Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Help 2016/17 deer season - bolt hip quiver

Thank you for the info. I paid pretty good for the Cuddeback and it has stopped recognizing SD cards. If Reconyx made a simple unit, I would give them a try. I hate gadgets, but I know many folks love them. I just want to know who the biggest guy around is so I can wait for him.

I tried the CB and bought two a few yrs ago. I had one that I placed in a spot where I would get doe families pics all day and night with the Moultrie but the CB pics were reduced by hundreds of pic so I took it back to BPS for a trade to another Moultrie. I have the second CB setting on a bench in the gun room, I will use it on occasion because it is my least fav camera

What is required to use the Reconyx entry level camera to just take pictures when triggered? How many buttons must you push?

I have the Moultrie M880's also. Good bang for the buck

Reviews suggest that the cheaper Reconyx 500 is better than the pricier 600. Any experience with these 2 models?

Not sure if you have looked at this site, but it is the best place I have found for reviews of cameras.

http://www.trailcampro.com/

I don't have either of those. In the initial setup you will only have to select a couple options like photo/video mode and how many pics to take per trigger, then set the date and time. After that you just turn the camera on, close it up and it is ready to go every time.

I had looked at that site while Googling. It appears that the prices for Reconyx are fixed by the manufacturer.

Every camera has an initial amount of set up for simple time / date stamps. Then it is as a simple as off and on. I run my Moultrie cams all year long also. My older ones go through batteries a little quicker than the new M880 but that is to be expected. I have also heard great things about Reconyx but I have been so pleased with Moultrie, why switch?

Anyone have a bad experience with a Reconyx trail cam?

Rah, I've had one running for three yrs now and I am very pleased with the photo quality (great pictures) and battery life is great, best I have when it comes to battery life. The only problem I have with them is the cost. So I have some mixed emotions due to the fact I can buy two Moultree for the price of one Ryconyx. These two brands are my favorite's and will never buy any other brands from here on out, and I have tried most of the popular brand name game cameras. I bet between my son and me we have bought at least 6 or 7 brands of game cameras and maybe more the more I think about it.

Tracy

I only put out one camera, so I may bite the bullet and buy a Reconyx.

Tracy, I have 8 out. 2 are black flash to try to catch a poacher. I expect that I've tried everything but Reconyx on my 6 feeders. Most work for awhile. That's generally 2 years. The best I have ever found were Cuddebak. That's the old Cuddes. My last one finally quit.

Want to get disgusted? Put 2 or 3 out watching the same spot. They won't agree.

I hear ya Dave, But if a poacher is in the neighborhood I would not use a Reconyx, I would worry about him finding it and taking it home with him. Two things I don't like on my place is poachers and those dam Cormorants. Coon hunters have trespassed without asking, and I let them walk because coons are such a nuisance.

Tracy

Tracy, "my" poacher has come for 3 or 4 years. The GW has been out to talk about it. But, the best he can really do is follow up if I can get a pic. I'm more worried about my Grandson or his friends running into him.

Took a coyote this morning with the new crossbow. We have a dog in heat and the coyotes are very interested. Fortunately our fixed male GS is interested in them too. I have pretty much ignored the coyotes in the past, but their populations have increased so much, that I will now take them as they pass by. Need some wolves around here.

After the last few years of not seeing many coyotes I saw 8 last weekend and another one this weekend. Going to try and shoot as many as I can.

In the past, I have left them alone, but their local population has really increased over time. I probably cannot put a dent in their numbers, but with fur prices so low, trappers are not very interested in running lines.

Update on hip bolt quiver: Carrying the decocking bolt out in the quiver was just too noisy and inconvenient. I am now decocking after walking back to the house. Live and learn...

My beaver is back @ the pond, he always shows up when the bayou nearby is low. No rain in the last 90 days or so. I have been thinking of taking him down and tanning the hide to make a tubular hand warming muff. it would come in handy while setting in a tree stand during cold weather events. My question is, will he sink if shot at the pond?

I've never shot one in a pond, I've always used Conibear 330's to control them. Good idea on the muff!!!

RAH, I tried to decock my crossbow once in the field. Never found the arrow because it buried itself so deeply into the moist soil. Now I bring it home and shoot the bag target that I have with a junk arrow that I only use for that purpose.

Morning Tracy
I shot one in my pond and it did sink but was real close to the bank so I could retrieve it. I felt bad after shooting it so the next one will get a pass until it starts to mess up something then I will take action. Their hide is awsome looking tho. Mine was cutting small sweet gum trees so I should have left him alone..... Lol

Thanks for the report Pat. I wished or hope mine will eat willows, I have a lot of willows around the pond. I have been trying to remove them when I get a chance. Maybe he will take some willows down, most are small willows. But, he has been knawing on some other grass type plants, I see them floating around the pond and looked at the cutting close and determined they were cut down. That is what made me start looking to see what was around the pond at dusk. He may get a pass for a while, based from your post. Thanks

Cool Tracy
I'm giving them a pass till they mess up. Heck Google it and see if it is on their food list

I use a reusable decocking arrow designed for that purpose. It does not get buried in the ground.

Decocking arrow hit a buried rock and is toast. Bought a cheap solar landscape light so I can shoot a bolt in my target after dark. Misjudged a rack and took a 3.5 year old 9-point today. Its does from here on out. The guy was big and a tough drag for an old guy and his wife:)

Did you ever make a move on a trail camera?