Beat The Elements

Extending the life of your trail camera – Humidity and rain, can cause condensation problems in your trail cameras with the change of temperature outside. A system to minimize some of these problems might be to place a single silica gel pack in the housing of your trail camera , this will help eliminate or reduce malfunctions due to moisture and sudden change of temperature which will fog up camera lenses and create batteries sweat! Another huge advantage of using Silica gel packs is that they naturally absorb and eliminate human and household  odors en-grained in the plastic housing of your camera. They do not use chemicals that give off foreign odors which would spoke deer, they do not cover odors but they absorb them after continued use. Use this technique this coming season to ensure you capture that perfect photo or video of a giant buck on a rainy fall day or an early morning summer photo of a velvet whitetail buck on a green field.

Location, Location, Location

When picking a prime location for a trail camera set, try not to set the camera in low lying swampy areas. You will get a lot of fog on the outside of the cameras lens, especially early season. The gel packs will not mitigate the outside moisture on the camera housing, but will keep the inside of the camera dry. Be sure to check your cameras gaskets every season to ensure no dry rotting of the outer gasket liner, this will ensure the bottom of your camera is not full of standing water after a rain event. I always try and face my trail cameras directly on a trail so i can get the animal walking to it, this will ensure you get a pretty good look at the buck you are trying to hunt.

Keep That Camera Going for Years

Trail camera monitoring has become a outdoor hobby all on its own.Silica gel packs will dry out any moisture trapped in the camera and absorb battery sweat from your trail cameras,card readers or range finders. Also when winterizing your trail camera for the season when you bring them into a warm house from cold conditions, Immediately remove the batteries and memory card  and place them in a bag of silica gel for a day or two to absorb the moisture before storing them away for the season. Repeat this process with the actual camera before putting it away for the season.

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“The MacKenzie Center was the ideal facility for an event of this size. Both the Pope and Young and MacKenzie staff worked diligently to ensure that the event was a success,” said

Jim Willems, President of The Pope and Young Club. “A huge thank you to all who participated in making this such a huge hit.”
“The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources appreciates the Pope and Young Club’s selection of our beautiful MacKenzie Center as the venue for their first-ever Rendezvous,” says JD Smith
, Director of the MacKenzie Center. “The MacKenzie Center staff, Friends of MacKenzie, and area Chamber of Commerce took pride in hosting this awesome event. We were excited and prepared for months leading up to what turned out to be a memorable, fun, and safe event.”

The Saturday live auction, daily silent auctions, daily door prizes, novelty shoot gift bags, Sunday live auction and the bucket raffles were more reasons for excitement during the weekend where thousands of dollars in prizes were awarded to shooters and attendees. Local resident Kris Attoe and her family won big on the weekend long bucket raffle. “We won a Gearhead bow for me, a Bear bow for my son Kyle, and a Mathews bow for my husband,” said Kris. The assortment and quality of the raffle prizes were very impressive. Many of the manufacturers and P&Y representatives were on hand to answer questions and make sure we were taken care of. I was impressed with the organization and professionalism we witnessed at the Bowhunters Rendezvous.”

“We were very happy to have attended the first P&Y Bowhunters Rendezvous event. The venue was spectacular and it was great to see so many people come out and support such an important organization,” stated Scott Bakken, Director of Sales & Marketing for HHA. “Whether you were an exhibitor, a traditional archer or a compound shooter, it was a time where everyone could be together and support an organization that has done so much for bowhunting. It is events and organizations like this that are vital for protecting and carrying on the heritage of archery. HHA proudly supports the Pope and Young Club and we will definitely be attending the next Bowhunters Rendezvous.”

The Pope and Young Club is a non-profit North American conservation and bowhunting organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of our bowhunting heritage, hunting ethics and wildlife conservation. The Club also maintains the universally recognized repository for the records and statistics on North American big game animals harvested with a bow and arrow.
Contact the Pope & Young Club office at: www.pope-young.org or P.O. Box 548, Chatfield, MN 55923, Ph: 507.867.4144
Media contact Rick Mowery at: rick@pope-young.org, Ph: 989.884.3800

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