Card Sort
A hunter with a few cards
$39
up to 2,000 photos
- Empties culled to review
- Species folders
- Lightroom-ready keywords
Trail cam photo sorting · Miles City, Montana
Your wildlife photos.
Sorted. Tagged. Handled.
Send me your cards or drives. You get back every photo filed by species, empty frames pulled to a review folder, Lightroom-ready keywords, and a clean report of what walked past your cameras.
- Originals never modified
- Processed offline
- Never shared or sold
The problem
Thousands of photos. Mostly grass and wind.
A few cameras over a season can fill cards with tens of thousands of frames. Most are empty, triggered by wind, sun or a blowing branch. The bull you're hoping for is buried somewhere in the middle, and sorting by hand eats nights you don't have.
Watch the 70-second video70 seconds: what Hunt & Gather does
25photos in the free ID trial
$12flat round-trip shipping
4steps, and you only do the first two
0original files changed or deleted
How it works
Four steps. You only do the first two.
- 1
Pull your trail cam cards
Swap in fresh cards and grab the full ones. No sorting on your end.
- 2
Mail them in
Prepaid padded mailer, tracked both ways. $12 flat, round trip.
- 3
We sort and tag every photo
Every frame filed by species, date and camera. Empties go to review, never the trash.
- 4
Get your organized record back
Sorted folders plus your Property Wildlife Record, with cards returned untouched.
Every file is fingerprinted (SHA-256) before and after copying, and your cards come back with a written receipt. Rather not mail? Drop off in Miles City or share a Drive link.
What you get
A library you can actually use.
Built for western country: elk, mule deer, whitetail and the rest of what shows up on eastern Montana ground.
- Species folders. Elk in the elk folder, mule deer in the mule deer folder.
- Empties culled, not deleted. Wind-and-grass frames go to a review folder.
- Lightroom-ready keywords. Searchable the moment you import.
- Species counts and trends. By camera, month and time of day.
- Landowner report. A clean, professional summary you can hand over (Outfitter / Ranch package).
- Intake receipt. Proof your files came back exactly as they went in.
Free ID Trial
See it work on your own photos, free.
One trial per outfit. Up to 25 photos, IDs only, so you can see the sorting before you send a season's worth.
- 1
Request a code
Fill out the short form. I review every request myself and email you a one-time code (format HG-XXXX-XXXX) from [email protected], usually within 1 business day. One trial per outfit and per email.
- 2
Upload up to 25 JPGs
Use your code on the upload page. Each code works once, for up to 25 photos, and expires 7 days after it's sent. Trial results are species IDs only (no culling, folders or reports).
- 3
Get your results page
Within 1–2 days you get a results page showing each photo's species and a confidence level. Trial photos are deleted after 30 days.
Request my trial code
Pricing
Pilot pricing
Early-client rates while Hunt & Gather gets started. One flat price per job.
Recommended
Season Sort
Serious hunters & small outfits
$129
up to 10,000 photos
- Everything in Card Sort
- Species count report by camera, month & time of day
Outfitter / Ranch
Outfitters & landowner reporting
$399
up to 50,000 photos
- Everything in Season Sort
- Landowner-ready report
- Sample check before the full run
- Staged progress updates
- SHA-256 intake receipt & one-page data agreement
Over your limit? $8 per extra 1,000 photos on any package. Not sure yet? Try 25 photos free.
What you get, season after season
Your Property Wildlife Record.
Every order adds to one running record of your ground. Come back next season and your report shows what changed, by camera and by month.
- One organized library. Client / Season / Species folders that grow with every order.
- Running summary report. Species counts by camera and month, updated each order.
- Season-over-season comparison. See this year next to last year.
- Highlight gallery. The best frames from each order, pulled forward.
- Changelog. A dated note of what each order added.
- Coming later: tracking known individual animals across seasons.
How shipping works
Your cards, there and back, tracked.
$12flat, round trip
For paid jobs: a prepaid padded mailer both ways, with tracking.
- A mailer comes to you. A padded USPS envelope with a prepaid, tracked return label.
- Fill out the card checklist. Card label, camera location, dates and notes for each card.
- Imaged the day they arrive. Cards are copied on arrival and mailed back promptly.
- Never wiped or altered. Your cards come back exactly as they went out.
- Rather not mail? Share a Google Drive or Dropbox link, or drop off in Miles City.
FAQ
Straight answers
Are my photos private?
Yes. Your photos are never shared, sold or posted. Processing happens offline on my own machines, not in anybody's cloud. Photos showing people, vehicles or property locations stay private. You can have everything returned or deleted any time you ask, and a one-page written agreement covers it all.
Will you change my original files?
Never. I work only on copies. Every file is fingerprinted (SHA-256) before and after copying, and you get a written receipt showing they match.
How long does it take?
It depends on the size of the job. Small card dumps go quickly. Large drives take days of computer time and run in stages, with progress updates along the way. We'll talk timing on the call before you send anything.
What file types do you take?
RAW and JPG photos from your trail cams, on SD cards, USB sticks or external drives.
Do you sort videos?
Not yet. Videos are copied and kept safe with everything else, and they'll be processed once video sorting is ready.
What if the software isn't sure what an animal is?
It doesn't guess. Uncertain photos go to a review folder so a person can take a look.
Let's get your cameras sorted.
Fifteen minutes, no pressure. Tell me how many cameras you run and what you want out of your photos.
Contact
Talk to Bryan.
Bryan Makor
Hunt & Gather Images
Miles City, MontanaDrop-off or mail-in
Info or a consult
Email us for info or a consult
Email meor leave a voicemail with a good time and I'll call you.