Game camera questions

john in la · Mar 24, 2014

I think I have someone stealing gasoline out of my car and/or truck parked in my drive way.
They are parked in front of a shed that has a motion sensor flood light on it so if any one walks up to the car the light will come on.

I am thinking about mounting a game camera to watch the area but I do not in any way want to let the culprit know I took a picture of them.

So since the area is covered by flood lights does the game camera allow me to turn the flash off?
I know I can get a No Glow infrared flash camera but if I can turn the flash off I might be able to save a few bucks.

How many pictures will a camera take and at what intervals. In other words would it take one picture when the person walked up and that is it or will it take multiple pictures several seconds apart?

Sad to say that I sure hope it is a stranger but I really think it is someone I am related to by marriage and they live in my yard.

SW3 · Mar 24, 2014

Game camera will do anything you want them to, including turning off the flash. Yes, they will take multiple picture seconds apart. You may be interested to know that almost all of them can be set to take video also. Pretty good quality too. Infrared ones are nice, but some make a very light "click" when the take the pic. Your hardest part will be hiding the camera. Look at the Bushnell cameras, they are very small and run on AA batteries. I would suggest reading up on the on Cabela"s website. Good Luck.

Wheat Farmer · Mar 24, 2014

Just happen to leave a gas can set there like you had filled it. But full of kerosene. They might just call you when they have car trouble. I did this with cans being taken off my jeep.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 24, 2014

I have three of the Bushnell model 119455 cameras. Generally speaking I am pleased with them but even set with low sensitivity they take many many photos. It takes a lot of time to review 10,000 photos.

I have some remote property with a gate, and it is interesting that people walk around the gate and snoop.

These cameras are about two years old and have the infrared leds, I believe newer cameras can be obtained with truly black light.

Russ from MN · Mar 24, 2014

We use Bushnell game cameras, and the cheaper ones don't take very good pictures in the dark. These are infra-red cameras They will take multiple pictures close together so you can read license plates! I think our best one will take videos, but we have never tried that. Depending on the size of the card you put in them they can take thousands of pictures. We get up to 600 a week around a mineral block for deer. Ours are slightly noticeable if you are looking at them when they go off at night, there might be something better now. I made some semi-secure boxes out of 30 cal ammo boxes, our son had a camera destroyed by a bear. The last pictures were kind of neat!

dr sportster · Mar 24, 2014

I have a Wilderness and I think they can take alot of photos. It will take as many photos as there is movement.There are multiple ways to set it up. Just don't lose the little bungee cords or you have to tie it with strings. Make sure it is secure enough to not move once you aim it where desired. I have many nice photo's of the sky triggered by falling snow off branches or moving clouds.

pete 23 · Mar 24, 2014

I had four different models of trail camera"s. One got stolen. None of them allow you to turn off infrared flash. All have interval setting for taking pictures. Can be set to take three in pretty quick succession but then a delay before next set. All will go to sleep if no movement for a length of time and then are slower to "wake" up. One will take pictures continuously until card is full when it get down to about 20 degrees F. I would not depend on any of them to save my life but all of them are very interesting . Can take video with some of them also. Range to trigger them is not very far on any of them. Put one neighbor on alert to his roaming dogs which he never let out. Just kind of keep an eye on things out at the farm. I went to using external battery power as those batteries get expensive and go dead when you least want them to. This of course makes it more difficult to hide them.

Jim in MN · Mar 24, 2014

Half a gallon of gas with 4 1/2 gallons of water works better...still smells like gas when they dump it in their car.

Ronnie Graves · Mar 24, 2014

best to get them in the act run fence charger wire to truck and let the fun began ,dampen the ground around the truck , also ink on gas cap works too

mab570diesel · Mar 25, 2014

how about a locking gas cap?

da.bees · Mar 25, 2014

My son paid about $200 each for Gamecams that don't flash enough to see unless you are staring directly at it,then it's not noticable if there is other lights in your view. That is to say if you put any kind of light behind the cam,you will not see the flash. Set the camera under the vehicle and you will recconize shoes and pants if your hunch is correct.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 25, 2014

urine, instead of water is much more satisfyin!

Sprint 6 · Mar 25, 2014

Are we talking about modern vehicles here? Reason I ask is modern vehicles are all but impossible to siphon fuel out of with the rollover valve, EVAP emmissions, and all the other gadgets. Most fuel theft now is done by drilling a hole in the bottom of the tank, I have replaced a tank because of it.

Sprint 6 · Mar 25, 2014

Forgot to add, if it is a modern GM car, the gauge may not be correct everytime and they usually read low. GM has not been able to have an accurate fuel gauge for over 15 years.

1970-1655 · Mar 25, 2014

Go to Cabela's and search for SpyPoint S-BF-8. It has black led for night pictures. Looks good to me. They even advertise it for security uses with no flash to alert the thief that their picture was taken, might as well steal a camera also.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/

Spypoint® S-BF-8 8MP Security Camera

What ever you use, make sure it is secured so it will make them work for it if they want to steal your camera.

Mike M · Mar 25, 2014

Put some signs up by the gate "caution land mines".

lemroy · Mar 25, 2014

I had a lot of stealing on my place and I installed a trail cam and took a picture of the guy with a gas can in his hands. I took the pic to the sheriff and he recognized the guy but didn't arrest him at that time. Well he came back and tore my barn dor off and stole about $1000 worth of equip. This time he was arrested qnd spent 30 days in jail. I did not get anything returned. He came back and stole my trail cam. I have one up in a tree now. So far so good. Roy

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