405 pics on the trailcam

[OlympicElkJunkie]

I got 405 pictures on my Tasco trail cam the first week I set it up. Every on of them are of nothing ... day and night.  I was wondering why this thing keeps snapping pics when nothing is there. Do you think the wind is doing it? There is nothing obvious like branches or brush near the camera that would do it but I did end up putting it on a fir tree about 4 inches in diameter due to a lack of good candidates in this particular spot.

Do you think the wind may blow that tree around enough to cause it to trigger?

[3Under]

sasquatch is messing with you.

[Heredoggydoggy]

How long is the delay between sensor and snapshot?  Maybe the critters are passing thru too fast.  I just put my trailcam out this morning right at a steep dropoff in the trail.  I figure if the critters pause long enough going down, I might get them.  Otherwise I might get the ones coming up.  I'll find out in a couple of weeks, then it gets moved.  On the way out I found a better spot.

[woodman]

Can you adjust the sensitivity. I just put another new one out last month and got 2160 pics overnight until my card filled up. I lowered the sensitivity and it has worked like a pro every since.

[Arrowhead]

I personally dont know about the Tasco, but I know I ran into the same problem with my cameras the first few times.  A few things that triggered mine were
1.  Smaller tree that moved with the wind gusts.
2.  Smaller vegetation in front of the camera that would trigger it when the wind gusts.
3.  Placement in relation to the sun. 
4.  The angle of approach for the animals coming into the field of vision for the camera.  Simply turning the camera left or right to catch the approach or departure helped alot.
5.  Being to close to the ground or to an elevated structure (downed log or something).  Smaller animals, chipmunks, birds, rabbits, mice, etc would set it off.
6.  Leaves and cones!  When in a dense area, the moving leaves and pine cones constantly set them off.

[Button Nubbs]

i just pulled my cards from my first soak on my tascos and while i did have a few pics of the scenery/ravens i also had alot of elk posing for the camera . i think with the tascos they need to be pointed in the direction the animal is going to or coming from. i.e. down the trail. one of my cameras was set perpendicular to a trail at very close range, when the animal passes the trigger speed is not fast enough to get it. giving you a pic with nothing but vegetation. i came to this conclusion because i had a few pics of some elk bellies and you could tell they were moving. what i think happened was there was more than one animal and the first one set it off but the camera didnt trigger until the second animal was in front of it.

p.s. my avatar is a pic from the tascos

[predatorpro]

they say to make sure its not in direct sunlight i always to try to keep mine in the shade but mine isnt a tasco

[Button Nubbs]

they say to make sure its not in direct sunlight i always to try to keep mine in the shade but mine isnt a tasco

i was suprised i didnt have more washed out pics after reading about the cameras. i only had 2 and they were both from elk sniffin the camera i set one of mine facing north and one south.

[Heredoggydoggy]

they say to make sure its not in direct sunlight i always to try to keep mine in the shade but mine isnt a tasco

i was suprised i didnt have more washed out pics after reading about the cameras. i only had 2 and they were both from elk sniffin the camera i set one of mine facing north and one south.

Mine is facing the sunrise, but in the shadow of another tree.  Might get some glare from the rising sun, but not for long.  This is going to be a fun learning experience.

[Button Nubbs]

this is my first time playing around with trail cams and it turned out pretty good. I went out and added another camrea to the fleet this is just what I need, another hobby...

[OlympicElkJunkie]

Thanks everyone for the ideas. I don't eat Jack Links jerky so I'm pretty sure it's not Sasquatch. I'll work my way through Arrowheads list and see if I can get some fur next time. I also better check the sensitivity although I don't recall a setting for it on this camera. If I figure it out I will try to remember to repost.

Thanks again!

[seth30]

Use something to stop them in front of the camera.  Check to see if any braches above the camera sway in front of it in heavy wind. 

[DBHAWTHORNE]

I personally dont know about the Tasco, but I know I ran into the same problem with my cameras the first few times.  A few things that triggered mine were
1.  Smaller tree that moved with the wind gusts.
2.  Smaller vegetation in front of the camera that would trigger it when the wind gusts.
3.  Placement in relation to the sun. 
4.  The angle of approach for the animals coming into the field of vision for the camera.  Simply turning the camera left or right to catch the approach or departure helped alot.
5.  Being to close to the ground or to an elevated structure (downed log or something).  Smaller animals, chipmunks, birds, rabbits, mice, etc would set it off.
6.  Leaves and cones!  When in a dense area, the moving leaves and pine cones constantly set them off.

When I get false triggers this is usually the problem. Most often the tree I have it on is moving.