Flaming the Bear

I just got back in from collecting film from my trail cameras. I have them spread out in about 1/2 sq mile area. I'm trying to get a feel for how the game travels on the flats. My most productive camera spot is set on a gate along side of strip of bush that runs north/south. It's punching out 24 pic's in less than 5 days and the cam is set to go off about every 5 minutes. Unfortunately the cam I have set there is also an absolute battery pig, 24 AA's in 3 weeks! That's what I get for being lazy & buying, my 2 other camera's are home brews and they might use 2 AA's in 2 weeks & 1 9v in 4 months when it gets nasty cold, as in -40 stuff. Trouble is we haven't even come close to that type of weather since I set the cams between Christmas & New Years. I can't wait to see what's on the film, there's always a great deal of anticipation when I pick the film up at the processors. That brings up another sore spot, I should really get off my butt and build my digital trail cam, I've had the components for more than a year now! Camera, infra-red sensor, PIC controller chip - everything - just some assembly required.