My Trail Cameras (Part 2)

A few weeks ago I wrote about my two camera traps and I thought that I would write another post as I have caught a lot of footage in it in the last few weeks, Including Badgers, Deer, Foxes and Pheasants.

I recently moved both of my cameras to a wood that is on the other side of one of our fields and that we do not actually own. I didn't expect to find much on the first day because I hadn't placed any bait in front of the camera. The next day when I checked I was surprised to find a video of a mother Roe deer and her two fawns and two badgers.

                                     

Bait:

My favourite type of bait for badgers is apples as they absolutely love them if you squish them with your boot, (I was told that the best bait for badgers was peanuts but I find this attracts mice and birds and it can be annoying when I get 300 videos of the same mouse in 1 night).



My favourite type of bait for foxes is peanut butter as they absolutely love it, I smother it on a branch or twig and they will stay there for a long time eating it.

My deer don't really have a favourite bait but if I put out some hay and apples then they can smell it from a long distance but for some reason they don't tend to eat it.