hawkeye Report post Posted March 23, 2009 After a week and a half I retrieved my Covert II trail cam. All I had was 57, 20 second video of grass and trees blowing in the wind. I thought it was supposed to trigger off of body heat and movement. Out of 57 videos' not one animal. I have the setting on normal. Hawkeye Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rio Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Hawkeye, How high did you have it mounted? might want to move it higher, also, it's best to have it pointing north/south, with north being the best, as the sunrise/sunset can trigger an event. Also, it's best to clear brush, twigs, tall grass, etc., that is close to it, if the wind moves these in front of it, it will trigger. Remember, these are motion detectors, try to set them so you have a long lane of view to trigger the camera. You might want to post one of your video's, suggestions can be made based on what the video shows. Karl Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted March 23, 2009 If you have brush, branches, grass in view of the camera, and if it's really windy it will definitely trigger the camera, as you found out. The only way to help with that is to think about what will move in the wind when you set up your camera. Try to avoid areas with stuff that blows easily in the wind. This time of year is always the windiest and so it's hard to avoid this problem. I experienced a similiar event a couple weeks ago where I set it up in front of a bush and it just happened to blow hard the next two days and it filled the cam with video of the bush moving. Unfortunately I don't understand the passive infrared sensors well enough to give a good explanation for why they trigger on moving grass. But basically the PIR sensors measure a change in infrared energy in the sensing area from one moment to the next. Perhaps the wind changes the infrared energy coming off the plants as they move. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rtkemp Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Dido to all the above comments. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hawkeye Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Thanks for the info. I have several other trail cams but I have never experienced this amount of false triggers. Thanks for the feed back. These sensors might be a little more sensitive and also I don't think I have ever put cameras out this time of year, but I had to try out my new Covert II. I think I am going to love it I just need to be more carefull about the set up. I am going to spend the month of June in Alaska and I think I will take it with me and play with it a little. Thanks Hawkeye Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
