masterbarber Posted December 24, 2020 Admin Share Posted December 24, 2020 @Matt Pruitt is a member here, perhaps he can provide an update on what NAWAC has been doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterbarber Posted December 24, 2020 Admin Share Posted December 24, 2020 The Most recent information seems to be here: https://www.woodape.org/index.php/apes-among-us-episode-12-hadrians-wall-an-area-x-update/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
langfordbc Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 15 hours ago, masterbarber said: The Most recent information seems to be here: https://www.woodape.org/index.php/apes-among-us-episode-12-hadrians-wall-an-area-x-update/ I listened to that podcast when it was released in the summer, but am not aware of further updates. I believe the intention was to have the project going right through the winter as they expected a long battery life span on the game cams due to the infrared/night photos being deactivated. It is a very interesting experiment and I look forward to hearing about the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiiawiwb Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 We've always heard that trail cams haven't produced results because IR can be detected by a sasquatch. I'm going to consider the strategy of deactivating IR. Setup one trailcam leaving IR on and deactivating all the others. Maybe we can catch a sasquatch that takes a wide berth, to avoid the IR trail cam, with the deactivated ones. Clever idea by NAWAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Explorer Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Glad to hear that NAWAC is actively pursuing video and photo capture again, after abandoning that strategy post Operation Forest Vigil. The podcast provided a clear explanation of the differences between Operation Forest Vigil and the new strategy. I wish them success in capturing photographic evidence. While I understand the rationale used for disconnecting the IR flash at night on the game cameras, I don't understand the overall strategy for doing that since they will not be able to capture any photos or video at night. I always thought that probability of detection increases with the time the camera is active on the field. They are assuming that probability of detection at night is low or zero when IR flash is active. Thus, they chose no effective cameras at night. I guess they are assuming that if one wood ape detects the IR flash at night from one camera, then all wood-apes in the area will also know about its location (via some form of communication?) and will also avoid the area during the day? I like the Hadrian Wall idea and the alignment of the 24 cameras so that they capture the cameras themselves within their field of view (to see if any animal is disturbing them). Would be interesting to do one year without IR flash in all the cameras and one year with IR flash on all the cameras, to see if it makes any difference on detection of the rest of the fauna in the area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyO Posted December 30, 2020 SSR Team Share Posted December 30, 2020 There's a new NAWAC podcast that's just been released (maybe two days ago) if anyone is interested. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRockBigfoot Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 minute ago, BobbyO said: There's a new NAWAC podcast that's just been released (maybe two days ago) if anyone is interested. Awesome. Thanks for the heads up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxhill Posted January 9, 2021 BFF Patron Share Posted January 9, 2021 So how long have they been at the same site claiming routine contact but still basically have nothing but cool stories? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterbarber Posted January 14, 2021 Admin Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 1/9/2021 at 1:29 PM, Foxhill said: So how long have they been at the same site claiming routine contact but still basically have nothing but cool stories? https://www.woodape.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterbarber Posted January 16, 2021 Admin Share Posted January 16, 2021 Interesting development from September 2020: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 So the current climate is even splitting up Bigfooting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterbarber Posted January 16, 2021 Admin Share Posted January 16, 2021 Looks like it has definitely caused a rift in the NAWAC. Should make for an interesting future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incorrigible1 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Media narrative has been changing from initial reports of the Capitol incursion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipedalist Posted January 24, 2021 BFF Patron Share Posted January 24, 2021 On 12/25/2020 at 3:49 AM, wiiawiwb said: We've always heard that trail cams haven't produced results because IR can be detected by a sasquatch. I'm going to consider the strategy of deactivating IR. Setup one trailcam leaving IR on and deactivating all the others. Maybe we can catch a sasquatch that takes a wide berth, to avoid the IR trail cam, with the deactivated ones. Clever idea by NAWAC. Deactivating IR on reconyx has caused me nothing but trouble and missed opportunites, I think they need to do a rethink If you want to just do something like time lapse, have at it! Can't figure out why I can't edit my posts tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWWASAS Posted January 24, 2021 BFF Patron Share Posted January 24, 2021 1 hour ago, bipedalist said: Deactivating IR on reconyx has caused me nothing but trouble and missed opportunites, I think they need to do a rethink If you want to just do something like time lapse, have at it! Can't figure out why I can't edit my posts tonight? My opinion is that we sometimes get lazy, put a camera on a few trees and just expect BF to forget they are there and blunder into them. If they are constantly moved, not observed being installed, camouflaged and not easy to see, BF will make the mistake of blundering into one. My mistake was finding an active area and not deploying enough cameras. Lazy does not get rewarded. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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