Why cell phone baiting?
The basis for ethical and successful hunting is the prior, appropriate and committed game management. When hunting wild boar, this knowledge inevitably leads to the issue of baiting. Where wild boars are present in the area, the installation and continuous operation of baiting stations is essential. On the one hand, these enable selective and therefore ethical and gentle hunting of wild boar. On the other hand, as distractions in areas with massive game damage, they help to keep wild boar away from the damaged areas without excessive (night-time) hunting. In addition, they are indispensable instruments for obtaining an overview of the wild boar population in your own area, whether as part of structured monitoring or just by making a rough numerical assessment of the population based on game camera recordings. However, the successful operation of a baiting station always requires the regular provision of baiting material and this within the framework of legal requirements. The result is an enormous number of trips to the baiting stations, which, in addition to the ecological and economic consequences, above all create great unrest in the area and thus have a lasting impact on game and the environment. The fact that nowadays there is often not enough time for this rather tedious task makes things even more difficult. Having grown up on a farm in our local hunting grounds, we wanted to use the advantages of modern mobile communications technology (“IoT” - internet of things) to be able to bait better, more economically, more environmentally friendly, more time-saving and, above all, more quietly than no hunter has ever done before. Over time, adventurous prototypes became a mature product that has enjoyed great popularity among our customers since its launch!
The mobile bait station is a feeding machine controlled by an app, browser or sms for baiting and feeding wild boar, ducks or other game. You can remotely control the mobile bait station from anywhere where you have data or SMS reception (or are sitting at a computer with an internet connection). You can either add feed immediately or set a daily or one-off feeding time. In combination with an online wildlife camera, you can add corn or wheat exactly when the wild boar or ducks have actually been to the camera. This means you can feed as needed without disturbing your area, without moving your car and without leaving any disturbing scent at the bait. Depending on the corn consumption, you only need to visit the bait to refill every couple of weeks to (maximum) every three months (change batteries).
The acceptance of the bait by the game increases noticeably due to the targeted delivery of the bait and the reduced disturbance. Aditionally also the other game benefits from the peace and quiet in the area due to less accesses to the bait place by the hunter.
The mobile phone feeder consists of a plastic barrel with a dispensing device and a mobile phone receiver, as well as a SIM card that has already been loaded and activated with enough data credit for several years. The mobile phone feeder can be attached to a tree using either a pulley or tensioning straps. Both are included in the delivery. The mobile phone feeder works without a subscription. There are no additional running costs for the transmission operation.* **
You can also check the fill level of the feeding station and the status of the batteries at any time in the app, in the browser or via SMS.
The mobile phone bait has a capacity of around 55 l and is powered by standard AA batteries (also rechargeable batteries). The batteries last around 3 months with normal use.
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*In SMS mode, costs for SMS to the mobile phone number apply according to the respective tariff for intra-European SMS (max. 6 cents).
**Applies to a card term of ten years and with average consumption of bait (interval of empty space queries). The card is delivered with a credit of €10. This is enough for around 100 fill level messages via SMS and several years of data operation. Subsequent top-up is possible or the card can simply be replaced with any PIN-free SIM card.