Lions and Tig...Bobcats and Bears, oh my! (My Game Cameras)

[CountyWorker]

Neat idea having a bone on a string right where the camera is pointed !

It is amazing how animals can see so good in the dark, yep, we do need to remember the infrared light of the camera makes them visible to the camera but how bright the pics look is not what the animal sees.

I had to edit my post. Like you are saying, and what I meant to remind everyone, is that it is pitch black in the forest, under the full canopy, and the cameras make no visible light. When there’s cloud cover, which is most of the time, and I’m in the forest at night, I can’t see my hand a foot in front of my face.

 

[GKL]

I had to edit my post. Like you are saying, and what I meant to remind everyone, is that it is pitch black in the forest, under the full canopy, and the cameras make no visible light. When there’s cloud cover, which is most of the time, and I’m in the forest at night, I can’t see my hand a foot in front of my face.

I guess I should have worded my response that the animals can see good in the dark as if it was brighter, but their better seeing is not because of the infrared lights which the good infrared lights don't make visible light. (the cheaper ones can be noticed as a slight red glow)

....but I do know what you mean, a very very long time ago when we still lived in Maryland we drove someone to see a property in the West Virginia mountains and it was night and you could not see your hand in front of your face, and when the lightning bugs lit up it almost hurt your eyes it was so bright by comparison ......and what was best was being able to really see the Milky Way and other stars in a really dark sky with no light pollution, it made you feel "WOW"

 

[CountyWorker]

There’s no quality difference between No Glow/Black Glow cameras and Low Glow/Red Glow(slight red glow) cameras. In fact, the Low Glow versions of the same model cameras actually produce a slightly better quality image. What you’re thinking of is White Flash cameras. They flash like a regular camera.

My cameras are all on my property, so I can use Low Glow cameras. I don’t have to worry about two-legged animals walking away with them, because they notice the red glow of the LEDs at night. This allows me to not only use the Low Glow cameras that produce the best quality images, but I also get the benefit of the reactions from the animals. Without the slight red glow, from the IR LEDs, the animals just walk by the cameras. I want face shots and the only way to get a lot of face shots is to use Low Glow cameras.

 

[GKL]

There’s no quality difference between No Glow/Black Glow cameras and Low Glow/Red Glow(slight red glow) cameras. In fact, the Low Glow versions of the same model cameras actually produce a slightly better quality image. What you’re thinking of is White Flash cameras. They flash like a regular camera.

My cameras are all on my property, so I can use Low Glow cameras, because I don’t have to worry about two-legged animals walking away with them, because they notice the red glow of the LEDs at night. This allows me to not only use the Low Glow cameras that produce the best quality images, but I also get the benefit of the reactions from the animals. Without the slight red glow, from the IR LEDs, the animals just walk by the cameras. I want face shots and the only way to get a lot of face shots is to use Low Glow cameras.

Actually I was thinking of the cameras with the slight red glow because I noticed some of the video clips I get on a camera in my yard sometimes shows what likely is the animal's reaction to red glow coming on. I used to think that was a negative but after considering your reasoning I guess it is okay after all

......neat close up of that mountain lion (?)

 

[CountyWorker]

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[CountyWorker]

I think it's been a couple of months since I made a Bobcat video.

 

[CountyWorker]

Some of my older videos are very cool, but nobody ever watches them!

 

[GKL]

Neat pics and videos !

Glad we don't have any Cougars and Bobcats around here though

In that last video the Cougar got really close to the camera at the end

 

[CountyWorker]

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[CountyWorker]

I'm going to have to put some more bait out, now that the bears are up and moving around more.

 

[CountyWorker]

I've got lots of bear videos on my Youtube channel.

 

[CountyWorker]

This is another good one of a bear eating apples.



Youtube feature is glitching again.

 

[CountyWorker]

Try again.

 

[CountyWorker]

Last time and then I'll try again later.

 

[CountyWorker]

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[stetam]

Nice cat. I once had one lay down in front of me for an hour then slink away. They can disappear quickly.

Steve

 

[GKL]

Neat pics and vids !!!!

About roughly 15 years ago thought I heard a Bobcat cry sound at night, but never seen one or ever heard that particular eerie sound again, so it might had been a regular cat, not sure.

Glad there's no bears here, but maybe people in your area need to keep a bag of apples handy to toss some in the distance to draw bears away if they see them.

 

[CountyWorker]

I had the egg in a baggie with some pork chop bones. It was probably a little confused by it. [emoji38]

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[CountyWorker]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8D_HHFfO9-g

It’s nice to get daytime video, because you can see all the green.

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[CountyWorker]

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