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Anyone ever had this happen?
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09/04/17 03:39 AM
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BUBBAJ 115
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Woodsman
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Wood pecker destroyed the lens on the motion sensor on game cam.
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Re: Anyone ever had this happen?
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09/04/17 03:42 AM
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BUBBAJ 115
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Re: Anyone ever had this happen?
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#6877784
09/04/17 06:00 AM
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titan2232
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Hear about them peckers all the time
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Re: Anyone ever had this happen?
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09/04/17 02:36 PM
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Lakhota
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We have had at least four cameras in different areas have the sensor cover pecked out by turkeys.
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Re: Anyone ever had this happen?
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09/05/17 12:54 AM
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BUBBAJ 115
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Thought about it being the turkeys since iam coverd up in them but the cam is 5ft high. So figured it was a wood pecker
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Re: Anyone ever had this happen?
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09/05/17 09:47 AM
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tlk
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all the time - lost 2-3 of them already this year
You can't fix stupid
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Re: Anyone ever had this happen?
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09/05/17 11:09 AM
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Lakhota
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My camera was at lease 4'-5' off of the ground as well. The way we knew it was turkeys was there were pictures of the turkey looking right at the camera doing a selfie. How they are able to do it with the camera that high off the ground is anybody's guess. We are covered up with turkeys as well.
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Re: Anyone ever had this happen?
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09/05/17 01:42 PM
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Double Naught Spy
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This is probably my favorite video on this topic. It is thought that the sounds made by the camera trick the woodpeckers into thinking there are insects inside of it.
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Re: Anyone ever had this happen?
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09/05/17 02:29 PM
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therancher
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I've had several ruined like that. You can buy frenzel lense material and repair them.
I've never had one ruined that was on a t post. Once I quit putting cameras on wooden posts or trees I haven't had any losses.
Crotchety old bastidge
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Re: Anyone ever had this happen?
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#6878915
09/05/17 03:15 PM
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BenBob
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We have had a couple done that way. The last picture on the camera is a picture of the woodpecker looking into the lens and that is it.
Tired, Wired, and Uninspired
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Re: Anyone ever had this happen?
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#6878951
09/05/17 03:55 PM
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Bmnloader
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I have a couple like that myself. Rancher, is that the magnifying lens material you use to replace it?
It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance. Ronald Reagan
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Re: Anyone ever had this happen?
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09/11/17 07:52 PM
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snoopy
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Have had my place since 2011. Not until this year has a dang woodpecker pecked at the motion detection lens. My cams are in a kinda half box, attached with zip-ties and mounted on sawhorses. May have to go the t-post route.
Have had a problem with rats knawing the zip-ties in two.
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Re: Anyone ever had this happen?
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#6886816
09/14/17 02:58 AM
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bigjoe8565
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Found one two weeks ago that had been attacked by a wood pecker.
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