Red Rabbit Report post Posted July 16, 2009 Set a new Covert II from Amanda up on a game trail that crosses a draw above some dropoffs. Had a group of cow elk with about 5 calves and a monster bull come through daily. Some does and a fawn came through. No bucks. I will need adjust camera settings to reduce the number of images from 3 to 2 taken in a sequence and increase the time interval between sequences, as there were close to 500 images the first week the cam was up. RR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arizonaelitefreak Report post Posted July 16, 2009 great pics man looks like a good spot. sure would like to see a pic of the monster bull your talking about! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted July 16, 2009 That monster bull is in the third pic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted July 16, 2009 I love all the calves hanging around the bull!! Funny! Thanks for posting the pics. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GameHauler Report post Posted July 16, 2009 Thanks Doug for the pics. Now you have another itch to scratch You may regret changing the settings though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmer Negamanee Report post Posted July 17, 2009 500 images in a week? That's one well placed camera! Well done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted July 17, 2009 I can't wait till I get one of those cameras. I really like the one with the 3 calves. Send us more pictures asp. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted July 23, 2009 Week 2: Rica and I went this evening to swap SD cards. I could not format the replacement card with the controller to erase the images from the first week (as the batteries turned out to be dead. ) I heard a clattering of rocks from the bottom of the draw 20 yards away. Saw a small brown blob at the base of the pine, called Rica to my side and whoa'd, but she had treed her first bear. Was a SMALL cub that I guess she had chased up the tree. It climbed about 20' up the pine only 20 yards away from the camera, and moaned a little. Eventually the cub came down the tree and looked at us from the bottom. I was looking for momma as I took the whole cam down off the tree and left. Back at the house, I determined that the batteries were dead, and the cam would not format the card and capture images after new batteries were installed. The card will format in my Nikon and store images, but not in the Covert. So much for a Wally World SD card. I guess the 8 AA batteries died sometime during the last week. It must have tried taking a lot of IR images. I will wait to hear draw results before I decide where to put the cam put again. Doug Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZP&Y Report post Posted July 23, 2009 Doug - love them cubs! I use SANDISK 2GB cards and haven't had any problems with thousands of pics taken! Best of luck on the Draw! Doug Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
catclaw Report post Posted July 23, 2009 Week 2: Rica and I went this evening to swap SD cards. I could not format the replacement card with the controller to erase the images from the first week (as the batteries turned out to be dead. ) Back at the house, I determined that the batteries were dead, and the cam would not format the card and capture images after new batteries were installed. The card will format in my Nikon and store images, but not in the Covert. So much for a Wally World SD card. I guess the 8 AA batteries died sometime during the last week. It must have tried taking a lot of IR images. Doug Doug- I have had as many as 1350 images on my camera and the batteries were still good but the card was full. I have used every brand of card you can imagine and they have all worked. I stuck a 4 gig card in mine and it really screwed it up. I had to remove the batteries and start over from scratch. My batteries have lasted as long as 3 months when getting limited images. Do NOT use rechargeable batteries. They only lasted a few days. I just buy Kirkland AAs from Costco and they seem as good as the Duracells. You should keep the camera out now so that you can at least learn the ins and outs- even if you put it in your back yard. I have used my for security but it took too many photos! Dennis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted July 23, 2009 P&Y Doug, That was about the size of that cub. I could be the first human it has ever seen. RR Doug Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Switchback Report post Posted July 23, 2009 Doug - love them cubs! I use SANDISK 2GB cards and haven't had any problems with thousands of pics taken! Best of luck on the Draw! Doug great picture! Bet that guy is just a few days old Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
