Cold weather?

I bought a Moultree 4.0. Loved the quality of the picture, however in the cold weather it would always stop functioning. (It always said the battery was dead) Is this common with every one's cameras? I returned it to cabela's and want to buy a new one but need one that performs in the cold. any comments would be helpful.
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9er
my guess is the cold weather drained your battery, i have been wrong before though

9er
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bigbuck92
"9er" wrote:my guess is the cold weather drained your battery, i have been wrong before though

9er
Oh yes you have been wrong plenty of times. Remember that one time when we were talking about grannys shakes and you said it was the bestest ever and im like yup then im like i wonder if they still taste the same under new management and your like they aint under new management and im like ya huh and then you said nu uh. Well ya...You were wrong :) woah. Maybe i have my hat on to tight. whooooo knows.
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I know the cold weather is draining the battery, but is this common in all other trail cameras?
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AntlersOutWest
I have the same thing happen to mine. I wrapped my battery in a towel and insulation, it helped a bit but the cold does drain the battery, and slows down the reaction time on the flash. I take my cameras down in the winter, not worth the wasted time tring to deal with it
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MTredneck
It doesnt drain mine and i have a moultrie 4.0 gamespy, but then again mine runs off of a 6volt battery too.
This yr it got down to 19 and it went down A TAD, still it took 114 pics in 4 days
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nuttinbutchunks
I have a Wildview, and in the manual it says the temp range is between 14 and 104 degrees. I set mine out after Christmas and it did the same thing. After it thawed out it worked fine with the same batteries. Electronic devices have temperature ranges in which they work. If you notice the ATMs at banks work slower in the winter, that's why. I think your cam will work OK after it warms up a bit. I'm chompin' at the bit to get mine out. Almost time. =D>
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