Go pro
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From: soapdish
01-May-17
My son is looking into buying a go pro. Do any of you have experience with these. I see the prices range from $150-400. I'm assuming he will attach it to his bow and shotgun.
From: Buckdown
01-May-17
In my honest opinion, I would not recommend getting a go pro for self-filmed hunts. From 16-19 I used to use the go pro because I used it for filming my ski trips, scuba diving, and my fraternity party-parties haha. They are fun to play with but for hunting, they really don't do the trick. After trying for a few years I ended up giving up on using it for hunting and I bought a cheaper $300 camera with a $20 mount for my treestand. If you want I can send you videos to show you how different these two cameras are when it comes to footage because the difference is night and day. I could not be happier with my current setup.
From: illibowhunter
01-May-17
Yea I agree with buckdown. They are great for snowmobiling quads etc but I'd go with a camera. There a free GoPro in pike county Illinois. My buddy lost it walking out of the woods his first night on stand with it. Laugh my ass off.
From: soapdish
01-May-17
Thank you. I will see what exactly he wants to do with it.
From: Buckdown
04-May-17
Soap if you need help PM me and ill send you my setup its affordable and works amazing.
From: Buckdown
04-May-17
Soap if you need help PM me and ill send you my setup its affordable and works amazing.
From: soapdish
04-May-17
Ok. I was talking with him about what exactly he wants to get out of filming. Looks like he wants to use it for fishing also and possibly some under water stuff.
From: bigbuckbob
04-May-17
Hey guys - can you share what camera you DO use please. I was thinking of setting something up this year as well, and I'm surprised to hear the GoPro is not the way to go, so you saved me some money already.
thanks
From: notme
04-May-17
notme's Link
https://youtu.be/bypCjXL2uwA
From: bigbuckbob
04-May-17
Ah, I use the hole in the bathroom wall method notme.
From: SILVERADO
04-May-17
Tactacam pro
From: steve
04-May-17
I have a lid cam its not very good ,might go with a go pro and mount it right to my scope I already carry to much junk with m.e I have a camera and tree mount that I used for my bear hunt but I just set it to the bait site and forget it I didn't worry about it when the bear came in . I use my phone now but I need one more hand .lol
From: SILVERADO
04-May-17
Go pro's are not designed with hunting in mind. An animal 20 yds away looks like 80 yds away.
From: soapdish
04-May-17
How about the go pro 5? Supposed to be all new and upgraded.
From: Bigbuckbob
04-May-17
I like the way the tactacam looks. Use it in place of a stabilizer or in addition to. Compact as well. $329 is a bit steep especially when I cost average per buck shot :)
From: Buckdown
04-May-17
They all will be the same because of the fish eye lens Soapdish. As Silverado said above a deer 20 yards away looks like it's 80.
Here are two videos I shot in the same spot:
This one is with the Go Pro: first shot was 20 yards away and the second was 30, it was about 4 pm when the footage was taken I believe.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ftRdIPVNbg
Here is the video of a deer with my new tree stand mount and my cheap handheld camera. It was around the same time of 4 pm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ3bLCSLREo
I hope you can see the difference from the quality of the video.
If your son is going fishing I would recommend the go-pro. I fish all over from Cape Cod to Montauk on my 14-foot Hobie pro angler and I could not be more satisfied with my go pro footage. All he needs is a screw in kayak mount and make sure he really screws it in tight.
From: soapdish
04-May-17
Looking for something that will cover lake Champlain fishing, kayak fishing, snorkeling in the natchaug river, deer hunting both gun and bow, let us not forget the Canadians. O yeah and ocean fishing on my buddies boat. Spoiled kid lol.
From: Buckndoe
04-May-17
Look on the big game forum for the predator cam. Go pro knock off but has zoom capabilities and a ton of attachment options. I used a Kodak zx3 playsport for years but the predator cam is smaller and better. I used it last season, great little cam for mounting on bow. Mounted it on riser of PSE and will mount it on stabilizer of Halon comp.
From: soapdish
04-May-17
All great info guys, much appreciated. Will investigate all options.
From: drslyr
04-May-17
Here's my setup but I'm WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY into filming.
From: notme
05-May-17
Why is there a woodchuck with an anal probe on your camera ?
From: soapdish
05-May-17
At least not me didn't say a beaver. Boy that would have changed things
From: Straight Arrow
05-May-17
Soap dish get the TACTACAM instead. Easier to use and comes with a built in mount for you compound bow. It replaces your stability device on the bow! Comes with optional rifle/shotgun mount as well. Get the older 2.0 version instead of the more expensive 4.0 WiFi model,
From: Straight Arrow
05-May-17
Deerslayer,
Now this is an impressive set up! All yer top YouTube sites suggest this as a main camera in a three cam set up! And the Ruddy mount is first rate! I'm sure you get some impressive results!
Ron
From: bigbuckbob
05-May-17
dyslry - you do have great videos, but it looks like you're more into shooting film than arrows at deer :)
I'll have to show you what I use, you're going to laugh so hard!!! I made a bracket out of alum for a small digital camera and slap it to the front of my bow. All the times I've taken it with me I've never shot anything, so it's been sitting at home. Maybe tomorrow I can get some video of a tom trying to dodge my arrow.
From: soapdish
05-May-17
Tactacom looks pretty awesome
From: soapdish
05-May-17
Can the tactacom go under water? Their web site says weather proof. One review said it can go down 30feet.
From: drslyr
05-May-17
I use a GoPro also but as a second angle camera. On a gun or bow mounted camera you miss the impact of the shot due to the violence of the bow or gun going off. In my filming that half second of the impact is the most important part of the video.
From: soapdish
06-May-17
Alright, decision made. Thank you all for your input to help my kid make an informed decision. He didn't choose the woodchuck alien probe thingy but decided on the tactacom 2.0. I couldn't even get him to get the 4.0, he, had justifiable reason not to. I can't wait to borrow it lol. By the way we got it Cabela's with the employee discount promotion, got it for $170. That left him with $30 to get the gun mount. My other son found some nice bow hunting guns for $5. Regular price $25. Upstairs, end of the aisle, on the bottom.
From: bigbuckbob
07-May-17
And if the tactacam can go under water, what about the gopher with the anal probe? Better get him a snorkel.
From: Straight Arrow
07-May-17
You will like the Tactacam and it's easy to use takes great sharp HD video. Battery life is not great and it won't work if the SD cards not fully inserted. I wouldn't do full water submersion, but it can handle a little moisture,
From: notme
07-May-17
Crap,thats like showering with someone and getting stuck out of the hotwater spray..lol
From: drslyr
07-May-17
drslyr's Link
Iv'e run the GoPro down to 100ft on a downrigger mount and got some pretty cool lake trout strikes on cam. checkem out.....
From: soapdish
07-May-17
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From: drslyr
07-May-17
try this. https://vimeo.com/180677340
From: drslyr
07-May-17
Wrong video...... watch the next one tittled Quabbin 100 ft. down
From: longbeard
07-May-17
Soap sorry been on vacation and haven't been able to catch up here on bowsite. If I were to rate the portable style cameras mentioned here (not drslyr's), I would rate the Tactacam second and the GoPro a distant 3rd. I would rate the camera that is offered by Ultimate Preditor number one in that category. And UP is a Bowsite sponsor. Go to Ultimatepreditor.com and check out the camera they offer for under $300. Its awesome!
From: Dr. Deer
19-May-17
If you have a main camera, a GoPro is fun to bow mount, facing backwards towards yourself to film the shot and your reaction to it. Adds a lot.
From: Bigbuckbob
19-May-17
Ho boy! Reminds me of all of the people with selfie sticks in Italy knocking people in the head and not apologizing. But on a bow a fun idea
From: soapdish
19-May-17
We were in Disney a couple years ago when some Brazilianans got in the bumper cars the same time as us. They pulled out a selfie stick. They were then targeted with the hopes of the stick being knocked out of the car.
