trail cam mp

[BULLBLASTER]

They are designed to pick up movement.  They dont know the diff. from a bird,Grass,limbs from elk,deer coyotes,cougars etc. You are not being honest in your posts so Im done conversing with you about it.

So much for being done conversing. 
as for tree limb pics... Maybe you shouldn't put your camera where it is blocked by limbs or grass. The rest of us can get cams set fine. I'm guessing even a normal 2nd grader would be able to set their cam so that it doesn't get false triggers constantly.
Maybe there is some truth to the saying "you can't fix stupid".
Now we have resorted to calling names in pm's.   

[huntnnw]

  Prolly owns 1 cam and it's all he knows

[bearpaw]

I removed the name calling because it's against forum rules.

The member causing the unnecessary drama is also being dealt with accordingly, my apologies that he trashed up this topic. Hopefully that gets this topic back on track. There are some good tips here from people who have been using cams for quite a while, I hope it is helpful info for other members.

[JJB11B]

My older Bushnell cam use to give me a lot of empty pics, Is there anything I can do in the settings to minimize that? or is it a problem with that particular camera? I cant even tell you what model it is because I don't have it here with me.

[AntlerHound]

I had a moultrie 990 out last year in a high wind area.. i had put a t post in the ground to attach the cam to..it wasn't solid enough or something the first week was a lot of pics of nothing.. Pounded the post in another foot.. till it didn't wobble..never had a problem after that..

[JJB11B]

That could be my problem. Mine was zip tied to a little sapling, all I had available at the time I guess, I did get some excellent pics off of it though

[Bean Counter]

OP: You don't need to go buying the most expensive SD card you can find. Often what makes them expensive is for their read and write speed. I recently spent $100 on a 64MB Compact Flash card because it can be written to at  up to 167mb/sec. That's needed for large bursts of RAW files from a DSLR but not your trail cam churning out 1mb jogs even if you have an 8 photo burst. Save some money and get the lower speed SD cards. 

-Bean Counter the cheapskate.

[bobcat]

I have about 15 SD cards and none of them cost more than $5.00. Half are 2 GB and the other half 4 GB.

[huntingbaldguy]

I check my Browning cams and almost always have pictures where i look at them with my little viewer and i'm like, dangit why is it taking pics of nothing, i need to get rid of this cam.

Then i take it home and see an ear in a corner, or a blur of a deer that ran through in seconds, or some dark figure in the back reaches of the IR flash range.  The Brownings have been good to me, long story short, and i'm with huntnw, i don't pay more than 100 for cams.  Paid $60 each for my Range Ops on Black Friday last year, and i have to Stealth cams now that i paid $60 each for refurbished.  You can get good deals if you keep your eyes open for them.

[Band]

I check my Browning cams and almost always have pictures where i look at them with my little viewer and i'm like, dangit why is it taking pics of nothing, i need to get rid of this cam.

Then i take it home and see an ear in a corner, or a blur of a deer that ran through in seconds, or some dark figure in the back reaches of the IR flash range.

My Browning does the same thing.  It takes pics before the animal comes into frame and after it leaves the frame.  I'd say the problem is that the detection range is wider than the picture frame.  I find it a little annoying.

[huntingbaldguy]

I check my Browning cams and almost always have pictures where i look at them with my little viewer and i'm like, dangit why is it taking pics of nothing, i need to get rid of this cam.

Then i take it home and see an ear in a corner, or a blur of a deer that ran through in seconds, or some dark figure in the back reaches of the IR flash range.

My Browning does the same thing.  It takes pics before the animal comes into frame and after it leaves the frame.  I'd say the problem is that the detection range is wider than the picture frame.  I find it a little annoying.

It is annoying, but at the same time, i do 2 week soaks and have about 700 pics of deer, so if that happens a dozen times in 700 pics i can tolerate it lol.

[splitshot]

settled on 2 Moultrie 8 mp with cards and batteries.  saved about $100 if I had bought at cabelas.    mike w