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bowman

bowman

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......about myself! About three and half weeks ago I put my Scoutguard out over a new trophy rock in an area of the property that I don't hunt. I held myself back until last night. When I got there the mineral was gone and there was a large hole in the ground, plenty of activity. I was excited to find that the card was full. I hurried home to view the photos.

The card was full alright, full of photos from last March and April.:confused: I had apparently failed to clear the card when I placed it three weeks ago. :mad:

I'm sure some great bucks posed infront of my camera over the past several weeks, all the time the camera is sitting there dormant! Dang it!
 
At least you turned it on....i put one over a phenomenal scrape once and checked it 2 weeks later to see that it was still off:thrwrck:
 
I had the exact same problem a week ago but it turned out the moultrie was at fault. 3 weeks, over 150 events, and it didn't put one picture on the card. Ticked to say the least.
 
Been there man, set mine up over a site that had been getting nailed. Decided to leave it for two weeks to minimize pressure and I had forgot to turn it on.

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There was for sure a giant 200" monster that came there dozens of times. that location also had a 190" with drop tine that frequented it. If you put it back out, they probably will turn off that location and go elsewhere. :)
Bummer man, been there, done that!
 
Been there, done that. The worst is when the card is fine, the batteries are fine, but you forget to turn the camera on. DUH!
 
I put a camera out for 2 weeks and forgot to push the memory card in all the way. Filled up those 18 pictures on the camera memory though =)
 
Been there done that!! I hate when I leave the camera in player mode. It only takes once or twice to correct your mistakes though
 
Wayne,

Thanks for the uptick in my ego. Couple weeks ago I pulled my Bushnell from my best private spot after about 4-5 weeks in the field. Batts were dead and I think I left it in setup mode rather than camera mode. No new pics and a dead set of $20 lithiums. Felt like a real dipstick - :mad:. At least now I know I am not alone.
 
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Three weeks ago I park my truck along the road and walked half way into a 2 ½ X 2 mile section to place a trailcam on a certain tree that I had used in the past. I reached the core area that a mature buck has been hanging in for at least 5 years that I know of.

My plan was to hang the trailcam on a known faint buck trail and come back in three weeks and pull the cam out. I didn’t want to disturb this area any more than needed.

I walked back in and pulled the trailcam last Sunday. :)

As most of you have said, I forgot to turn it on…………….but I didn’t figure that out until after I got home??????
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Ya, that bites. Like everyone else, I've been there, so don't feel too bad. Another lesson learned the hard way.
 
Wow, you guys are really making me feel at home. I think I have only "not turned it on" 1 time and it was only there for a week. :) I however, have stuck a card from my other cameras into my cuddeback and walked away only to comeback and find it saying CAM ERROR becuase the card wasnt formatted right.
OR I used to be able to pull my cuddeback cards and stick them in my Leaf River to view pics. I sent it in for repair a couple of years ago and the next time I tried that trick it deleted 64mb of pics over a scrape. I about smashed the camera against my head which I was hitting against an oak tree.
 
Just don't forget to put an arrow in your bow when that 200" or 190" come in and every thing will work out.
 
Man, I feel a little better to know that I'm not the only one! I still have visions of huge bucks infront of the camera that was trying to take their photo.
 
welcome to the club. Welcome to my world. I had a tree the size of a telephone pole ripped up like no other in front of the camera, and had no card in the camera.
 
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