wiiawiwb Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 I just retrieved a trailcam and 4 days ago, at 4am, the trailcam was triggered by a floating, see-through object that moves about. The trailcam was there for a while and the object is not on any other videos, before or after, from this location. Any idea what it is and what caused it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatFoot Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 The line? Looks like a spider web to me. Attached to a swaying branch on the left side of the camera. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipedalist Posted August 30, 2020 BFF Patron Share Posted August 30, 2020 I have mostly captured the spider web artifacts during daylight in sun but the movement could cause a pir beam to trigger and reflect off of it at night too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catmandoo Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Spider web. What tripped the camera? Look at the lower left corner, by the little tree, for the first few seconds of camera operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIB Posted August 31, 2020 Moderator Share Posted August 31, 2020 I'll go with cobweb. So far as what triggered it initially, could be as simple as the plants moving in the breeze. It could be a bat or an owl moving fast enough to be out of frame before the triggered camera begins to record. Could be something out of frame, either below or to the side. My cameras have a wider trigger zone than what the camera captures. I could hear deer feeding below the camera that were never visible in-frame. MIB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiflier Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Catmandoo said: ......What tripped the camera? Look at the lower left corner, by the little tree, for the first few seconds of camera operation. Yes, something enters the lower left of the frame, and is gone within the first one second of the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiiawiwb Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 Makes sense. Ok, thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catmandoo Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 What MIB posted. Compare the optical field of view angle to the PIR zones / angle of sensitivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWexplorer Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 My job is to watch video cameras all night for 12 hours. Most of our cameras have motion detectors, similar to a trail cam. Spider webs and insects are the most common triggers. The item in the video above was most definitely a spider web. Weirdest thing I saw was in a building that the janitors claimed was haunted. I saw a piece of paper on a bulletin boards suddenly and violently fly off the board and land on the floor. Cameras are always getting tripped for motion in that building when there is nothing visible. It's creepy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiiawiwb Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 I wanted to be sure the artifact wasn't a lens or optical issue related to the trailcam which could present itself on future videos. It wasn't on the video before or after so I assumed that wasn't the issue. It's good to confirm the spider web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipedalist Posted September 1, 2020 BFF Patron Share Posted September 1, 2020 Light wind at times and vegetation does move, the blizzard of orbs is more distracting to me than the spider web; did not notice them the first time . It is cool to freeze-frame bats at night with those cams, my old reconyx could do that quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madison5716 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) Looks like a deer's ear in the first partial second? Who knows. Edited September 2, 2020 by Madison5716 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiiawiwb Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 Madison's observation has resurrected something I've been meaning to try. With hunting season approaching, there are a myriad of scent solutions for sale. I'm thinking of getting doe-in-rut attractant and applying it to an area 30-40 yards in front of the trailcam. Has anyone tried using attractants to lure in deer with any success? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiflier Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 No, because, truth be known, being hauled away while impaled on the antlers of a 250 lbs. bull has never been a scenario I have quite warmed up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWexplorer Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 On 9/2/2020 at 7:12 AM, hiflier said: No, because, truth be known, being hauled away while impaled on the antlers of a 250 lbs. bull has never been a scenario I have quite warmed up to. Male deer are called Bucks. And it doesn't work like that. I've used scent when muzzleloader hunting in Iowa and it was fun to watch the bucks come in with their noses to the ground, but as soon as they detect a human, they are gone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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