Wanna Be trapper
Wanna Be trapper W Joined: May 2018 SW Georgia	Why do you want to hide them? Nothing more of a deterrent than noticing a camera, lol. We have home cameras and so does our neighbor and the neighbor beside them. Anytime something goes down in the neighborhood we get asked if we’ve seen anything. We recently solved a missing wallet case, lol. We also had videos of two folks on foot that don’t belong in the neighborhood and could even hear them say “They have cameras” lol. The deputies picked them up. I guess if you just have regular trail cams you’d want them hid. For home I’d use WiFi or cellular cams. Between all the cams I have and the plantation, we thought we’d caught a trespasser. We sorta did, but the manager had missed a call asking to look for a missing bull. On our way to find this guy we got a pic of the bull, lol. We found the guy and even managed to round up the bull.

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840156 04/06/23 09:02 PM 04/06/23 09:02 PM
Joined: Jun 2022 Manitoba Shakeyjake trapper
Shakeyjake trapper Joined: Jun 2022 Manitoba	For theft or bear? I just mount mine higher & kinda pointing down at an angle. Bear could still climb up but they haven’t yet. Wind Blew, crap flew, out came the line crew

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840159 04/06/23 09:04 PM 04/06/23 09:04 PM
Joined: Apr 2011 Minnesota Born trapper
Born trapper Joined: Apr 2011 Minnesota	I like to place them about 8' off the ground. I use climbing sticks and a climbing rope to place them. Not all cellular cameras send the pictures right away. I learned the hard way that a lock box can be pried with a screwdriver, left the box and the lock. Last edited by Born; 04/06/23 09:10 PM. Help yourself.

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840168 04/06/23 09:12 PM 04/06/23 09:12 PM
Joined: Aug 2008 alaska 3 3 Fingers trapper
3 Fingers trapper 3 Joined: Aug 2008 alaska	Years ago the old man found a bunch of pot plants growing on his back 40. Called sheriff and they came out and put up a camera. Went to check it a week later and plants and camera all gone.

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840174 04/06/23 09:21 PM 04/06/23 09:21 PM
P Posco Unregistered
Posco Unregistered P	Border Patrol has one mounted in a tree near my place. They mounted it inside of their interpretation of a snapped off limb. Jumps right out to me but I applaud their effort. I've had one camera stolen and several destroyed to some degree by bear. This will be my first year using cellular cams and I'm excited about it. They're going higher in the trees.

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840179 04/06/23 09:31 PM 04/06/23 09:31 PM
Joined: Jun 2022 Manitoba Shakeyjake trapper
Shakeyjake trapper Joined: Jun 2022 Manitoba	Spypoint Flex is GPSd and the send rate can be selected to send at each detection or certain times. Wind Blew, crap flew, out came the line crew

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840181 04/06/23 09:33 PM 04/06/23 09:33 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Alabama/ SE Wisconsin S shanemoss trapper
shanemoss trapper S Joined: Dec 2006 Alabama/ SE Wisconsin	I got a loop of rope I use. Loop it around the tree and slide it up till the bottom is about knee high then stand up in the loop and hang camera. I put a stick behind it on the top to angle it down. Gets it out of sight and tough to steal. When you earnestly believe you can compensate for a lack of skill by doubling your efforts, there's no end to what you can't do.

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: Wanna Be] #7840213 04/06/23 10:07 PM 04/06/23 10:07 PM
Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio.	Originally Posted by Wanna Be Why do you want to hide them? Nothing more of a deterrent than noticing a camera, lol. We have home cameras and so does our neighbor and the neighbor beside them. Anytime something goes down in the neighborhood we get asked if we’ve seen anything. We recently solved a missing wallet case, lol. We also had videos of two folks on foot that don’t belong in the neighborhood and could even hear them say “They have cameras” lol. The deputies picked them up. I guess if you just have regular trail cams you’d want them hid. For home I’d use WiFi or cellular cams. Between all the cams I have and the plantation, we thought we’d caught a trespasser. We sorta did, but the manager had missed a call asking to look for a missing bull. On our way to find this guy we got a pic of the bull, lol. We found the guy and even managed to round up the bull. You should put up both obvious cameras as a deterrent and hidden cameras that can't be found and tampered with. The obvious cameras can be cheap fakes. Keith

Re: Hiding Trail Cameras [Re: SGT. C] #7840438 04/07/23 07:27 AM 04/07/23 07:27 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Michigan T Trapper Dahlgren trapper
Trapper Dahlgren trapper T Joined: Jun 2016 Michigan	I buy all the old camera I find at yard sales, I put them right where people will see them, and hide the real ones, works great did a friends camp this way and got pictures, of the thieves stealing everything out of his camp even the trail cameras that they could see!!!!!.

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