Trail camera problem Moultrie brand

[Berditsmen]

I was up at my hunting land the weekend prior of rifle opener to take down my trail camera. I brought my laptop in with me to check right away but there no pictures on it for a weeks worth of time. The battery life was around 55%. I was using the same batteries as last year they were around 75% when I put it up a month prior and assumed I still had plenty of juice left. Has anyone had a similar issue with their Moultrie or other brand? I know I should have put new batteries in that is my own fault. Do any of you leave theirs up during hunting season?

[hockeybc69]

Have you set it up and tested it at home with new batteries to see if it works?

[Berditsmen]

I played with it a little but did not take the time. As I was walking up to take it down it said it was capturing and when I insert the chip the only picture that showed up was from that moment. When I tried to open up the picture on my computer nothing would come up. It also gave a really weird year for the picture like 1969 or something.

[maddowg1192000]

Does the exact same thing my D55IR does. I tried to get an answer from them and the always told me my card was upside down...lol. Mine will work sometime and others it will just say taking and not take any pics. I left it out from mid aug to mid oct and it saved 12 pics in that time and I know of 2 deer that were shot in front of it. Best advice, use it as target practice and go with a different company because I have had no luck with customer service thru them. Good luck with your cam

[Berditsmen]

Thank Cory I heard from a coworker that they have heard other people having issues with Moultrie's. I don't like to hear that their customer service isn't helpful. I will give them a call and let them know that people are complaining about their products on hunting forums to see if that wakes them up. Thanks for all your help everyone.

[Wes Ellis]

Just checked a stealth cam. (When I put it out the batterys were new.) Had it in one place for a week, two pictures of deer four pictures with no animal. Moved it to food plot and checked date ect batterys all most full. as there two weeks. no pictures and batterys did?

[rocstar]

My wife bought me a Moultrie D55IR trail camera last November. Unfortunately I did not get it out in the woods until about 6 weeks ago. I got a few good videos but have found that the unit does not trigger or take a picture unless an animal is less than 10 feet from the camera. I have also found this to be the case when I walk up to it as it will not start "Taking" until I am about 6 feet away. Got lots of pictures of deer hind ends. Far short of the 35' +/- 5' detection range they claim. I sent them an email last Saturday and am anxious to see what type of response I get.

[laker1]

Problem with my moultrie M-80XBLX. The temperature reads like 10 degrees too low in F. Can you adjust that,how are your cams on reading temperature?

[goblueM]

I sent them an email last Saturday and am anxious to see what type of response I get.

Given what I've heard about Moultrie's customer service, I wouldn't hold your breath

[RBuker]

I have three D55IR moultrie cams and had that same problem. I had it set to take a pic and then a video. When it wasn't taking pics I called customer service and got a rep right away. They told me to maximize battery life, set it on still pics if I really wanted to leave it out for months at a time. He also told me that things start getting weak when the battery hits about 65%. I've been changing my batteries more often and when it's cold at all, I change the cam so it takes three stills and not a still and then video. I haven't had a problem with my cams since I started doing that.

[snowfighter]

I have 3 moultrie's 2 55's and a new 50 black flash. This is the first year with any trouble the 55's wouldn't take pictures a couple times this season and by luck found out the SD cards went south put new cards in and worked like new, never thought a card would do some of the things they did. One wouldn't start up the other would't take or show pictures.

[BLACKJACK]

I think that the problem with the original poster was battery life, 55% in cold weather is not enough. I've had good luck with Moultrie cameras, I have 6 of them, a couple of regular D55's and a couple D55IR's, plus an older one and a new M??. The IR's take kind of fuzzy pictures at night but the battery life is outstanding, i can go a whole season with a set of batteries. The other cameras I have set up with external batteries - look around on the net for the external power cord - every time I swap out SD cards I change the battery, take it home and recharge it. I also have salt blocks in front of all my cameras, it will stop the deer long enough for a picture. I regularly get 150-200 pictures in two weeks.

[BLACKJACK]

I also had problems with cheap/generic SD cards, nowadays I only get SanDisk cards, watch for them on sale, you can get 8 gig cards for < $10.

[Code-Man]

Black jack hit some very important topics with his posts. ScanDisks are the only way to go and you also have to be careful that you don't over do the max SD size for the camera. I have been told by salesmen and I have seen it also if you max out your card your camera can run slower and get blurry pictures.

I have 4 cameras 3 are Moultries. I have also had to return about 4 Moultries due to them not working properly. Scheels is awesome for switching them out and sending you back on your way but for some odd reason all my cameras didn't work from the get go instead of crashing later. I usually change batteries when they get down to 30-40% because I don't know when the next time I will be out there again.

[fasternu]

Memory size isn't what is slowing down your cameras. Memory cards actually have different "classes", which equates to speed and quality. A basic, cheap memory card is usually Class 1, with a class 4, 6 and 10. A Class 10 will make your camera "write" faster, and take better pictures as well.

If you look on the cards, you will see a little "swirl" with a number on it, that is the class rating. If you don't see one, it is a class 1.

[HNTNBUX]

I have had 5 moultrie cameras and still have a 55ir and 2 m80s that work great. The two that I don't use lasted longer than I expected and came out when they made the switch to digital. I did send one of the m80s back after it was destroyed by a bear. Less than two weeks later I had a new camera at no charge. I have been completely satisfied with my cameras and moultries customer service.

[Musky Buck]

I'm with HNTNBUX, couldn't be happier with Moultrie, have 2 and the old one you put 1 set of batteries in it for the year and it takes several hundred if not more pictures and they are crystal clear, that camera maybe has taken 10,000 pictures so far. My new one has been really solid also but does go through batteries a bit quicker, I'm on my 2nd set since July, but excellent pictures really, I saw and see my father in laws cuddybacks piled up not in use on his desk, he wasn't happy at all, spent 2x as much as I did, so I decided to go with Moultrie after reading lots of customer reviews and happy I did. Like my father in law said if you get a cuddyback you probably would have 0 issues, me for some reason always end up with lemons lol.

[laker1]

Got a Moultrie 80x and like it a lot. Only thing wrong is the temperature reading is off like 10 to 15 degrees. E-mailed Moultrie and they said send it in. I am just going to live with it as it is. Just wondering does your temperature readings accurate?