Dan Andrews

Well lets try this

https://rumble.com/v4pofot-total-eclipse-of-the-deer.html

Well it was breezy so I tied some Marker tape to a stick to keep triggering the trailcam but it never took a single photo. My family who wasn't going to be home decided to gather at my house for the show just hours before the event so I set the GoPro up in my stand on time lapse and returned home to be with family. I'll upload that video to rumble soon to share here. It was quite cloudy for the entire eclipse so the time lapse on the landscape turned out to be a better focal point anyway. 

14 minutes ago, coyotehunter said:

You might want to check into using a camera or phone ....I read that using them to directly get a picture of the eclipse could ruin the light receptors in them. I think you have to do a photo with the correct filter.

I'm not looking to film the eclipse itself. I'm looking to film the shadows and effects in the field and surrounding area. There will be a million videos and pictures of the eclipse the next day already. 

My wife will be driving home during the eclipse so I can do a time lapse with the dash cam also. But with her luck she'll get stuck in the tunnel because traffic is expected to be terrible

One of the things I'm looking forward to the eclipse is doing time lapses with my phone and GoPro on the field where I hunt. What I would really like to do though is a time lapse with my trail cam but that option is not there. I think it would be really cool because when it gets to a certain lack of light it goes to IR. I'm almost tempted to go out there and do some raking and trimming just to keep that camera going. I think if everybody else gets disappointed due to clouds and rain or something, the go-to document people will be watching are the time lapses. 

Does anybody have a time lapse option on their camera or am I going to have to hook up blade of phragmites on a metronome in front of my trail cam?

I set my notifications up and applied online on March the 1st for the antlerless tag. I tried first thing in the morning but you had to wait till 9:00 a.m. and it suddenly appeared as an option on their site

On 2/6/2024 at 2:20 PM, Markster said:

Probably living well on the abundance of north end rats.

The neighbour in the same building dumps pails of seed for the birds. Add a bunch of walnut trees and the squirrels are over abundant here. Easy living for these foxes 

Seems pretty clear at night. I prefer the video over picture though

Reveal takes some nice photos. Bought this from Erie Tracker 

Still have antlers as if Feb 29. 

Have a buddy who just bought this one and says it works fine. I haven't seen the results yet though

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BKG286NJ?ref_=cm_sw_r_mwn_dp_44NWSWKHXNM1Z8T62DQD&language=en-CA

Bought my tag and entered the antlerless draw today. It opened at 9am. Seems like if I have the antlerless tag, big bucks walk right up to me but if I only have a buck tag I'm surrounded by does and fawns that won't leave. Well hopefully I'll get drawn this year but won't need it. If my kid draws the same it should be a quick season. 

I told you about my first coyote ever this year but it came on the second shot despite aiming an identical shot to the first one. I recovered the kill shot arrow but not the miss until this weekend. The coyote did a complete backflip but at 305 fps and only being 15 yards away I couldn't believe he just matrixed the shot off and then returned 10 minutes later. I couldn't find the arrow and was beginning to think it had a strawberry blonde twin but I finally got answers this weekend. 

The arrow broke on launch. There was a fraction of the head left on the shaft and no bright green feathers between launch and impact. The broken piece likely landed near me while the rest propelled just shy of the animal into this hard buckthorn. So lucky I didn't get a piece in the eye. 

I've sat on a stepladder in stands if this while hunting deer. This stuff is so noisy you don't have to worry about moving in it. It literally sounds like a deer is crashing through near you at the slightest breeze. 

I've got one ready to hang in St Catharines. Should go up ASAP now. Woodies are known to start returning in the second half of February. They may not nest right away but they scope the boxes out and if they see you messing with it they likely won't return. The creeks are usually frozen right now so it's generally a good time. 

I'm seeing bucks with fresh scabs so I've been out looking but no luck yet. So nice to get out before the ticks do

Yes indeed Lakeland were missing 2 elk as if that afternoon. She said she didn't know why they left because they had 2 young they left behind. With that explanation I asked if she had any wild boar on the property. You know just in case they "decided" to leave also. No pigs there fortunately 

3 hours ago, genec said:

They certainly have the light coloured rump patches typical for elk.

Must be game farm escapees.

i just did a google search, and Lakeland Meats (1226 St pPaul St w) states that they have a herd of 20 female red deer/elk hybrid animals…must be 2 of them that escaped.

You should contact them with that video.

Yeah I'll give him a call again today when they open. By the time I saw the video they were well passed hours and they don't open until 11:00 a.m.

Nancy captured this on dash cam on our way home from work today. St. Catherine's hospital. This is going down 4th Avenue towards 3rd Street. I did report to m&r and will notify OFAH tomorrow. There's a wild game farm about a mile away on regional Road 81 called Lakeland meats. I thought they got rid of all their animals and I know they used to have wild boar and I really hope if they still have any they did not escape also! If you have rumble, please be sure to give the video a like. It's a no censorship platform so I'd love to see it take off and we all say goodbye to YouTube. 

https://rumble.com/v4akxfc-caribou-in-st-catharines.html

Well bought my first set of trail cams from Erie Tracker. A set of Muddy cams 2 for 100. Played around at.home for awhile but it seems like the trigger speed is 10-15 seconds. It's hard to get caught if you try. Once I figured out the angles and that video was the only way to get a decent picture I put them out on some animal highways. After 3 days I returned and saw all the tracks and got excited. Turns out I'm the only one who got filmed. Everything else moves too quick.

If I ever get a decent capture I'll share my first pics here 

They're doing very well in Alberta who's winters make ours in Niagara look like spring break in Florida. They are super destructive and anyone caught with a live one in Ontario should be thrown in jail. If you currently have any in captivity kill them immediately. 

Ohep dot net

Take the course. If you're not doing well they'll assign some extra effort your way. It's not just regs either it's ethics. As for hunting from a kayak, I've taken a few geese but I can never fit more than two in the kayak. Doesn't matter because around the big ponds as soon as you fire a shot somebody's calling the cops. Then you have to paddle in and show them your accreditations and they apologize for bothering you. But by then it's too late. Things are probably much more relaxed up there I hope. Hey even if you think you're not going to hunt, take that course. It's definitely education that everyone should have. Like they should be teaching this in junior high

I see Costco still has a few skypoint cellular cams left in stick this weekend but they're still 180 each. I want to start clearing brush and thought it would be nice to monitor to see if it deters or promotes activity but that's a lot to throw away if the flash let's a trespasser know where it is

On 12/31/2023 at 3:43 PM, Markster said:

As far as i know there is nothing illegal about hunting coyotes with deer hunting equipment as long as you have a small game tag.
Season for coyotes is open all year as far as i know.

Why do you believe its illegal Dan? Am i missing something?

 

Well I know I can't be in the field with deer hunting equipment during the shotgun. Guys get caught in treestands with their bow hunting gear by shotgunners every year according to one source I knew. If a CO did happen to show up and deer were out of season or you didn't have a deer tag and it "looks" like you're hunting deer they may call it. I'd hunt coyote the same way. Find their most traveled routes, camo up and wait patiently. Maybe bait the area regularly at certain times. Then put a fixed blade through them. I guess not having any fall offs or bleat calls might be convincing enough. 

As for calling I have a friend with the e-caller spinny decoy and he says it's gold with a rabbit in distress call. He knows a guy who pays for pelts. Full price for skins or half price for unskinned. 

Tyler a coyote is considered a fur bearing mammal so it is illegal to allow the pelt to spoil but I've found coyote piles before. You smell them long before you see them. Grabbed a skull from one pile and boiled and bleached it up. Mades for a nice ornament in the china cabinet! Some guys even toss them in the bushes behind other hunters treestands to scare off their deer 

Nice slabs Bruce