eagarcoues Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Here are a few pictures of some elk in the fire; I set a camera back in April at a tank in 27. I have a good friend that is working on the roads in the burn area on the B.A.E.R project team and I asked him if he ever gets close enough to the tank if he could slip away and get or just check to see if the camera made it, well I got a call the other day and it was the old story. I have some good news and some bad news, what do you want first , Give me the good news first , I say , I have your camera and the security box is fine, The bad news the camera in the box is a big pile of melted goooo. Or that’s what we thought until after we took the jaws of life and a hammer and a screwdriver and pried it open to retrieve the SD card. SD card a little bent but it might work. Well it worked 2400 plus pictures, WOW. 90% of the pictures were of elk doing what elk do. The rest were of turkey, two bears, two deer a coyote, turkey hunters a cowboy and his horse and dog, a duck that has moved in with his girl friend. The first picture that is posted is the smoke coming in with the elk in the picture then you can see the fire moving across from left to right, that night you can see the fire and a elk and then they are back with their babies the next day(in all the pictures the cows are pregnant till the day the fire came through then the calve pictures started to show up)the camera went black on the 12th of June at 1:13pm 7days earlier the fire came through I don’t know what happened on the 12th if the fire came back or what but the tree with my camera on it was burned in half and the tree laid on the box, my friend said it was the only tree within a hundred yards of the tank that was burnt . The tank is now a mud hole with a lot of green grass in the meadows around the tank. The cover in the dark woods never burned and I don’t know how the elk finished out with the horn growth but he said that the elk are still pounding the mud hole. And that is strange that it is a mud hole because we are getting pounded with rain everyday on the mountain. Let me know if you want to see any of the other pictures. Jeff in Eagar, If any of you other 1 or 27 hunters have any questions just ask. Rumor has it most of the forest will be open by the 15 of Aug. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Well thats too bad about your camera but at least you were able to see the pics on it. Kind of weird that was the only tree that was burnt. Thanks for sharing the pics. Oh and more pics is always good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucky2hunt Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Sorry about your camera, but way cool pictures! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Awesome pics!! Hard to believe that SD card survived! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Cool sequence of shots. I'm sure we'll be seeing more neat trail cam photos in the near future as people retrieve their set ups. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Payne Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Those are some neat photos! Thanks for posting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZ RANGER Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Cool pictures, I wonder if lighting hit hit the tree with your cam. Very strange to be the only one burned Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Thanks for sharing. Awesome pics for sure! TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
afmalinois Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Those are awesome pics! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coues7 Report post Posted July 24, 2011 The series of pictures is quite amazing. Thanks for sharing. Much was reported by the US Forest Circus that the animals "know" a fire is coming and "run away". Although, that may be somewhat true, the pictures on your camera show quite a different story. Without divulging the location of your camera and likely having seen some of the burn maps, was the camera in an area that was red or yellow? Thanks for sharing! PS Jeff, I would be willing to bet money that Moultrie would replace the camera and probably throw in something extra to have that camera. The fact that "their" camera survived the Wallow fire is pretty impressive. What's the worst they could say.....sorry it's yours? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AzHuntingAddict Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Awesome pics, I would love to see more if you have time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eagarcoues Report post Posted July 24, 2011 The whole section on the burn severity map was white not to have burned at all according to the map people Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues 'n' Sheep Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Super Cool! Thanks for sharing!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Airbusdriver Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Great pics...thanks for sharing. If I were you, I would send the pictures to the camera manufacturer. They may replace it if they can use your testimonial that their camera "took a licking and kept on ticking". Who knows, they may give you a new one. It would be great PR for them to show the world that their camera can still take pictures, even after it melts down. It's worth a try...all they can do is say "no". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jim Report post Posted July 24, 2011 That's crazy Jeff. Have you found your bull yet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
