ORIGINAL: jbowersox
Is there any chance there is overhanging branches near the camera? It could be a long spike but it's hard to tell. The frame rate for trailcameras hasn't caught up with the digital picture technology of the still pictures yet. It would be great if you could get close to the standard video quality frame rate of around 30frames per second. You would easily be able to tell what that deer was if these cameras could record at that speed.
That thought crossed my mind as well.