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optimistic
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# Posted: 29 Jan 2013 11:44pm
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Hey all,
I want to put a game camera in my land. I want to put it high up on a tree but don't want to climb for it each time to check it out.
Ideally, if I could have some kind of usb receiver on it that will possible to connect to through wireless means (bluetooth?) that would be perfect but I'm not sure something like that exists.
Any one try to tackle this issue?
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MtnDon
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# Posted: 29 Jan 2013 11:47pm
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Not me, but see if these guys mention anything like it.
There are ones that include cell phone tech to call and deliver images by cell phone. Never used one.
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Popeye
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:08am
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http://www.outdoorfreaks.net/hunting-2/trail-cameras-that-send-pictures-to-phone/
The above article is a year old, but it tells you what brands have the capability to send pics to your cell phone. The Buckeye cameras seem to have the best technology if running multiple cameras.
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optimistic
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# Posted: 31 Jan 2013 07:43am
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Thanks for the link.
I didn't mean for the photos to be sent to my phone at home (expensive or tricky DIY) but to just allow me to retrieve the photos form the camera without climbing up the tree.
I think I found what I was looking for -
http://www.meritline.com/mini-type-wireless-bluetooth-usb-adapter-class-1-bluetooth-v -2---p-26876.aspx?source=fghdac&gclid=CKPftP7OkrUCFQ-e4AodBhAAbw
This will work I believe. I just need to test it and also to see if it works with my phone.
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Anonymous
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# Posted: 31 Jan 2013 10:18am
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Opti,
Keep in mind that you will also need to change batteries.
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TomChum
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# Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:34pm - Edited by: TomChum
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Watch for an old junky ladder. Lay it out in the woods like junk, away from your camera tree.
Regarding the original topic, I would like to download pics, control the camera, check battery levels, without trampling the grass and making a path to my "camera tree".
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 9 Jul 2026 09:49am - Edited by: gcrank1
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If you get a trail cam that you can hook a small 12v LFP battery to (yes, it too has to be up there) it will last Faarrr longer than those little bats. We did that on our low camera a year ago and after 6mo. it was hardly down when checked with the VOM.
Imo, you will want a camera that links to your phone.
Btw, ime, do tape up the outer seam of the camera as an extra moisture barrier and if you can make a little rain roof to sit over the camera.
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paulz
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# Posted: 9 Jul 2026 11:22am - Edited by: paulz
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My camera is wired to the cabin battery bank via 200’ of wire. It has a 12v jack already on it. Triggered photos and a daily check photo are sent to my phone via cell. Nothing going on in the yatd today.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 9 Jul 2026 05:30pm
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What gauge and type of wire are you running for 200'? There is a voltage drop per ga. and length of run (actually both directions) but a camera uses so few Amps that your losses are not affecting it.
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Fanman
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# Posted: 9 Jul 2026 07:07pm
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We have a bird feeder (Birdfly brand) with a built in motion sensor camera, solar charger, and wifi. Internet connected so we can see it from anywhere. It points at the back door so it catches anything on the porch as well as birds on the feeder.
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paulz
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# Posted: 9 Jul 2026 09:28pm - Edited by: paulz
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Quoting: gcrank1 What gauge and type of wire are you running for 200'? There
Copper multi strand, 14g I think. probably is losing some juice. The cabin bank is LFP though, always above 13v. The camera status shows voltage at 100%.
Cant see the front yard from the cabin even when here, too many trees.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 10 Jul 2026 10:31am - Edited by: gcrank1
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Sounds like a good use for some of my old outside extension cords that lost battles with lawn mower, etc.
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DRP
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# Posted: 10 Jul 2026 09:33pm
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I hate it when its a 100 footer, I run 12 gauge to try to help with line loss on my work tools, they are $75-$100 nowadays. I was sawzalling out the window holes on one job, I had just bought a new cord that morning. As I was cutting out one window, in that ignosecond *, I thought, my cord is coming up from the outside pole right around here, and the flash as the saw dies. 80' extension cord and I'm sure a little shine off the saw.  . From the sawmill to the tool shed down there, I think I've mowed 2 cords over the years. With erosion and deposition, I think the current one is 6" underground now.
I turned some replacement 1920's pickets for a neighborhood seriously senior citizen a few months ago (I'm a no foolin senior so, sorry, the old farts have been bumped to seriously seniors He wanted to pay me, the time was obscene, but it was also my after work play time. As we poked through his empire I spotted a 100' cord in an old service station grease rag bin I knew he would not need either again, called out the deal, we were both agreeable. A friend's son is putting together his mechanic's shop so the rag bin will go that way, and I'll mow another cord I have no clue how he got this cord so pigtailed, there's 20' that is a corkscrew.
So, part of why I'm posting, watch our buddy deegan above, he resurrected a 13 year old thread. Often enough spammers will come back around in a week or two and edit their post with spam links. I could be wrong but something to watch for with a number of recent posts that seem a little "off". If you are real, we're good, it'll show. Watching the back action for what I suspect, a good mod would check back and bolt that door if needed.
* Ignosecond. The sudden realization one has screwed up royally, however, it is too late, the door is heavy and moving, your thumb is firmly planted, time slows to a crawl but you can't do a thing with it, except think, "this is probably gonna hurt"... an ignosecond.
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MtnDon
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# Posted: 11 Jul 2026 02:19pm
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DRP
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# Posted: 13 Jul 2026 07:20am
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Or, there's the "hold my beer and watch this" approach .
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 13 Jul 2026 08:49am
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Terminate with prejudice
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