|
Forums46
Topics537,971
Posts9,731,239
Members87,052
| |
Most Online25,604
Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
 Woodpecker/Game-Camera.
#6099443
12/24/15 06:46 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 810
Bittercreek
OP
Tracker
|
|
OP
Tracker
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 810 |
Have had Game-Camera out since Sept. Very good Photos.
Checked it today. The film over the lense. Is shredded out. Looks like.
Sharp instrucment poked several holes into it. Lense, itself; is shatterd.
Camera was 3' off the ground. Mounted on T-post. Opening 20 yards from feeder.
No trees or Ceder around it.
Thoughts?
Thank you.
|
|
|
|
Re: Woodpecker/Game-Camera.
[Re: Bittercreek]
#6099490
12/24/15 11:46 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296
stxranchman
Obie Juan Kenobi
|
|
Obie Juan Kenobi
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296 |
Raccoons or woodpecker. What did the card show? All cameras make barely audible noses that critters can hear. They are curious and try to find out if it is a meal inside.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people? ![[Linked Image]](http://neoswarm.com/images/Bug_Crawling.gif)
|
|
|
|
Re: Woodpecker/Game-Camera.
[Re: Bittercreek]
#6099624
12/24/15 02:12 PM
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 8,239
Double Naught Spy
THF Trophy Hunter
|
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 8,239 |
A buddy of mine lost a game camera to a woodpecker. I wasn't sure I believed him, but did a Youtube search and found this... According to the folks who manufactured my buddy's camera, the woodpeckers hear the mechanism inside the camera and apparently think they are hearing bugs inside, sort of like they do with trees. So they peck away, trying to get at the bugs...
|
|
|
|
Re: Woodpecker/Game-Camera.
[Re: Bittercreek]
#6099647
12/24/15 02:23 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 347
TX Hitman
Bird Dog
|
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 347 |
Woodpeckers. Have replaced numerous cameras because of the same issues.
|
|
|
|
Re: Woodpecker/Game-Camera.
[Re: Bittercreek]
#6099695
12/24/15 02:57 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,030
d.g.ruff
THF Trophy Hunter
|
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,030 |
When I worked for the phone company running trouble, I found several hard plastic enclosures they had pecked thru. It was plastic every bit as hard as game cameras. One had even made a nest inside one. And you should see what they have done to my chimney at my house! It looks like Swiss cheese!
Mmmm Hmmm
|
|
|
|
Re: Woodpecker/Game-Camera.
[Re: Bittercreek]
#6099978
12/24/15 06:13 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 10,521
retfuz
THF Celebrity
|
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 10,521 |
When properly grilled, Wood Peckers are deliciious.
|
|
|
|
Re: Woodpecker/Game-Camera.
[Re: Bittercreek]
#6100323
12/24/15 10:20 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 698
rogerh
Tracker
|
|
Tracker
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 698 |
I've lost about $400 of cameras to wood peckers luckily I have been able to repair a couple of them.
|
|
|
|
Re: Woodpecker/Game-Camera.
[Re: Bittercreek]
#6100601
12/25/15 02:07 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 810
Bittercreek
OP
Tracker
|
|
OP
Tracker
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 810 |
Thank you for all the response.
Been hunting 40yrs. This was my first Gamecamera.
Makes sense now.
|
|
|
|
Re: Woodpecker/Game-Camera.
[Re: Bittercreek]
#6104065
12/27/15 05:34 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 11,534
rickym
THF Celebrity
|
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 11,534 |
Build a cage around the camera with welded wire.
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|
