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I am new to the world of trail cameras and I have a question. I am using a Moultrie Gamespy with a 35mm camera. I checked the camera today and all the pictures were taken. YIPPEEE!!! I hastily took the film to be developed and found three pictures of deer and 21 pictures of nothing but the woods. (Note: Deer were all night shots and the others were day shots) Can anyone tell me what is causing my camera to trigger when nothing is there?

Thanks in advance.

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I had some of the same problems with my old 35 mm cam. I now have a digital game cam. I still have some of those nothing pics. With the digital it can old a 100 pics vs the roll of film in the35 mm cam that when it ran outI was done. Plus the hassle of going to Walmart to get it developed. Inow carry my laptop when I go hunting and simply swap outthe flash card and get to see what in the wood much quicker and without as much frustration when my cam is full of empty pics.

I would guess maybe the wind could be triggering not sure. You know when you get the film developed you dont have to pay for the pics you done want. At least that is Walmart policy.

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I kind of figured the common answer here would be "don't be so cheap and get yourself a better camera". I did find a drug store by my house that will develop my negatives for $2 and then I can choose the pictures I want to buy. It only takes them 10 minutes. Maybea digital would be my best move.

Thanks

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my camera does that too, it could be that it didnt trigger fast enough to catch what was there or a limb could have been swingin in front of it

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if you put it on too small of a tree, when the wind blows the tree, the camera moves with it and it thinks something moved in front of it. birds that fly in front of it will also set it off.

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I bought Moultrie digital camera from Cabela's and it works great, plus it was only a $100.00. I got some pic's posted if you want to see the quality.

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My camera will not work

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Dont know how you had yours set but I used to get a lotta those type pics to.I started setting mine up just a little higher, 4 to 5 ft up and tipping them down a little bit towards the ground, it seemed to help, a lota times the light itseld will set the darn things off, last week I had mine on a light pole and even tipped down just the shadow from the pole when it moved across in front of the camera seemed to set it off.

Couple days before that I set it in a nice open area where nothing would bother it in a guys yard that feeds the deer year round.I failed to notice they had marked the gas line across the back with those little plastic flags, every time the wind blew I got pics of them:D

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Plus the digital cameras can take up to and beyond 1000 pictures . So you can set it to take more than 1 at a time .
Charlie

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Ill 2nd the moultrie digital cam. Its a good cam for little money. Its definately worth it in the long run. I bought one and like it a lot. Especially if your on a budget.

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I would not recommend that you buy a Moultrie based on my experience with poor customer service. You'll spend hours in frustration on the phone waiting to speak with customer service.

If I were you. . . .I'd go to the nearest sport shop that sells digital trail cams. Ask about their return policy: if you buy a camera and it's DOA out of the box will they exchange it for a new one? If they'll do that, then THAT'S the place you buy your camera.

I'll never buy another trail cam online. Four Moultries, 75% DOA out of the box. One in four worked, and I'm not so sure that one's reliable. I'll know more next week.

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The old cameras are sensitive to heat. The reason you are getting blank pictures during the day is when the sun comes up the heat sets it off.

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I just bought a digital one from Wally World. I too had some nothing there pictures, about 10 before an eagle showed up. One little problem that it has is when you insert the memory card with the little swith on it set to "unlock", it thinks that the card is locked. I had to move the switch about 2/3 of the way towards the "lock" position to get it to work. Using a 128 mb card, I can get 720 pictures of nothing on the low quality setting. For a $100 I thought it was a good deal. Another $50 and you can get a little viewer that you can take with you to view the photos on the spot.

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I buy nothing but moultrie there good camera's

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HighBall5,

I believe you are correct. The camera is facing east. Most of the "nothing" pictures are in the morning when the sun is just coming up over the trees to warm the camera. I have another camera out that is facing southwest and it does not have near as many blank pictures. I will try moving the camera to face another direction to see if it helps.

Thanks for all the responses to this post. You guys have really helped out. I have several pictures (mainly of small bucks and does). I do have one picture of what I believe is an old buck that may be on the downward side of things. What do you think?
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q309/OKDucks/9.jpg

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Sorry guys!!! I know the above picture is poor quality but it is the best buck I have on camera. I am hunting a 1,000 acre ranch that hasn't been hunted in 15 years. All of the activity is still at night right now. It has been hotter than normal here in Oklahoma. I am just glad to be hunting an area that has the potential to hold some older deer. Here is another pic from the same camera.

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the problem with your camera is that it doesn't say cuddeback on the front of it.