Happy Trails

I *should* be doing any number of other things but I bought a trail cam.  A Muddy Pro-Cam 16 - it was the cheapest "name brand" trail cam I could find on Ebay that would mail it.  Nicely both batteries (8 AA) and an SD card were included as a bundle.
 

Here is my first shot - the quizzical look is because I was trying to set the date and time which obviously I hadn't done :)  

Depending on how well it works I might buy another one as a sort of security cam, pictures being so worthwhile these days.  As with most anything there are zillions of options, many seem to be cut-down cell phones which can be hooked up to a wireless cellular network - but those are a LOT more expensive. 



Here is my first deer, yesterday afternoon not too long after setting it up:

At the very least I will get some exercise walking out to the camera every day to check for any pictures.  I used the included strap to belt it to a tree near a deer path.  Here is how it looks on a hickory (?) tree:

I also noticed that Starlink wifi seems to work out at the edge of the woods so possibly using an old cell phone might work as a trail cam, too ?  Maybe there are wi-fi trail cams ?  Just another way to waste precious springtime fiddling around on the computer !

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
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