Trail Cameras, have you got one?

[Jim]

I have something prowling around my chickens at night. Badger I think. And I want to stake it out.

I want to get a Trail camera and these all seem a bit cheap and nasty to me. Can anyone recommend one?

 

[Larrynwin]

I have this one which I used at our last home but with an ordinary garden don’t need it now.

 

[Jim]

Hi Larry, pop it in Classifieds and I might buy it

 

[Two on Tour]

Ours is a Bushnell as well, was one of the best brands when we bought ours a few years ago.

 

[Larrynwin]

Hi Larry, pop it in Classifieds and I might buy it

Will do

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[Riverbankannie]

Another endorsement for Bushnell

 

[Robert Clark]

I have something prowling around my chickens at night. Badger I think. And I want to stake it out.

I want to get a Trail camera and these all seem a bit cheap and nasty to me. Can anyone recommend one?

We used to have lots of foxes visit our garden.
When we got our chickens I put up an electric fence and this seems to have done the trick.
Started off with a movable fence then when we got permanent fencing I simply ran a single strand stainless steel wire along the top and about 300mm from the floor.

 

[Jim]

We used to have lots of foxes visit our garden.
When we got our chickens I put up an electric fence and this seems to have done the trick.
Started off with a movable fence then when we got permanent fencing I simply ran a single strand stainless steel wire along the top and about 300mm from the floor.

Yes we bought the leccy fence before we bought the chickens. We've had serious issues with foxes and our chickens over the years. If foxes are like every dog Ive ever owned, they only get a belt from the fence once, then stay well away.

 

[Robert Clark]

Yes we bought the leccy fence before we bought the chickens. We've had serious issues with foxes and our chickens over the years. If foxes are like every dog Ive ever owned, they only get a belt from the fence once, then stay well away.

I think they can sense the tick tick of the energiser

 

[Revolvor]

I have something prowling around my chickens at night. Badger I think. And I want to stake it out.

I want to get a Trail camera and these all seem a bit cheap and nasty to me. Can anyone recommend one?

HERE are a couple of short clips of "our" badgers. A pair who are always together, and a singleton with an injured rear leg.

Shots taken on a <Broken link removed> Trail Cam. (On your "Cheap and Nasty" list!! )

I don't think it is as good as some others already mentioned, (eg Bushnell) but I too wanted to find out what was digging up my lawn, and I've had a lot of fun with it during lockdown for £44!

The main criticism I have is that it is slow to begin recording. Animals are usually mid screen before you see them.

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[Manic]

Check the classified

 

[Tincataylor]

We have a cheap and cheerful Victure HC100 which cost about £40 and for checking for fence prowlers will do the job. We use it to keep an eye on our hedgehogs and cannot fault it.

The Tincas

 

[Bustup15]

Hi Larry, pop it in Classifieds and I might buy it

No cheating and buying before it goes on site Jim

 

[DBK]

I bought one of these recently and it works fine. The controls are a bit fiddly though.

Amazon product ASIN B07ZNQ2VRY
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07ZNQ2VRY/

 

[Minxy]

Hi Larry, pop it in Classifieds and I might buy it

Will do

You do know that we're all now waiting to 'pounce' and buy it don't you!

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[Jim]

Not researched them properly yet, will do so over the weekend, meanwhile, feel free to pounce away

 

[Minxy]

I have something prowling around my chickens at night. Badger I think. And I want to stake it out.

I want to get a Trail camera and these all seem a bit cheap and nasty to me. Can anyone recommend one?

Are you sure it's not a certain 'dog' owned by 'Wallace' ...

 

[Quackers]

Jim make sure you test the fence occasionally, a fence tester is well worth having as friends get wise to no it is not on rather quickly. We have had several energisers units fail over the years it is worth having a signal light fence monitor about £20 on Amazon.

 

[eddie]

Jim make sure you test the fence occasionally, a fence tester is well worth having as friends get wise to no it is not on rather quickly. We have had several energisers units fail over the years it is worth having a signal light fence monitor about £20 on Amazon.

Wee on the fence from time to time

 

[Lenny HB]

Just brought a Browning BBC Nature Watch program uses them not much dearer than the bushnell.
Not used it enough yet to give a review.

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[gus-lopez]

Wee on the fence from time to time

or Chris or i , as professional electric fence testers, could check it when passing?

 

[Jim]

Jim make sure you test the fence occasionally, a fence tester is well worth having as friends get wise to no it is not on rather quickly. We have had several energisers units fail over the years it is worth having a signal light fence monitor about £20 on Amazon.

Yes you have to test nets regularly I think I have half a dozen from over the years, earth and battery ones

 

[Larrynwin]

View attachment 401756I have this one which I used at our last home but with an ordinary garden don’t need it now.

SOLD

 

[Rosemary1]

We bought a cheap Chinese one that did the job (it was a badger digging up our stones).

Hubby said he dreams of a Bushnell...................

 

[tonyidle]

Wee on the fence from time to time

I discovered that technique when I was 12yo. Not tested since but I imagine it would still work .

( I had to do it for a dare)

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[Rosemary1]

SOLD
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A good buy