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Title: Bears not triggering trail cams?
Post by: Doug Treat on September 19, 2021, 02:00:58 PM: Has anyone noticed trail cameras not getting triggered with certain animals? Yesterday, I watched as a bear moved back and forth in front of my camera, probably 3 or 4 times, even walking up and smelling the camera at one point. I nearly got a shot at this bear, but that’s another story. After the bear left, I walked up and the cam took several pics of me but it had none of the bear. My theory is that the thick hide/fat on some bears doesn’t allow the heat sensor on the camera to pick up heat to trigger the shot. Does anyone have experience with this and is there any way to remedy it? It makes me wonder what pics I’m missing out there.
Title: Re: Bears not triggering trail cams?
Post by: durp on September 19, 2021, 03:46:15 PM: Can't say that's ever happened to me coz I get a ton of bear pics...camera is triggered by motion not heat :dunno:
Title: Re: Bears not triggering trail cams?
Post by: Trenton G. on September 19, 2021, 04:56:46 PM: Like mentioned above they are triggered my motion not heat.
Do you have the camera set too high? If the bear is that close he may be too low for the camera sensor to pick up whereas you would be taller and it would detect your motion.
Title: Re: Bears not triggering trail cams?
Post by: woodchucker on September 19, 2021, 05:53:46 PM: We had 1 camera we had to monkey with, angle was too high.
Title: Re: Bears not triggering trail cams?
Post by: Doug Treat on September 19, 2021, 08:04:16 PM: This one is set at 3’ high. They can sniff the camera while on all 4 paws. I get a lot of pics of bears but it appears that some of them don’t trigger. Trail cams use motion and heat sensors so that the wind doesn’t cause so many false triggers.
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Post by: Doug Treat on September 19, 2021, 08:07:56 PM: [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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Post by: Doug Treat on September 19, 2021, 08:14:25 PM: Same camera 2 days earlier.
Title: Re: Bears not triggering trail cams?
Post by: TURKEYFOOTGIRL on September 19, 2021, 09:23:23 PM: i used to have that all the time with certain cameras on a bear bait. barrel would be cleaned out and barely any pics. Something weird happens with bears and certain cameras
Title: Re: Bears not triggering trail cams?
Post by: Doug Treat on September 21, 2021, 12:07:46 AM: Hmmm. 🤔
Title: Re: Bears not triggering trail cams?
Post by: woodchucker on September 21, 2021, 12:13:43 PM: Hmmm??? Maybe it's a Squatch....?? (they're invisible ya know)
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on September 21, 2021, 01:35:15 PM: Happens occasionally on our baits. Usually its user error but occasionally its magic
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Post by: Kelly on September 21, 2021, 01:50:28 PM: Camera is pointed too High plus its uphill from the animal, too. Put a finger sized stick behind the top portion of camera so it points downward.
Title: Re: Bears not triggering trail cams?
Post by: Doug Treat on September 22, 2021, 12:37:59 AM: Update: I don’t know if this has anything to do with it but it looks like my SD card is toast. It doesn’t explain how it triggered for me but not for the bear but, hopefully, the new card will fix the problem.
Title: Re: Bears not triggering trail cams?
Post by: Doug Treat on September 22, 2021, 12:40:52 AM: If the new card doesn’t work, I’ll try magic, finger-size sticks, and I’ll check for big foots. 😳
Title: Re: Bears not triggering trail cams?
Post by: Roy from Pa on September 22, 2021, 05:11:43 AM: Quote from: Doug Treat on September 22, 2021, 12:37:59 AM
Update: I don’t know if this has anything to do with it but it looks like my SD card is toast. It doesn’t explain how it triggered for me but not for the bear but, hopefully, the new card will fix the problem.

Doug, maybe your selfie picture smoked the card?

Just sayen, LOL
Title: Re: Bears not triggering trail cams?
Post by: Doug Treat on September 22, 2021, 10:15:27 AM: Now that’s a real possibility! 😊
Title: Re: Bears not triggering trail cams?
Post by: stevem on September 22, 2021, 11:08:21 PM: I thought this was just my problem. Have checked several elk wallows that have bear prints, but no bear pictures. Plenty of elk pics. For sure I don't know why, but suspect their thick fur has something to do with it.
Title: Re: Bears not triggering trail cams?
Post by: Wheels2 on September 26, 2021, 03:42:53 PM: I was sitting in a treestand and watched a doe walk within 10 feet of my trail camera but she did not trigger a photo.
No I have an excuse for not having pctures of deer.