Do any of you video your hunts?

Dearhunter61 · October 25, 2010, 10:37 PM

Hello,

I was wondering if any of you video your hunt? If so I have a few questions because I would like to try to video some of my deer hunts this year.

First how far can you effectively use your Camcorder? 100 Yards? 200 Yards?

Second what kind of Camcorder do you use? Do you use one with a SD memory card? Is it HD? How much difference does it make with HD? What is your zoom?

What I want is a good camcorder that uses SD card, HD and is effective out to 150-200 yards.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Fat White Boy · October 25, 2010, 11:14 PM

Not that I break any laws while hunting, in fact, I do everything I can to abide by the law, BUT, if I inadvertently break some obscure Fish and Game reg, I don't want my own property to convict me. So, no, I don't video my hunts. I do take photos after the hunt some of which I post here.

FrontSight · October 26, 2010, 12:41 AM

I have an ikam extreme camera that I sometimes use when I can. Takes a few secs to turn on though so its not always possible to use it.

gaseousclay · October 26, 2010, 09:48 AM

i'm surprised no one has invented the rifle-cam

davlandrum · October 26, 2010, 02:05 PM

I have a video of them in my head. Good enough for me.

dzavoina · October 26, 2010, 05:54 PM

[/quote]i'm surprised no one has invented the rifle-cam [/quote]

Bushnell has a rifle cam. It mounts to the scope tube. They call it the "Videocam"

http://www.bushnell.com/products/scopes/riflescopes/videoscope/737000V/

GAR700 · October 27, 2010, 04:46 PM

Some buddies videod some antelope hunts this year. They got video of one going down at 650 yards and another at 450. A little grainy but not bad... I think they use a camera with an actual tape but i am not sure. Not sure how much zoom they had either.

Zen Archery · October 30, 2010, 10:12 AM

i video all my hog/varmint hunts. I've used sony camera's exclusively. I can push 200 yards day time easily. 100 yards night time using infrared equipment.

Video Archieve

hooligan1 · October 30, 2010, 02:09 PM

There is also an older couple who invented the gun-cam, and has a hunting show, although the name of it escapes me.. Sometimes I wish I videoed some of my hunts, and other times I'm glad I don't!!!

(no one wants to see footage of me sleeping)

Countertop · October 30, 2010, 05:41 PM

I've videod two hunts. One last winter when I saw nothing. Took the video camera out on Friday morning deer hunting. Shot a deer at 20 yards but it didn't show up on tape because it was too dark and I didn't have the nigh vision on (it was 2 minutes after shooting light).

Only other deer I saw that morning was a 6 pointer at 400 yards (didn't shoot it because it's a QDM lease and need 8points outside the ears or bigger) and I didn't have the camera going. Also saw about 20 deer out nearly 900 yards down the shooting lane. Too far to shoot but you can see them in the video I shot.

Also saw a flock of 10 turkeys come out of a tree and walked up to about 20 yards of our stand. That was cool and made for great video.

Logs · October 31, 2010, 05:18 PM

I use my Sony Cybershot camera an a 2mb card. It is pretty easy to use with a tent blind or shooting house. When in a tent blind I use one of the shooting sticks you can buy at Walmart for $10. Unscrew the V on the stick and screw the stick into the base of your camera. Stick it in the ground and you are ready to go. My camera was around $100 on sale at Cosco you don't need an high $$$ camcorder. IMO when starting out.

Countertop · November 1, 2010, 05:59 PM

Here's my first try at recording a hunt and using iMovie.

Its not much, but its a start. This was sort of addicting, and now that I figured out iMovie, I'm looking forward to more and better video

FrontSight · November 6, 2010, 05:44 PM

Yes and with any luck I will be videoing a small game hunt tomorrow and dedicating it to a couple of wacko anti hunters

hogdogs · November 6, 2010, 06:13 PM

I don't even own a vid cam... But if I did... I wouldn't video a hunt nor a trip to the grocery store... Hog doggin is far too boring then hectic and gun huntin is the same as a trip to the store for me.

Brent

October 25, 2010, 10:37 PM	#1
Dearhunter61 Senior Member Join Date: May 5, 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 518	Do any of you video your hunts? Hello, I was wondering if any of you video your hunt? If so I have a few questions because I would like to try to video some of my deer hunts this year. First how far can you effectively use your Camcorder? 100 Yards? 200 Yards? Second what kind of Camcorder do you use? Do you use one with a SD memory card? Is it HD? How much difference does it make with HD? What is your zoom? What I want is a good camcorder that uses SD card, HD and is effective out to 150-200 yards. Thanks for any help you can offer.

October 26, 2010, 12:41 AM	#3
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	I have an ikam extreme camera that I sometimes use when I can. Takes a few secs to turn on though so its not always possible to use it. __________________ To kill something as great as a duck just to smell the gunpowder is a crime against nature. - Alan Liere Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. - George Bernard Shaw

October 26, 2010, 02:05 PM	#5
davlandrum Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2006 Location: Lane County Oregon Posts: 2,547	I have a video of them in my head. Good enough for me. __________________ U.S Army, Retired Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. -Potter Stewart

October 30, 2010, 02:09 PM	#9
hooligan1 Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2010 Location: Independence Missouri Posts: 4,586	There is also an older couple who invented the gun-cam, and has a hunting show, although the name of it escapes me.. Sometimes I wish I videoed some of my hunts, and other times I'm glad I don't!!! (no one wants to see footage of me sleeping) __________________ Keep your Axe sharp and your powder dry.

November 6, 2010, 05:44 PM	#13
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	Yes and with any luck I will be videoing a small game hunt tomorrow and dedicating it to a couple of wacko anti hunters __________________ To kill something as great as a duck just to smell the gunpowder is a crime against nature. - Alan Liere Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. - George Bernard Shaw

October 25, 2010, 11:14 PM	#2
Fat White Boy Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2005 Posts: 1,276	Not that I break any laws while hunting, in fact, I do everything I can to abide by the law, BUT, if I inadvertently break some obscure Fish and Game reg, I don't want my own property to convict me. So, no, I don't video my hunts. I do take photos after the hunt some of which I post here.

October 26, 2010, 09:48 AM	#4
gaseousclay Senior Member Join Date: August 4, 2010 Posts: 1,210	i'm surprised no one has invented the rifle-cam

October 26, 2010, 05:54 PM	#6
dzavoina Member Join Date: April 4, 2010 Location: Madison, MS Posts: 34	[/quote]i'm surprised no one has invented the rifle-cam [/quote] Bushnell has a rifle cam. It mounts to the scope tube. They call it the "Videocam" http://www.bushnell.com/products/scopes/riflescopes/videoscope/737000V/

October 27, 2010, 04:46 PM	#7
GAR700 Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2008 Location: East of the Crest, Oregon Posts: 184	Some buddies videod some antelope hunts this year. They got video of one going down at 650 yards and another at 450. A little grainy but not bad... I think they use a camera with an actual tape but i am not sure. Not sure how much zoom they had either.

October 30, 2010, 10:12 AM	#8
Zen Archery Senior Member Join Date: January 30, 2005 Posts: 274	i video all my hog/varmint hunts. I've used sony camera's exclusively. I can push 200 yards day time easily. 100 yards night time using infrared equipment. Video Archieve

October 30, 2010, 05:41 PM	#10
Countertop Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2004 Location: At the diner Posts: 125	I've videod two hunts. One last winter when I saw nothing. Took the video camera out on Friday morning deer hunting. Shot a deer at 20 yards but it didn't show up on tape because it was too dark and I didn't have the nigh vision on (it was 2 minutes after shooting light). Only other deer I saw that morning was a 6 pointer at 400 yards (didn't shoot it because it's a QDM lease and need 8points outside the ears or bigger) and I didn't have the camera going. Also saw about 20 deer out nearly 900 yards down the shooting lane. Too far to shoot but you can see them in the video I shot. Also saw a flock of 10 turkeys come out of a tree and walked up to about 20 yards of our stand. That was cool and made for great video.

October 31, 2010, 05:18 PM	#11
Logs Senior Member Join Date: November 26, 1999 Location: BLUEGRASS STATE KY USA Posts: 1,780	I use my Sony Cybershot camera an a 2mb card. It is pretty easy to use with a tent blind or shooting house. When in a tent blind I use one of the shooting sticks you can buy at Walmart for $10. Unscrew the V on the stick and screw the stick into the base of your camera. Stick it in the ground and you are ready to go. My camera was around $100 on sale at Cosco you don't need an high $$$ camcorder. IMO when starting out.

November 1, 2010, 05:59 PM	#12
Countertop Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2004 Location: At the diner Posts: 125	Here's my first try at recording a hunt and using iMovie. Its not much, but its a start. This was sort of addicting, and now that I figured out iMovie, I'm looking forward to more and better video

November 6, 2010, 06:13 PM	#14
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	I don't even own a vid cam... But if I did... I wouldn't video a hunt nor a trip to the grocery store... Hog doggin is far too boring then hectic and gun huntin is the same as a trip to the store for me. Brent