Lk Sonoma pig-cam/report

[flytrue]

I was at the lake last weekend. I hunted, (no boat), Friday evening, nothing. Most of the day Saturday, nothing. Come Sunday morning though... I was in the thick of them and not 15 minutes have gone by. My pins were barely glowing. I drew back on a big one that turned tail and ran below me. Moments later I got a chance at an eater at about 30 yards. I overshot it. One just like it took its place seconds later, I overshoot again! Duh!
I admit I lost my cool. They were in the woods for about 5 minutes, coming my way before they came out in the open, the whole time I am trying to calm myself down. I should have stuck one, but it was a great experience nonetheless!
I hunted there because the camera and sign told me they were there. With regards to the camera, it got a pic of an animal I cannot positively ID. Any thoughts?

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

flytrue i am glad u are getting some action over there, i must aways be on the wrong side of the lake! cool cam shots, maybe be a cat in the one photo. thANKS for the report............tra

 

[BigSurArcher]

Fox. The sow pics also further prove that animals can see an infrared flash as well as a normal flash.

 

[bisonic]

Certainly a cat, most likely a bobcat

 

[asaxon]

Family

I don't know what that cat like animal is but the third picture is definitely my brother in law! Amazing...

 

[jerryt]

Looks like a Fox to me.

 

[biseger]

Hog fever. Very cool, Id say fox as well. Good work and good luck

 

[hunterdoug]

nope....jackalope...doe...:-}

 

[BigSurArcher]

When I said fox, it wasn't a guess. I've had dozens of them on cameras and that is exactly what it is. 0% chance its a cat LOL.

 

[spectr17]

Fox. The sow pics also further prove that animals can see an infrared flash as well as a normal flash.

Humans or animals can't see the IR flash, it's more if they are looking right at the camera they can see the faint red glow from the IR flash unit. Try it yourself and you can barely see it. I know I can with my Cuddeback.

 

[BigSurArcher]

I've watched many animals through night vision walking past the IR cameras. Through the night vision, the flash looks like an explosion. Animals stop and look at it every time, even the ones that aren't in front of the camera. They can also see the infrared coming out of the objective of the night vision. Think what you want though.

 

[house4ursoul]

deer dont see infrared, let alone pigs and foxs

These invisible wavelengths include ultraviolet (beyond violet) and infrared (below red). Deer sense colors toward the violet end of the spectrum, so they can see blues and probably even ultraviolet (UV) light. Deer show a slight sensitivity to yellow, but tests indicate that green, orange, and red appear to them as shades of gray.
-Barsness, J. (2003, June)What Deer See.http://www.fieldandstream.com/articles/hunting/2003/06/what-deer-see: accessed January 30, 2011

Their sense of hearing is alot better then ours however. Maybe they are hearing something within the camera.

 

[house4ursoul]

Fox. The sow pics also further prove that animals can see an infrared flash as well as a normal flash.

Prove? How so? The pig was walking toward the camera in the first place. Just because the camera takes a picture of a pig walking toward it doesnt mean it saw the infrared. I have just as many pics of pigs' rear ends as i do face shots.

 

[house4ursoul]

How has the amount of hunters been at Lake sonoma? Thinking of heading up wednesday.

 

[BigSurArcher]

Get some high quality night vision, set up an IR trail cam, and watch the animals reaction to the flash at night. You'll be blown away. I've even seen elk that were 50 yards from the camera in pure darkness swing their heads up from feeding and look at the flash every time it goes off. I'm not saying it spooks them or anything, just stating that they DO see it... whether the Field and Stream article says so or not.

 

[kwallruss]

I vote Fox

 

[Urchin Spine]

Hi everyone. I've been hunting, shall I say hiking with my bow, a lot recently. I've hiked damn near the whole peninsula. Got a couple of trail cam pics right by the camp host in that "highway". Hiked out there at 2 -am and there were 4 pigs in the opening on the right past the gate. But where the heck are they from half hour sunrise to half hour after sunset. Saw one nice pig about 3 in the afternoon directly down the hill from camp host all the way down by the lake. Got a little excited and ran it off. Seems like sneaking up is hard. Maybe he was just jumped, but he was aware. Or I just suck. Any one use ground blinds in high traffic areas? Should I be up at the cloverdale side? I haven't made it down around bummer peak yet. Is that where the entire population of pigs lingers as I hike up and down the rest of the peninsula. Or are they just running in front of me, always 200 yards out and outta sight. Going back tomorrow for some more cardio. Any help is appreciated. Signed.....Frustrated.

 

[biseger]

Thanks for the info, here comes the rest of the internet.