First photos...

Here are a few of my trail cam photos. I am a bit discourage though, I bought the Moultrie D-40 and it has a feature where it goes into sleep mode and apparently it doesn't have a wake up mode. All the photos we got were from two days, both being the evenings after we were there. Then it seems the stupid thing went into hibernation. Does anyone know anything about this camera? Is this a flaw or can it be fixed with a setting change? Any info would be helpful.

Thanks,

Brandon
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MuleyMadness
Never used your cam, so sorry can't help but thanks for sharing at least you got something on cam. :)
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bc.pse
Well my D40 did the same thing I put new batterys in it and it hasn't had a problem since of idk good luck.
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Buckmaster
Nice pic's :thumb Also looks like a great place for a stand, Have you got one hung yet?
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bc.pse - thanks for that info, I'll try that. It does say that the battery life is 85%, were your batteries new like that or dead?

Buckmaster - I haven't bought a tree stand yet. I hope to, but I may run out of money before that happens. Too many darn things to buy.
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bc.pse
[quote="Bowtech43"]bc.pse - thanks for that info, I'll try that. It does say that the battery life is 85%, were your batteries new like that or dead?

No Sorry mine where dead....If I'm understanding right, you left your cam all set up and ready to go and then came back and it was turned off? Thats how mine worked then I just turned it on again and changed battery's.....sorry if this doesn't help..
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i have had that same problem with one of mine the last two weeks. I will have to try changing the batteries and see if that helps.
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Yeah, the problem is that it goes into "sleep" mode to conserve battery, then doesn't wake up when an animal walks by. I may have to take it back to Cabelas, but beforehand I'll try changing the settings around and also the batteries.
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firefighterbraun
I got the same camera that you got but I haven't had the problem that you are talking about so not sure what to tell you. I'm loving the Moultrie camera though. My buddy ending up getting one and trading his Bushnell in cause he was having lots of problems with his. Hope you keep getting some pics up. I still need to get some of my pics up here. Best of luck this year!
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I too have that same cam, i havent had that problem its worked very well up till the batteries die. dont know what to tell ya, hope you get it figured out, great pics so far.
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nuttinbutchunks
The pics I have posted are from the same camara, the Moultrie d-40. I haven't had a problem with mine yet. I saw a Tasco camara at Cabelas today. I took notice 'cause they were small. I don't like their scopes, but maybe their camaras are worth a rip.
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Well I went up and checked my camera today and much to my frustration the only thing on it were 3 photos of my buddy. He had checked it a week earlier, it took three photos of him and went to sleep and never woke up... Stupid thing! At least there are loads of tracks and action around the trophy rock. So I took it back to Cabelas and they exchanged it for a Moultrie D50 so here's hoping. So far it's been functioning properly around the house. If something can break it will. I'll keep you posted.
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nuttinbutchunks
I went up to check mine at that water hole and found the batteries died without taking a single pic. I also found another camara at the same hole. I'm wondering what I should do about that. I won't wreck another man's property, that I won't do. He may be souting another season anyway. He'll be disapointed if he's looking for deer lol , as there aren't any 'cept those martians (spikes), and a couple of does.

I thought I had the place to myself #-o

Oh well, so much for public land.
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Nuttin - that's really annoying. I thought I read something about that in the mandatory trail camera 101 course we all have to take... Unless he just plain didn't see yours. I guess you'll have to head deeper into the backcountry if you want some seclusion. And that sucks about your batteries, nothing like excitedly heading up to your camera only to find out that it had been inactive.
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nuttinbutchunks
"Bowtech43" wrote:Nuttin - that's really annoying. I thought I read something about that in the mandatory trail camera 101 course we all have to take... Unless he just plain didn't see yours. I guess you'll have to head deeper into the backcountry if you want some seclusion. And that sucks about your batteries, nothing like excitedly heading up to your camera only to find out that it had been inactive.
 Well, my plan is to leave a note inquiring what his intentions are. In a worse case scenario, I'll just get there earlier than he does and wait up the hill for the elk from where they come from. If he's looking for deer, he'll probably move on when he finds nothing but does.
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Well after 3 days of testing my new D50 in my house I think I finally have a functional camera. Now hopefully I can figure out what's coming in to my honey hole. Funny how excited I am to have a camera that actually works. I guess I just took that for granted before... (???) Anyway, I'm heading up tomorrow to put it back up on the mountain and then hopefully I'll be able to post up some more photos.
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flbuckhunter
Great pics, thanks for sharing. Looks like an awesome spot.
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Well I took my son and we got my new camera set back up. But check this out. We got to my honey hole around 8:00 pm and spotted the biggest deer I have seen to date on the hill about 200 yards above us. What an amazing animal. Looked every bit of 30" and just a little above us. A typical 4x4. Hopefully I can get him to wander through now that I have a functional camera and post him up. Man I love this time of year!

=D>
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nuttinbutchunks
Amen! Brother. Go gettem.
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