Goldenrod

[Doc]

I just found out how well goldenrod can trip off a trailcam when the wind is blowing. 44 pictures and only two that were actually triggered by deer ..... lol. I guess I have to go down and move that camera :-[ . Too bad, it looked like a real good trail and that was the only tree in the area for fastening on the camera. Oh well ..... live and learn.

[33Canuck]

Weeds and branched you will learn need to be clear or the wind will kill you.  The flash and IR also bounces off clutter so it's always good to get that stuff out of the way.  The key is do it with a brack or something so you don't leave to much human scent or you will usually only get one pic of each deer from that point they will avoid the setup

[WNY Bowhunter]

Yep, the first thing that I do after setting a cam is knock down all the weeds, grass or anything else that may unwantedly trip of the camera.

[G-Man]

well at least its the digital camera age...i learned the hard way with 35 mm film cams...they worked great but it was a tough lesson all the pics of nothingness and lots of money on developing..... still have 4 or so around..will let them go cheap... 

[wdswtr]

Yeah and apples falling off the trees ca mess with your camera too.  I had 138 pictures of nothing but a ground with more and more apples on it every picture lol.

[Geno C]

that will deff trigger it. some of these cameras have some sensitive motion pickups

[Single_shot]

That really sucks...the first time I set one out I had umpteen million pics and thought Holy Crap! This is gonna be great! I get home,plug the card into the pc and had umpteen million pics of a branch! Ha!

[growalot]

G-man I take those and put them up near the property lines where I know ppl sneak in usually all they have to do is see them up in the trees and it helps stop them from coming any farther

[Geno C]

ive had a camera with a defect before... took over 3k pics all taken in the same day. took the cam home set it up in a room with nothing in it and had 3k pics again. the camera would just take pics every few second uncontrollably...