After more than two months, “life” has returned to a tiny corner of the forest.
After more than two months, “life” has returned to a tiny corner of the forest.
Images kept arriving all night long from the deployed cameras. The most traffic was at the feeder, where — since it was set up, after more than two months of complete silence — the greenish glow of the motion-sensor “moonlight” lamp mounted above the feeder finally flickered to life again.
It seems the sounder wasn’t bothered by my particular solution: lighting that starts from a faint, glowing ember and reaches just enough brightness for aiming over the course of about six minutes.
Before the Aputure MC Pro, a 5W RGBWW mini LED panel that I currently use for lighting during my hunts, I used a similar lamp from the stand, controlled with a keychain remote.
At the time, that represented the only reliable chance for night hunting.
Now the fully autonomous operation has also proven itself well.
In earlier posts I’ve mentioned in several places that around here — as a result of frequent “hunts” carried out with thermal scopes from distances many times beyond the game’s normal detection range — the game’s detection threshold is extremely low; even a small amount of sensory evidence is enough to trigger a flight response.
In this environment, only a very, very slow increase in brightness (dimming) can provide lighting minimal enough to be just sufficient for observation and aiming, without setting off alarm.
