Since my wife and I purchased a small lake home in Michigan, I have started shopping at Cabela’s and the Bass Pro Shop for fishing, boating, and shooting equipment. I have been receiving catalogs and special flyers from these companies, along with others. I’m basically a city guy, but my male root relatives were outdoorsmen, to one degree or the other. My father told me interesting stories about the collection of out-of-season wildlife protein during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Unfortunately, I don’t have the option to discuss the finer points of hunting and fishing with my Dad, so I have to figure things out on my own.
I could tell you about my one-shot one-kill on a rogue ground hog, but this is SDM so let’s talk about security applications of some of the video devices that are used by hunters. Typically, a hunter will set up a food source (depending on state DNR laws) or locate a trail that has been used by target animals such as deer, and mount a “trail camera” to watch over the food pile and/or trail.