Joe's Trailcams

Set the first camera here, where three trails intersect; two trails run parallel to the camera’s view, and one comes down the hill behind the tree on the right.

Set the second camera in a skunk cabbage patch. Sitka blacktail deer love skunk cabbage, so this camera should get a lot of action.

When scouting new areas or places I haven’t been to in a long time, I spend a lot of time trying to call deer to help me get an idea of what lives there. This doe came in really close; I was using a new call my wife gave me for my birthday, made by Drop Shot Calls.

Set the last of the three cameras overlooking this beaver dam. Beaver dams are usually great places to see a variety of creatures.

Set a camera here hoping salmon will swim this far up this stream, and I will catch bears fishing for them in a couple months. There is a well-used animal trail following the bank on the right side of the picture, and another trail crossing the creek by the big rock, so I should get some action before the salmon show up.

Set another camera here to catch the bears and other critters that use this log to cross the stream. If salmon fill up this stream, I should get a lot of bald eagles here, too.

I’ve had a camera here for about a year; it’s a good feeding area during the growing season, but action was a little slow over the winter.

Last fall and winter I had this camera set to record video; you can see them here:

This has been my best camera location in this area; the camera is now set to record videos.

I usually don’t set cameras out in the open because there is almost always more traffic back in the jungle. This picture is the same spot as the pictures below, but from the opposite direction; I switched trees for better lighting.

This is one of my oldest camera locations, I’ve had one here since 2014.