The Trail Camera Survey Plan
The FeetFeat plan for a trail camera survey: how many cameras, where, for how long, and how to read what they catch
The Trail Camera Spacing Calculator on this site gives the rule surveys use: cameras no farther apart than the square root of the target animal's home range. A survey also needs to know how many cameras that means for your land, what to do with fewer cameras than places, how long to leave them, and how to turn photos into a number you can compare. The Trail Camera Survey Plan does that. Part 1 sets one question, sizes the grid (and says plainly when land smaller than one home range should be surveyed by features instead), rotates cameras so every cell gets the same nights, places each camera, sets the calendar, and reads results as independent detections per 100 camera-nights. Part 2 is an eight-week field plan with checks and tallies. Includes a map sheet, camera log, detection tally and a track-casting card. Detection rates are an index, not a headcount; follow local rules on cameras, bait and seasons. With your purchase comes a personalised sheet with cells and rotation times for your target species across common property sizes.
Look inside
Two full pages from the plan, exactly as printed. Click either to read it at full size before you decide.
What is in it
- Decide your question
- Size the grid, or place by features
- Rotate when cameras are short
- Place each camera
- Set the calendar
- Read the results per 100 camera-nights
- An eight-week field plan
- A map sheet, camera log and detection tally
- Bonuses: a quickstart and a track-casting card
- A personalised sheet: cells and rotation for your target species
- ✓ 30 printable pages
- ✓ 10 sections, worksheets and templates
- ✓ A second PDF worked out from the numbers you enter
- ✓ No account needed, just an email address
- ✓ Instant download; link valid 7 days
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The plan complements the free Trail Camera Spacing Calculator. It gives the spacing; the plan turns it into a survey: cells, a rotation, an eight-week calendar and a rate you can compare.