Trail cam trouble shoot question.

[gary murray]

Even though i point my camera North and South i still get pics of nothing. I even bought a small compass so i could be more accurate in my direction to avoid the rising and setting of the sun setting it off. I think my problem may be that i hang my cam off deer trails that are in thick brush so that the shadows will still be creeping along the ground. Would that be the problem and should i hang it in more of an opening where the light isn't as likely to bounce around? The reason i like to hang it deep in the woods is that i'm hoping to get some of the bigger bucks on cam as we all know they like to stay hidden and use these trails to avoid detection unlike the smaller bucks that stand out in the open and at the side of the road.

[jrjonesy]

My best guess would be that you are getting motion from surrounding vegatation that is setting off the trigger. That goes out the window if your camera is triggered by heat rather than motion.

I'd think that you should have less problems the deeper you are in the woods as there would be less temperature change due to the protection provided by the forest from the sun.

[tracker]

I get the same some times as the sun warms the leaves and vegatation infront of the camera the camera detects heat and sets her off ,I don't think there is nothing you can do about that , but put it in a more shaded area,,do you use a tripod or just fasten to a tree?

[gary murray]

I guess i'll just have to deal with it. I did have it attached to a screw on holder that you twisted into a tree until some one reemed it off and broke that part of my camera where it screwed in and now i just strap it to the tree. Thanx guys for the input.

[Bearen 09]

If your camera has a setting for sesitivity put it to the middle. I have found this to work. If not, only have the cam pointed down the trail or lick. Last try going farther past the trail" deeper into the woods'', this will cut the sesitivity down big time. I hope this helps.

[gary murray]

If your camera has a setting for sesitivity put it to the middle. I have found this to work. If not, only have the cam pointed down the trail or lick. Last try going farther past the trail" deeper into the woods'', this will cut the sesitivity down big time. I hope this helps.

Thanx Bearen.
The only thing i have on it is a "near/far" adjustment. The far adjustment takes the pics up to 30 feet away and the near one takes the pics up to 15 feet away. Even though i'm deep in the woods where i've been setting up the cam lately, i have left the setting on "far".

[BlacktailStalker]

Yep cast shadows from the changing sun position and moving foliage from wind will trigger some cameras when the sensitivity is set on "very high" or "high."
Play with your settings to see what works best.

[Clint_S]

Yep, far likely means it's set at max sensitivity. Tweak her back halfway and you should be good.

[gary murray]

K guys, i went up tonight and adjusted the near/far setting to halfway.