Managing trail cam pics

[Alabama]

What do y'all use to store and/or sort your trail cam pics. I know I delete most of mine but the ones I keep take up a ton of space on my computer and it's hard to find bucks from last year without looking through them one by one.

Help!

 

[JimP]

Once my files get so big with pictures I'll download them to a CD and label it with the year and what it is.

As for exceptional deer and elk that I might want to look at more than a couple of times or other pictures that will get looked at quite often I'll copy them to a second file just so that I can find them quicker.

I usually end up with files with names like buck deer 2017, bull elk 2017, and so fourth. These are the ones that I look at more than a couple of times. Then if they are really nice I'll get notebook size print copies of them that I will file into a photo album.

 

[WapitiBob]

I use imageresizer 2.1 it will take a 4 meg file down to 140k with no noticeable change.

 

[mallardsx2]

I'm a file Nazi....lol

I only keep pictures worth keeping and everything is named as follows:

SPECIESYEARMONTHDAY

Always name your files like this and it will be VERY easy to sort by name and see your pictures in chronological order.

I do this mainly because a lot of times the date stamp on the trail camera is wrong and I like to keep things organized.

All you have to do is go to the folder and set up the files to view details then go over and sort by name.

I make separate files for all species and sub folders for different properties so on and so on.

Whitetails: WD20171218
Mule Deer: MD20171218
Moose: M20171218
Black Bear: BB20171218
Turkey: TK20171218
Coyotes: CY20171218

I hope this helps you.

* I keep all of my photos on a 2 Terabit external hard drive*

 

[Ikeepitcold]

You can use SD cards, memorie cards, external hard drives, CD’s. Lots of options

 

[Cickie]

I use imageresizer 2.1 it will take a 4 meg file down to 140k with no noticeable change.

I have used it too, nice thing