You don’t have to be a hunter to have fun with a trail camera. Monitoring your property with one (or a few) of these handy little gadgets is a fascinating hobby for birders, wildlife enthusiasts, kids, or just folk who enjoy being surprised at what goes on in their backyard after dark. Also known as a trap, game, or wildlife camera, a trail camera is equipped with a passive infrared motion detector that triggers the shutter when an animal (or trespasser) walks into its field of view. Hunters use them to identify places to find game when the season starts, or to establish migration or feeding routes. Birders like the close-up, freeze-frame images a trail cam can capture; a person holding a camera would scatter the birds, but an unobtrusive trail cam doesn’t bother them a bit.
Some people set up trail cams just out of curiosity about the activity of wildlife, or even their own pets, when humans aren’t present. Residents of rural and even suburban areas are sometimes surprised and delighted by the variety of animals their cams capture, and by their hijinks. Trail cam “bloopers” of wildlife caught in goofy moments have become a popular category on blogs and video sites.
Here’s a quick primer on trail-cam features.
Trigger Speed
Movement triggers a trail camera’s shutter. The amount of time between the movement and when the photo is taken is called trigger speed. It’s easy to find cams that fire in half a second or less. The Bushnell Trophy Cam HD Aggressor Low-Glow, Browning Strike Force Apex, and Browning Dark Ops Apex are examples of cams with 0.2-second trigger speeds. Naturally, you want the photo to be captured or the video to start recording as quickly as possible, before the subject moves out of view.
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