New York Sportsmen
Hunting- In The New York Area => New York Bow Hunting => Topic started by: grazan on July 19, 2021, 10:23:24 AM
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just want to share my cell camera experience for those thinking about getting one ..... don't want to debate the ethics and i really don't care what all the talking heads say are valid reasons to get one especially the one about staying out of the woods .... i want to go to the woods and checking a camera is a good reason to go and i only go maybe every other month except during hunting season .... however i do have one spot i can only access during hunting season because of its use during the other months and its somewhat of a drive and hike to get to .... i actually pulled a dumb camera out of there because i very rarely got to check it ... so this area was a good candidate for my first cell camera ...
bought a spypoint from CABELAS because at the time that was the only one available on VERIZON and not super expensive for $99 and $18 bucks for the metal case and another $20 for a security cable ..... the VERIZON signal back there is ok but not great .... took me a few days to get it to work in my yard and after a firmware update it finally started checking in ... i could have used the free plan with 100 pictures a month but went to the next plan of 250 pictures for $5 a month ....
took the camera to the woods set it up and looked like it had a signal even though not strong .... after a few days it was obvius it wasnt talking ...
so had to get a long range antennae for another $65 which had a 15 foot cable .... then had to buy a lightweight collapsible ladder that i could backpack in for another $100 to get the antennae some height.... safter all that it started talking and below is the 1st picture i got in the web aPP ..... maybe ill go there for early bear season .....
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Tactacam for those thinking about purchasing
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didnt know they did one ... i see it now ... i also need ones with lock boxes ... where im @ between the human thief's and bears they never make it w/o the metal box ......
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and i see it also has a lock box too https://www.revealcellcam.com/product/reveal-x/
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They sell like hot cakes. I have a couple of the original reveals, but the reveal x is supposed to be slightly better. The app and camera are tough to beat. Haven’t had any issues and service comes through in a lot of places wouldn’t expect.
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maybe the 12 batteries needed help with cell service .......
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don't really like the idea of these cameras. If you ask me it takes the hunting out of hunting..
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I heard one of the states out west was outlawing these trail cameras..
Not sure which state ..
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Idk, i think it all depends on how you hunt , I will say, I do use cameras extensively, but my average distance to hunt is between 1.5 to 2.5 miles from the truck as the crow flies. I think it’s just as common for Getting a picture on a camera to hurt a hunters chance, as it is to help.
Most hunters I know that had pictures of a deer they wanted, also have a story about how he got away, the neighbor shot it, it got hit on the highway...
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ARIZONA banned GAME CAMERAS ... all cameras .....not just cell
here's an article about it https://www.bowhunting.com/article/arizona-bans-use-of-trail-cameras/
a lot of other western areas don't allow any cameras during hunting season .....
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Like everything else ny will never dictate what I do on my land when it comes to stuff like this
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YOTE ... thxs for tje REVEAL tip ... picked one up and it easy to set up and very good picture quality ... much better than the spypoint i got ... its in a weak reception area so well see how it works ....
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I think you’ll really like that camera. I have 2 spypoints and the tactacam is better all around. Dealt with their customer services also, and they were very good.
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a day after putting it in a remote spot with very little signal it sent a great picture ... too bad i didn't get the head ... that is one deep chest .... btw ... I'm off LITHIUM batteries on all my cameras .... I had 3 cameras fail in the last 6 months and all were running brand new lithium that died regardless of the camera activity and went back to Duracell alkaline ... I get a years operation usually on the Duracell ... not so on lithium .. at least that's been my experience ....