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Found this old article clip online, and I didn’t see it posted on here. I love old stuff like this! Let me know what y’all think.. Cheers!

Aye, there's the rub. The cold, hard truth is - until one is brought in - they don't exist. Officially. Once they exist - officially - it will change land use, access, and you can believe - some large land areas will be set aside for them to pretty much live as they wish. Though they don't need it. They seem to be doing quite well with what's already available - and the environmental idiots will likely kill off more by allowing land to become more susceptible to huge forest fires.

This discussion reminded me of a media report that came out a couple of weeks ago. A single man was encountered in the Amazon basin. He was the last remaining member of his tribe. The last of the other members had died about 15 or 20 years ago. With the vastness of the wilderness areas in North America and Siberia, I would not be surprised at all if some humans, even primal human was encountered, are living in seclusion. We all claim that is what BF does successfully but do not give them the credit for human intelligence. How can we do that and not give some tribe someplace, the same chance to exist unknown to modern human?

^^^^ That might be. It's not going to stop me from trying. Couple reasons. First, there are places I want to watch that I just don't have time to cover adequately in person. Trail cams, regardless of their limitations, remain the best option available. Second, I hunt the same areas I'm researching so pictures of normal game animals are of value to me as well. And following up on both, having an idea if there are other people also passing through the area is of great value. A third ... merely being out there taking care of my cameras exposes me to the opportunities for an "encounter" (of whatever bigfooty sort) I wouldn't have if I stayed at home watching TV 'cause I didn't have cameras to go visit. I see no 'lose' in trail cams whether they get bigfoot or not. MIB

I agree. We try to place the camera in such a way that it is not right in front of the target, but behind it. So the target never sees the camera. Like this: bobcat.mp4 We have tested this on humans with great success. Below are examples of clueless humans: C1-clueless4.mp4 Cam3-clueless1.mp4 c2-clueless4.mp4 C1-clueless3.mp4 The general concept is: To cover both directions, you place a second camera a good distance from the first, like this: The target will walk right by the first camera and (maybe) spot the second one, too late. It might even turn around to avoid it and face the first one.

You do not believe Bigfoot is out there in the first place. So why even comment? All apes including humans have trichromatic color vision. Camo was developed to defeat human visual detection. But there are other senses that exist and can be honed. Such as hearing and smell.

Here is the finished trail cam. Not great but it will at least give it better cover than not attempting any camo deception. Once the glue odor stops, I'll put it out in the field and see what I get. I have a zip tie in the back and will use a screw on which to hang it. Having a swinging door and a latch release makes it tad difficult to cover all of the seams.