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Old 01-12-2004 | 10:33 AM
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Default Another stealth cam question?

I recieved a stealth cam as a christmas present this year. I've had it out for a couple of weeks now, so yesterday I decided to go check it and see how many pics had been taken. To my surprise, all 24 exposures had been taken and the counter read 29. I rushed the film to the nearest 1hour photo to get developed. An hour later to my disapointment, I found that only two of the pics had deer in them. The other 22 pics were of nothing but an empty trail and some brush in the background. Why is this? As suggested I made sure not to aim the camera to the east or west. The random pics were taken at all hours. Some late at night and some during the middle of the day. If they were all taken at first light or just after sun-up, I would have thought it was due to the raising temp. The camera I have is supposed to detect out to 90 feet. I have it set on the long range setting. There is some thick brush approx. 20 yards in front of the cam. Could the cam be detecting heat from an animal on the other side of this brush? Also could movement from windblown limbs or other inadvertant movement like leaves being blown around set off the camera? Like I said, I'm a rookie at this, any insight will help alot. Thanks
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