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Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
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08/04/12 08:20 PM
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Rob Lay
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1. Batteries die 2. They take pictures of grass blowing 3. They aren’t in focus 4. Not quick enough “that was a Booner whitetail tail!” 5. Memory chip fills up 6. Memory chip corrupts 7. Night pictures are too dark 8. Night pictures look like a white wall 9. Not properly aligned 10. Forget to turn on 11. You spot clown man in your woods! 12. Deer licks your lense 13. Hog or deer rubs off your tree 14. If Moultrie the LCD screen dies
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: Rob Lay]
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08/04/12 08:25 PM
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redseal
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you notice one picture of corn on the ground then the next is an hour later and all the corn is gone but no pictures in between
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: Rob Lay]
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08/04/12 08:27 PM
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stxranchman
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15. Bought one of the newer CuddeCraps. 16. Coons like to remodel their look and how they are attached. 17. Forget to unlock the SD card.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: redseal]
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08/04/12 08:27 PM
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Rob Lay
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you notice one picture of corn on the ground then the next is an hour later and all the corn is gone but no pictures in between LOL, that's dissolving corn. 
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: redseal]
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08/04/12 08:28 PM
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stxranchman
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you notice one picture of corn on the ground then the next is an hour later and all the corn is gone but no pictures in between You must have one of the new Cuddy's 
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: stxranchman]
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08/04/12 08:45 PM
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Justin T
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SD card slot exploded. 
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: Justin T]
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08/04/12 08:49 PM
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stxranchman
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 Rayovac batteries leaked acid. Not once but twice in 2 different cameras. 
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: Rob Lay]
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08/04/12 09:08 PM
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kamolaw
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Hope this qualifies...you find out your hunting spot has a new owner when you pull up and your food plot has been turned into a roundbale with the rest of the hayfield it bordered, and the new owner's hayfarmer takes a dump under your feeder on camera when you check the sd card back at the house...it was a bad day cause it was a great free hunting spot. 
I dont shoot innocent animals...only the ones that bare thier teeth at me... Semper Fi
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: kamolaw]
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08/04/12 09:22 PM
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stxranchman
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Hope this qualifies...you find out your hunting spot has a new owner when you pull up and your food plot has been turned into a roundbale with the rest of the hayfield it bordered, and the new owner's hayfarmer takes a dump under your feeder on camera when you check the sd card back at the house...it was a bad day cause it was a great free hunting spot. I would have taken that pic and posted it at the local feed stores and tractor dealers!
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: stxranchman]
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08/04/12 10:46 PM
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Nogalus Prairie
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You forget to move it from "test" to "On". 
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: Nogalus Prairie]
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08/04/12 10:54 PM
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bigtex46
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Its attached to a small tree and the winds blows 30 mph for 3 days straight. 4,000 pics "wind"
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: Rob Lay]
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08/04/12 11:06 PM
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pafree
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lots of birds. big ones and little ones and a think a extinct one.
the dew on the night pictures show those cross the path spider webs very good.
feeder lights won't let the IR go off and get dark pictures.
Last edited by pafree; 08/04/12 11:07 PM.
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: pafree]
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08/04/12 11:47 PM
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duckingarrow
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#1-Somebody thinks they need them more than you do and just take them. That is the biggest problem I have had with two of them.  The rest of the problems seemed minor compared to that.
 You can't fix stupid but you can numb it with a 2x4
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: duckingarrow]
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08/04/12 11:55 PM
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Novemberyet
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A new house is going up in your development and a Mexican takes a shakah-kahn with your camera on "video mode".....That's actually when it goes right. (who's camera was that btw?)
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: Novemberyet]
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08/05/12 12:30 AM
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BAR940
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You actually fall for all the hype behind cuddeback and buy 2 and your $60 wildgame innovation is a thousand times better.
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: BAR940]
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08/05/12 12:41 AM
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Stompy
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I bet no one has had this happen..Went to check mine the other morning and a cow had knocked it off the fence,,then pissed on it. At least she didn't step on it I guess.. I have it a lot more secure now,, 
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: Stompy]
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08/05/12 12:58 AM
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Csddarden
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I bet no one has had this happen..Went to check mine the other morning and a cow had knocked it off the fence,,then pissed on it. At least she didn't step on it I guess.. I have it a lot more secure now,, Found one of mine off it's mount and face-down in manure this morning. Guess the cattle have been rotated back to the ranch... Also found one to have no memory card in it (good job doubledrop14).
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: Csddarden]
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08/05/12 01:36 AM
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Brando-Commando
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when the cows decide to rub against the same post that the camera is mounted to and you get a glimpse of the "dark side" of another cow
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: Brando-Commando]
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08/05/12 01:42 AM
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Nightbird
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Better yet when the cows decide your camera is a salt lick
James
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger" Friedrich Nietzsche
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: BAR940]
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08/05/12 02:46 AM
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TXHOGSLAYER
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You actually fall for all the hype behind cuddeback and buy 2 and your $60 wildgame innovation is a thousand times better. X2
LETS GO BRANDON
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: TXHOGSLAYER]
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08/05/12 05:04 PM
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Mopar 512
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I have a WGI camera that has a flaw I actually like. The pir is so sensitive it take a picture about every 2 minutes during the day. I don't know what is triggering it but actually it is behaving like a plot watcher in the day and works normal at night. A 16 GB memory card will fill up in about a month. When something moves across my property a few hundred yards out (in the crp) I will get a picture of it.
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: Mopar 512]
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08/06/12 10:38 PM
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Pooba
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Friend goes into blind to hunt. Sees a Axis Buck. Aims with buck fever at Axis buck. Pulls trigger and blows your game camera into a hundred pieces with a direct hit.
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: Pooba]
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08/06/12 10:51 PM
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Pittstate
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The worst cameras of today are a million times better than the best cameras just 10 years ago. Anyone remember putting in 35mm film???
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: Pittstate]
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08/06/12 11:44 PM
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stxranchman
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The worst cameras of today are a million times better than the best cameras just 10 years ago. Anyone remember putting in 35mm film??? Yep. I can remember having to line up a sending unit on the laser and a reflecting unit. Two piece TC systems with an active motion sensor. I still prefer the older TC when the digital cameras in them much better quality pics with the flash.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Game Cameras - when it goes wrong
[Re: stxranchman]
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08/07/12 12:02 AM
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rifleman
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they can;t get the blur under control with the IRs..
Used as a crow roost and they poop all over it.
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