I have 4 cell cams out 2 of them seem to trigger way more than the other 2. I’ve been getting multiple shots of nothing but the cubbies sometimes 5 or more shots a day so that adds up. I don’t point them into the sun I beat down the grass that blows in the breeze the same with the branches that move I trim them up too. I set the cameras on low sensitivity but still had to space out the trigger spacing to reduce triggering so much.

Moved a few cams around to the lower triggering spots to see if it’s the location or the cameras, moved some to different angles to see if that helped any. I finally had to move one further away totally after moving it once before this to get it to stop. I went from 10 feet to 50-60 feet away so far that seems to be working. Moved another one to a different tree but at the same distance that seems better but still false triggers some.

The only thing I noticed was even though the branches are not moving it might be the lighter colored material I put on top of the cubbies reflecting light making the cams triggers. When I backed off to 50 feet I thought the picture quality would be worse but it looks like it should work OK but I had few options at that location next to a food plots. I started on a fence post close to the cubby but switched to a different one incase the wire was moving, I moved it to a different post to eliminate the view of the wire. Both post were solid but it kept triggering even on low sensitivity so I made the 50 foot move that eliminated the problem angle but covered the cubby approach better.

Just an FYI to let other camera folks to know whats been tested.

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excessive triggering could also be the wind blowing leaves or shadows of trees moving in the wind.

I’m in a high walled creek draw the wind is only a problem from one direction the shadow thing I don’t know except for the food plot one there are trees everywhere in that draw. But yes some shadows impact the photos at the right time of day I’ll make note of that.

I had 2 spypoints. 1 worked ok, the other 1 would take 1000's of pictures. It didn't matter where I had it or what I did to it. I'd put new batteries in it, they'd last 12 hours. I never found the fix, other than buying tactacams. I know of some others who have had the same problem also.

We use 40 cameras nearly year round. We take approximately 300,000 video clips and images.

In your last photo, there is too much sky which can cause temperature changes. Tilt the camera forward past plumb to see if it helps. Also it will help the infrared light illuminate the image because less is going too high.

Sometimes excessive false images are caused by bird flybys. It happens in some areas.

Shadows have been covered. The angle of the face of the camera should be tilted just a little forward past plumb. Any twigs or weeds between the camera and subject area can cause false images. Weak batteries can cause many false images. Make sure that the camera is not moving from the mount swaying. For those kind of setups, lower the camera to about knee high. Lower equals less false triggering and better image composition. In some locations i place the camera right on the ground to get the desired effect. Ideally, the camera should at least angle towards north, but not always desired. I sometimes face cameras east or west to get the composition that i want at the highlighted time of day, however there will be many throwaway shots. Some cameras are just more temperamental than others.

Try cleaning the camera lens and sensor covers. That can eliminate some issues.

Please report back if anything helps.

I always wonder how many pictures I missing. I've got one tactacam watching an otter toilet right now. It seems to always fail catching me walking by it to check a trap, but gets me on the way out.

B - lower the camera and tip forward past plumb to increase image count. Sometimes the sensor needs to be aimed better.

Shadows, mice, birds, grass, sunlight changes create all kinds of false triggers.

Sure whatever the camera is attached to isn’t moving?

The fresnel lens is sensitive to heat. I have had cameras take dozens of pictures on warm sunny days. I call them heat pictures. When it happens I try to limit it by changing settings to only take one photo per hour. The old Spypoints that you can no longer buy had a much better fresnel lens. SPYPOINT doesn’t care because they want you to upgrade to a paid service. Got to take the good with the bad.

My experience is any wind blown weeds, vines and small trees in the coverage area on a windy day cause a lot of false triggers. I also try to avoid placing them east or west directly as the sun messes with them also. Moved a cell cam today for evening west triggering. Good luck

You can set sensitivity on most of them. Go to settings

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I put the cams on mostly solid trees in there most are not really tall some are thick ones but the wind blows here and at times it really blows in the bad direction in that draw. I have some new brackets to try out it will give me more options now if the brackets hold them solid. I had the one cam on a couple different fence posts frozen solid but they still triggered a lot no other option in that spot.

By moving the 2 problem cams the triggering has cut back will see if it stays in my 250 photo allotment and if the brackets do any good.

They are set as low as they can go.

I'll give it a try. Thanks

When you pull the cards look at some of the EMPTY pics. I had that issue but the card reader showed a ground squirrel triggered it but didn’t show up on cell photo. If just 5 per day that’s not alot. Squirrel are bad for running by or even birds flying in front but get out of the frame

yes 5 a day is not bad, birds are my number one empty picture, I'm sure sometimes I will get just a blur, in the corner

If your cam is taking multiple shots at the same time, might want to compare those pictures closely to see if any subtle changes between pictures, i.e shadows, movement of leaves or grass.
I know my Browning cam pick up what would be considered minute movement sometime the slightest movement of a feather attractor

Started with yotes then a cat working the cubbies then a couple birds and bunnies a few deer now and then just nothing now in the pics. With the chip cams a guy can go frame to frame to notice little changes like mice in the brush working the baits or any branch movement.

I still have some adjustments and tweaking to do but some progress is being made, every time I move a cam I need to align it so it’s exactly where I need it to be. I don’t want to create a window that would miss a catch defeating the whole purpose of using the cams. As it is the added sets require I do my scheduled checks anyway but the cams are fun to follow.


First year I did not use chicken wings on wire/strings as sight attraction.