Trail Cam repair

[fasteddie]

I put one of my Primos Black Flash cameras in the back yard to test it . I was getting some crappy pics and thought it might be the glare from the snow messing things up . . I took it off of the post and brought it in the house . Took a good look at the lens and it looked like some cotton inside the cam . Took the 12 screws off the back ( found out I only needed to remove the top 6 ) and discovered where ants or something had left a small mess . Put some Windex on a q-tip and cleaned the plastic lens cover and lens . Placed the camera in one of the windows to re-test it . If that works , it was rather a simple fix .

A couple old cameras that I took apart were a pain to put back together due to rubber seals , etc ..

[fasteddie]

I will be heading to Geneseo tomorrow to check out 2 trail cams and see if my Hub Blind on the Quad Pod got trashed over the winter months . It will probably be a rough walk but I need to get outside and see what's in the woods and my hunting area .

[greg54]

Sounds like a good idea Eddie, the weather going be almost 50 tomorrow. I might head to my sisters tomorrow and check my cam. I haven't been into woods back there since December. I left my ground blind out there and i am sure the snow flattened it.

[fasteddie]

I had cut part of the top off of a Golf Ball retriever and used it to prop the foof of the Blind . I am hoping that it dis the job and is still up .

Anyway I am anxious to check out the Trail cams .

[Curmudgeon]

When some of my Moultries start acting up, I put them on a sunny windowsill or hang them over the wood cook stove for an extended period. That often straightens things out. This has resolved electronic problems and internal fogging. 

 

I've never had ants in one.

[thphm]

Could have been Spiders or Earwigs they both love to get inside of things also had some in one of my cams and the little box on the tel. pole that  the tel. wire connections. I have to clean that one out every few months.

I also have to pull one cam from where it has been for some time and check it out.And get it ready for the winter weather coming back this weekend.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Don't forget the snowshoes Eddie. Their's still 16 inches of snow on the level here, with a crust  just enough to almost support body weight; then break through to ones knees.

[fasteddie]

I hung a Trail Cam on a wild cherry tree once and ended up with ants in the camera . I could see them through the lens cover on the housing . I sprayed ant killer in the battery housing , placed the cam in a double bag and sprayed in the bag . I put the whole thing in a bucket with a snap lid and sprayed some more . Ants were dead .

On another camera , I put some cotton balls in the battery housing and put ant killer on them . No problem even though I saw ants on the tree outside the camera .

[phade]

I hung a Trail Cam on a wild cherry tree once and ended up with ants in the camera . I could see them through the lens cover on the housing . I sprayed ant killer in the battery housing , placed the cam in a double bag and sprayed in the bag . I put the whole thing in a bucket with a snap lid and sprayed some more . Ants were dead .

On another camera , I put some cotton balls in the battery housing and put ant killer on them . No problem even though I saw ants on the tree outside the camera .

 

Next time if they get in...put the cam in the feezer overnight. No need to spray chemicals into the cam then.