Nice video for sure, enjoyed watching it and makes me appreciate how great it is to live out on the perimeter in the woods with zero traffic!

I dream about having as much woods around me as you do, but work keeps me in the city.

I've got plenty of predators around me though, but they're all 2 legged.

I hear ya! Best move I ever made in my life was onto my own land with no extraneous two legged predators for miles!

Nice job !

Thanks guys, I'm glad you're enjoying following along with my project.

First field test of the panning system was a success.  Unfortunately I was too caught up in watching it cautiously walk in that I didn't end up with time to get to a spot to make a shot before it wandered off......

The camera was setup on top of the feeder and I was positioned about 200 yards away.  I may need to rethink not having a tilt mechanism as once the animals went under the feeder I could no longer see them.  This vantage point did allow me to see animals approaching from different directions than I could from where I was actually sitting.

Speed is 4x real time to keep you from being bored watching a very cautious hog walk in.  While the servo does make a slight noise, it didn't seem to spook the hog or the deer that came around.....

Excellent! No problem with positive ID there.