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Jim Matthiae

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Has anyone had experience using a Go-pro for filming dock and goose. Especially looking for info on which mount work the best, are they easy to conceal, and are they noisey to turn on. Read somewhere that they have kind of a loud click when they turn on.

How is the audio with the camera? Which model works the best. Thanks in advance for your help.
 
Getting GoPro footage of waterfowl hunts to look good, in my opinion, is all about the post processing and editing. The wide angle lens of the GoPro isn't the ideal way to film waterfowl as it makes everything look quite far away. There are ways to combat this: filming in a narrower field of view, placing the camera close to the action, filming in a higher resolution and then cropping/zooming in editing are a few things that I do.

With all that being said they are still a great way to self film duck hunts as you can set them up on a remote and with one button press have multiple cameras recording all at once in a small, easily concealable, waterproof package. I'm not about to put the shotgun down just to film a hunt so they are my go to for recording my hunts while not taking anything away from what I am out there to do... hunt ducks.

The flex clamp mount is good, as is the sportsman mount if you are going to use it as a gun cam. You can turn off all sounds and indicator lights as options so they are silent. I also paint all my waterproof housings in flat black or green.

The audio in the waterproof case isn't amazing, but it's okay. I would suggest a Hero4 silver or Hero3+ black edition for someone just getting into it. The 4 silver has a touchscreen built into the back which helps a lot if you've never used one before. Make sure to get extra batteries (Amazon is a great place for this) and I use extended battery packs on all my GoPros. If you or anyone else has a Hero3 or 3+ there's a great extended battery pack on Amazon that I found that lasts me all day in the sneakbox. 8 hours plus.

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I have used the go pro on many duck hunts and they work great,the only thing is like the other post is that with the waterproof cover on the audio isn't the best,also there is no zoom..I use it a lot when I'm bow hunting as well works nice I have a bracket that attaches to my bow..Self filmed myself harvest 3 different deer this past season.When duck hunting I attach it to the blind on my boat facing my decoy spread and just let it record,if the action is slow it usually stays in my blind bag lol.
 
You can't use the extended battery with the shotgun/bow mount. They haven't figured out a blackout housing to contain the size of the extended battery as of yet.
 
Without going in to great detail, just hope you never have to use Go Pro customer service. To be such a growing co. involved in all aspects of daily life now, the customer service experience I had with them was terrible. I'll never buy another product from them because it was so bad..
 
Here are two videos I shot with a GoPro...

Camera was in the spread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYYjF7teFRY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rMCqKxIt7s


(btw...does this forum not allow embeded video???)
 
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Craig F and others, I'd love to hear from you more about your techniques and suggestions for operating your GoPros. I've been less than impressed by the battery life, cell phone app and post-processing software.
 
Brad,

I use extended battery packs on each of my cameras. The battery life with just the standard battery is just far too short for any sort of hunting application unless you have some hot and heavy action...

On my Hero3s I use this battery pack: LINK

It gives me upwards of 6-8 hours of usage in standby and recording modes with wifi on. I use the wifi function with each camera linked to the same remote on my call lanyard. This way I just set the cameras up and start/stop recording with the remote.

I really have never used the GoPro software as I prefer Final Cut Pro for my editing needs. It's like a more advanced version of iMovie and was pretty easy to learn how to use as I was familiar with iMovie previously.
 
First time posting here. (sorry if i screwed this post up.) I like mine and have done a few rookie videos on youtube. Each one seems to get better. An external battery is a must for me. I found I gotta take a lot of video as what I think turns out great generally does not and some of the stuff I didn't think turned out looked great.

Craig, do you have a link to some of your videos?

here are some of my videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD4YdwL2dUU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0SLDbnwhn0
 
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