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What is the model? D55? If you have 2 years of service out of a D series cam...then you did good. I'm not super familiar with the D series once it went to C batteries, but I'd look for a hard reset button or a secondary battery (most often the are flat round ones). Gander's pricing on cams sucks. The only good cam for the money there is the Spypoint G4 and the Eclypse. I wouldn't waste money on cams there, even with points. Better off using the points for better priced items at Gander and spending the loot on a cam where it is cheaper.

Grow, buy a 2012 Covert. Hands down best cam line across the board for 2012. You can find some deals on the MP6 for about $100-$110 in some spots. Very easy to work with on warranties too. How far out of warranty was the Moultrie? If you got two years out of the cam and spent $100, then that's great in my book. Remember, these are cams without coated electrical components in the elements. Getting moisture in the cam can be caused by a few things...I suspect water or moisture got trapped when the cam was last opened. The other is a leak from a seal, sometimes a small leaf matter can do it. Other times, diurnal pumping can do it, which to be honest is most prevalent at this time of year. If you have condensation, take the cam - place in a giant ziplok with dessicant or a small bowl of rice. You can also leave the cam open inside, but with uncoated internals, getting the water away from them faster is better imo. Look for a reset button on the Moultrie...some models have them (M80/100 do). Some also have a secondary battery that keeps time, and when that dies, so does the cam until it is replaced. If all fails, look at a 2012 Covert.

Animals, and humans for that matter, will do some wierd stuff for food, survival, shelter, etc. Argubaly even crazier stuff for mating. This is more a thread for August/Sept. isn't it, anyway? We should save this one and bring it back up when everyone is really testy!

I don't even want to tell you how many times I forget my headlamp. I usually walk in w/o a lamop until I absolultely need it. Consequently, the days I forget it...are also the ones I get a face full of spider web. Yuck.

I am not walking a mile down the road at 430 a.m. dressed in camo with 20 property owners in between me and where I can hunt. LOL.

People give deer too much credit of having human characteristics and abilities when it simply doesn't exist. Teddy Roosevelt was a big supporter of this back in the day, called it the "bambi" movement. Go figure, Disney comes out with such a story/tale later on. People that try to protray human characteristics onto animals are more likely to be PETA supporters imo. A goldfish has a memory of 10 seconds or so. When it is full from eating, it thinks it has been full all of its life. When it is dying, it only knows death. A deer is obviously more well-designed, but the premise is the same. They only know how to survive. That's it. Period. Now, there is nothing wrong with appreciating an animal who has skill sets designed into them that are superior to ours and us having a desire to overcome their abilities by sending a sharp peiece of metal exploding through their chest cavity at 2,200 FPS, or a sharpened broadhead through the heart and lungs. Nor is there anything wrong with slapping their loins on a grill. Nor is it being amazed at their will to live, their innate ability to ensure their survival, nor the pity of their struggle. We can both respect and desire to kill the same animal. I choose not to kill deer from my deck when they are there inthe back yard. That said, I drive a mile down the road, spend countless hours and more money than my better half knows, to kill one there.

Again, their fear of the dog is overridden by another aspect that you are not identifying and automatically saying they "learned" something...deer don't learn - at least not in a cognitive sense (if I do A, then B, but if I don't do A, then C). They survive based on instinct and hardwiring.

Can't see the forest for the trees. You keep trying to put human characteristic on an animal. Stop doing that and look at it. They're not "learning"...they're surviving. Survival is the driver. If a deer sees a hunter in a stand, the next time it encounters such a situation, it is instinct. The deer goes into fight or flight, which is an INSTINCTUAL condition. It just so happens deer are hardwired for flight. Such animals don't have the frontal lobe to process this stuff. It just isn't happening in the brain. Animals are slave to food, water, mating, and cover

Again, you are giving too much credit to an instinct built into an animal. Goats are naturally (read instinct) inquisitive and slaves to their stomach - I imagine you have seen the crap they can eat. Nothing more complicated than that. You associating with a goat watching a human, then internally processing the image before them, cognitively processing the procedure, rationally weighing the pro vs. con, and then doing it. Seriously, it's freaking goat that wants to eat.

I think you are over-thinking it Grow. It's food and security. They either have security they need, and/or the food they need. Could be food is overriding their fear/security need at the time they stick around there. It's really not rocket science, deer are not humans and lack the ability to logically make decisions.

Grow - you are looking at it one way, but I think there are rational things to consider. Bold 1: You say it is a learned behavior, yet you say goats are miserable to contain. Why? Innate behavior, that's why. Bold 2: You assume they learn that it is safer? How are they learning? Could it not be that goats are normally social animals, animals that seek additional warmth, protection, etc. It's just as innate. You are just assuming that this is reason why the goat is doing what it is doing. I think it is just a goat being a goat.

Good lord, reasoning? They are deer. Take the deer off the pedestal. Some people just have to project human abilities onto animals, I don't get why that is so pervasive.

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ATL pic. I was goofing figuring there was no way I would be able to take a pic with me and the sheds ATL with a lousy cell phone camera.

Found a tree shed about three-four weeks ago 30 yards from these sheds. It was about 3 feet off the ground. I was talking to Moog mid-sentence when I saw it.

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St. Cloud is in MN.

lol. great job! great reporting! It's for MN, I believe.

but I'll take them in sheds!

Not rocket science...food is overriding security in this situation.

Yuck, not an easy situation. Even more tough because of the kids age. Itll work out.

Thanks for all of the kind words. Didn't make much sense that they would deny it, but they did initially, even after I called and appealed. I work for a large company and I am lucky to have access to senior leadership. Was chatting with my boss (a Director) and she made a call to our VP of HR at 4:15. 15 minutes later...got a call from Express Scripts. They apologized and stated that it should indeed be covered under the plan - and that it shouldn't have been denied in the first place. Going to get the prescription and the new formula first thing tomorrow from the doc's office and the pharmacy.

Not possible in this situation; although it is our genetic child, my better half was not pregnant. Her sister was a gestational carrier. Tough titty said the kitty when the milk ran dry.

BCBS and Express Scripts

Soy causes constipation and aggrivated her acid reflux. She was on it for two weeks, as well as Nutramagen, which is very "processed" animal protein formula. The Nutramagen is what works best OTC, but still causes the issues. This prescribed formula is one step beyond the Nutramagen as the doc described it. Nutramagen is $26 a container and lasts 3-4 days.