Maine

[mlowen]

Third night having chickens and I just saw a grey fox across the street! Thank God my dog decided to be obedient and didn't chase it through the neighborhood. They are teeny things...thought it was a cat at first.

 

[bwockbwock]

I, once again have had all my smaller poultry picked off. I finally found the one thing a coon can't resist and will go into a trap for. Three raccoons down, two to go. Marshmallows are the magic lure.
I am not getting any more chickens or small ducks until I get some electric netting fence, and a game cam, and will only let them out when I am going to be home before dark.
I have got to get a dog to let me know when anything is around.
Anyone else have a game cam, if so what brand, and what are the pros and cons of that brand?

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I, once again have had all my smaller poultry picked off. I finally found the one thing a coon can't resist and will go into a trap for. Three raccoons down, two to go. Marshmallows are the magic lure.
I am not getting any more chickens or small ducks until I get some electric netting fence, and a game cam, and will only let them out when I am going to be home before dark.
I have got to get a dog to let me know when anything is around.
Anyone else have a game cam, if so what brand, and what are the pros and cons of that brand?

I have a Bushnell. Takes decent enough photos, can do a bunch of different settings. Fairly easy to get the photos off it. Only thing I struggle with is getting the thing attached to a tree, fence, etc. It's a bit of a pain. There's a one inch strap with two boy-girl plastic pieces at the end, like a life jacket. It doesn't want to hang straight though, it wants to hang slightly down. Sometimes that's ok, sometimes it's not, and I end up looping the straps through a bunch of different things to get it to sit straight.

Here's some photos from mine in the middle of the night so you can see the quality:





And during the day when I forgot to turn it off:

 

[bwockbwock]

That is certainly clear enough to see what is going on! Thanks!

I have a Bushnell. Takes decent enough photos, can do a bunch of different settings. Fairly easy to get the photos off it. Only thing I struggle with is getting the thing attached to a tree, fence, etc. It's a bit of a pain. There's a one inch strap with two boy-girl plastic pieces at the end, like a life jacket. It doesn't want to hang straight though, it wants to hang slightly down. Sometimes that's ok, sometimes it's not, and I end up looping the straps through a bunch of different things to get it to sit straight.

Here's some photos from mine in the middle of the night so you can see the quality:





And during the day when I forgot to turn it off:

 

[buckabucka]

We have a Bushnell also, "trophy cam". We leave ours on all the time, as it only takes photos with motion detection and it is 100 yards from the house where there is little human/chicken activity. It is in the woods on our "snowshoe trail". Sometimes it will snap a day time photo when nothing is there, which I think must be blowing leaves or something. Except for turkeys wandering through, all of our wildlife has happened at night. It always surprises us how many different animals wander through, as we never see them (other than the skunks).

I would love to set it up down by the stream and watch the beaver activity, but other people walk on the trail and we worry the camera might get stolen.

 

[lazy gardener]

Bwockbock, sorry to hear about your loss. I have electric net fencing (164') with a deep cycle battery and a Parmak Mag 12 u.o. charger, and love it. I've moved it a bit several times to mow the fence line, and once to re-configure the run space. It's fairly easy to move. Some what of a pain to initially set up... works best with 2 people. Mine has the double prong posts for more security with post placement. You'll need extra posts to go between the posts that come with the set... unless you have very flat property. I hope this eliminates your losses.

 

[hoppy]

this is a moultrie camera, it tells the date and temp as well as the time.

 

[keesmom]

I have a basic no-frills Moultrie M-80. I think it's range is a mere 45 feet and it will only take pictures every 60 seconds, but I've been happy with it. It takes AA batteries and doesn't burn through them. Got it on sale at Cabela's for $90 I think.

 

[hoppy]

what is that 2nd picture??

I have a basic no-frills Moultrie M-80. I think it's range is a mere 45 feet and it will only take pictures every 60 seconds, but I've been happy with it. It takes AA batteries and doesn't burn through them. Got it on sale at Cabela's for $90 I think

 

[keesmom]

Back of a Barred Owl. The field next to us had been cut the day before so I assume it had found some rodent running around.