Trail cam with video for coyotes?

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Copper15

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I have a Truth Cam 35 that I put overlooking a deer carcass. I've gotten several videos of coyotes at it but every time right when the video starts the coyote spooks off. I don't believe it's scent spooked because I'm carefully of how I handle the camera and keep my scent and time there as minimal as possible. The coyotes come in fine and often spook towards where I enter/exit and often slowly walk away after spooked of a few feet.

Suggestions for trail cams that don't spook coyotes and that take videos?
 
I have a Browning strike force camera that I use to find when the coyotes are around the woods here. Ive found many occasions where a coyote will walk to where my camera is then sprint past it, only getting a picture of it running by. They are smart and know something is out of place. Try using a scent spray on your camera. Im not sure what your trigger time is, but it should be pretty quick for coyotes. Also I recommend disguising the camera just a bit. Dont have it on the only tree in the area or something like that.
 
Try placing the cam so that the "flash" is not at or near eye level with the critter. Quite a few articles online seem to believe this to be a big factor in alerting animals. Good luck.
 

Originally Posted By: erictTry placing the cam so that the "flash" is not at or near eye level with the critter. Quite a few articles online seem to believe this to be a big factor in alerting animals. Good luck.

Actually, I set my cameras about 12-15 inches or so off the ground and they are about eye level or close to it. Coyotes can easily look into the cameras. Over a period of about 4 seasons, I have learned quite a lot about coyote behavior and have captured literally hundreds of videos of them. I used to set them higher off the ground, but found that I got better videos when the cameras were lower, and the height above ground didn't seem to make any difference.

What I have learned is that coyotes are very much individuals. Some will tolerate the red glow of the camera quite well, paying little to no attention to it. Others are just skittish by nature and will practically jump out of their skin when the camera turns on. Some will stare at the camera for a couple of seconds and then run while others pay it no attention.

Here are some examples of coyotes that weren't concerned about the cameras. The Moultrie videos were taken just a few days ago and the Wildgame videos were taken in 2013. The coyote at the end of the video came up to the camera, stuck his nose to it and eyed it very closely as you can see, all while the camera was recording.

Here is a link to YouTube and a larger view.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rirZYPohX4k&feature=youtu.be







The Wildgame Innovations X6C is no longer being produced, but is a fine camera for very good video clarity. It doesn't have quite the range that some newer model cameras have, but it produced very good video. The cameras don't seem to last long, maybe a year of constant use and then they go bad. I have owned maybe 5 or 6 of them and all have gone by the wayside in a relatively short time.

Of the many cameras I have owned, which includes a Moultrie M880, Bushnell Trophy Cam HD, older Moultries and other Wildgame Innovations cameras, as well as my son's Cuddebacks and Stealth Cam, the Moultrie M880 continues to be the most consistent one I have ever used.

 
Most of the articles were more deer related, but good to hear of your success with coyotes and trailcams at lower positions.

I fully agree that the M880s are great cams.
 


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