Moultrie Game Spy D-40 Digital Flash OR Stealth Cam I540 IR

[gkowen]

Did you test the camera in the location?  Set it up and walk through the camera's view in the animals anticipated path.  If you are walking directly across it you will be surprised how far into the pic you will be.  The animal is probably moving faster. Make sure the camera views 'down' the trail to maximize the length of trail (time) the animal is in front of the camera.  Do some tests at different angles until the camera catches you every time walking in front of it at a brisk walk and you will get a handle on how to set it in the field then.

[Buckrub]

I have a moultrie and a stealth set up....deer don't seem to mind the flash. Picture quality better on the stealth but ease of operation, and battery life better on the d40. The d40 seems to wake up faster than the stealth. I did get a night picture of a bat in flight on the d40 which would have never had happened on the stealth.

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[Bob33]

"Did you test the camera in the location? "

Yes - both IR aim and the IR test.  The camera usually detects ME.  It rarely detects my cat, which I have walk the path to test the sensitivity.  The camera faces the trail directly on.  The trail starts at the foot of the tree to which the camera is attached, and goes straight away for about 100 feet.

If an animal walks directly across the Moultrie, which I've tried, the trigger time is often too slow to capture the animal.  I got several rear end photos as the animal left the frame.

[gkowen]

Just a thought. I read that some PIR sensors in cameras detect motion only in the horizontal direction and some in horizontal and vertical. I don't know which your camera does but maybe pointing directly down the trail is only giving straight vertial motion and its not being detected. Probably not the case but, its a possibility.