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Several have already died of accute lead poisoning. I'm kinda at a crossroads because the yotes keep the cat population in check. Those cats are heck on wild birds.
 
Pic at the casa said:
Several have already died of accute lead poisoning. I'm kinda at a crossroads because the yotes keep the cat population in check. Those cats are heck on wild birds.
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I would let them be. Poison would kill neighborhood dogs. You'd be surprised how many come by my cams at night. I'd hate for the neighborhood dogs to die. Poison the yotes, and they'll just reproduce with a vengeance.

Or if you can, bow hunt them within the city. I can't do that because they rarely come by my pad during the day. These daytime pics. in the thread are very rare where I am.
 
Nice pics, Gil.

Amazing that these "homebrew" pics, coming from cams that were "put together" several years ago (Sony P41) are STILL producing better quality pics than the most expensive trail cams on the market today.

Digital "point & shoot" cameras that take great pics are cheap.
Don't understand why the manufacturers of even very expensive trail cams continue to use "cheap" imagers that produce relatively poor quality images. I mean, just compare Gil's above pic quality to anything you've seen posted from a Reconyx (which still just have 3.0 mp images), or even to cams advertising more megapixels (while using cheap low-quality lenses/imagers that make the megapixels a mute point).
 
Wes Parrish said:
Nice pics, Gil.

Amazing that these "homebrew" pics, coming from cams that were "put together" several years ago (Sony P41) are STILL producing better quality pics than the most expensive trail cams on the market today.

Digital "point & shoot" cameras that take great pics are cheap.
Don't understand why the manufacturers of even very expensive trail cams continue to use "cheap" imagers that produce relatively poor quality images. I mean, just compare Gil's above pic quality to anything you've seen posted from a Reconyx (which still just have 3.0 mp images), or even to cams advertising more megapixels (while using cheap low-quality lenses/imagers that make the megapixels a mute point).
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Wes, I've often wondered that. If a company were to offer a camera with a quality photo, they would make a mint.
 
Im beside myself right now after looking at these pics... Practicaly "homacidal" if you get my drift... RRRrrrr......

Nice pics - good post. Thx.
 
that's cool, if I had a trail cam I would put it out in our backyard as well. But we got deer as well and I have some corn and deer cane out there for them.
 
Thats crazy, i live right down the road from you in hillsboro village near belmont and i always see signs that say warning wild coyotes in the area, i always thought it was probably just some lady misjudging a mangy dog or something, maybe not!
 
ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER said:
what kinda bait you useing
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Fresh meat. See below.

gil1 said:
gil1 said:
JDBinTN said:
Awewsomw pics!!! If you don't mind my asking what all do you use for scents and bait?
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All kinds of stuff, really, but usually fresh meat. Lately, I've been picking off squirrels for bait. I tether them because yotes will just carry them away from the camera.
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Okay, I got a couple PMs asking for more detail on predator baits. I don't claim to know it all, but I've learned a lot over the years. Here's a snippet of an article I wrote on it. I also wrote a more in depth insert about predator baiting for the new QDMA trail camera book, but I can't reprint it here. You'll have to buy the book. ;)

[color:#3366FF]If you enjoy predators, here are some tips. Predators will eat a variety of fruits and vegetables (even ripe tomatoes and watermelons), but fresh meat seems to be the high percentage lure for all canines and felines. If you don�t have access to a deer, a butcher or meat processor should be willing to donate some cull cuts. I have found that bobcats and foxes can�t resist fresh seafood. Shad and skipjack herring top my favorites list because they are easy to catch in a cast net.

Predators, especially coyotes, tend to drag their food to a favorite lair for eating or storing. If you are using small bait like a squirrel, a rabbit, or a small piece of meat, tether it to a tree with duck decoy cord or light rope so you can capture the animal snacking in front of the camera. Make sure the rope is a dark color so it won�t be obvious in the picture. If using large bait like deer innards, cut it up into a dozen or so pieces to keep the animals returning for more meals.

If you don�t want glistening entrails in your photos, spread a light layer of leaves over your bait. An added benefit is that a little camouflage keeps the crows and buzzards from sighting a meal. The predators will have no problem finding it under the leaves.

In the same vein, never set your bait out in the open because scavenging birds will pick it off almost immediately. Set your bait in or near cover along likely predator travel routes. Bottlenecks, gaps in fences, and brushy creek bottoms are all excellent predator travel corridors. Intersections of roads, trails, fence lines, and different vegetations are also fine bait locations.[/color]
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