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On my last trip south to an undisclosed Pacific Coast beach, I brought along a wildlife camera. We all know coyotes visit our camps at night but all
we usually see are their footprints or only hear their yips. I set the camera up on a trail several 100 feet outside of camp.
Attached are a few of the better shots, and proof that they visit, or pass by, several times during the night and early morning. All look healthy and
well fed to me.
Coming in right after the lights went out.
Later in the night. We also saw this little puppy several mornings just after daylight between 6:00 and 6:30.
Regular Coyote in about same place as the pup for scale.
4 Coyotes at one time was the most the camera captured. Three in frame, and glowing eyes on left edge of photo.
Pup in the early morning.
Pup in the early morning, again.
And I bet you thought this was going to be a thread about the best places for drinks, music, dancing and dates.....
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very cool!
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yes.....i was hoping for strippers.
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Naked coyotes!
Those are great Brooks!
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Great photos and lots of fun for you. Thanks.
You were havin' a night of it wif yer furry buddies at "The Howl"
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Very cool idea. Thanks for taking the time. Them coyotes are everywhere......
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Darn, I was looking for the pole until I figured it out, damn Coyotes.
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Bob H
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Why were they there? Did you put some food out for them?
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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I was wondering if those game cameras would make an effective security device.
Is there any telltale flash or noise when they go off?
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look at the foreground in each shot. there is a flash....
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They love to eat poop. Bury it deep! 
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preferably not in sand....
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
look at the foreground in each shot. there is a flash.... |
The photos appear to be infrared, is the flash
infrared also?
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no se hombre. it looks to me like there is a blinding flash that drowns out the retinal flash of the animals..... i may be wrong.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
Why were they there? Did you put some food out for them? |
It's on a trail/route they use going between points which is why they are there at all hours of the night and early morning. But, yes we occasionally
put leftovers out. What else are we going to do with it? Throw it away? Burn it? Bury it? Might as well share a little with the "silent ones".
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| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
I was wondering if those game cameras would make an effective security device.
Is there any telltale flash or noise when they go off? |
Yes it is an infrared camera at night and regular camera during the day. At night there is a infrared flash. There are something like 30 IR LEDs for
the flash for the model I used Capture IR, it is not invisible as a dim red light can be seen when it flashes, but it is designed so as to not scare away the animals. A person
would likely see it if they were looking directly at the camera and wonder "what was that?". However, there is a timer on it with a minimum delay of
30 seconds, so it's not constantly flashing, so if the "bad guys" weren't looking directly at it they might not see it. Also there is no shutter
sound.
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You can get a game trail camera that uses black LED's.....no visible flash
http://www.cabelas.com/trail-cameras-accessories-moultrie-ga...
very quiet!!!
[Edited on 9-9-2012 by bajaguy]
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