Covert camera issue

[denowt]

Anyone have sensitivity problems with their covert?

I set my new one out yesterday morning and got no pics all day.
Sent the command to take a picture on the way home at 7pm and there were coons under the feeder. Camera never triggered.
I noticed this morning that feeder was almost out, so I put more corn in when I got home. Ran off 3 coons, camera never triggered.
It sent me a text when I walked in front of camera.
I changed the sensitivity setting the high and it sent me another text when I walked in front of camera again.
Sent the picture command just now, and there's 2 coons under feeder.
Camera was never triggered by the coons.

Are they simply too small for the camera to detect?
Does the cold affect the trigger range/sensitivity? It's 36 here now.

I don't mind not getting coon pictures, but would like to get pics of hogs. A lot of times the hogs that come to the feeders aren't much bigger than a coon.

Any thoughts?

[denowt]

Here's the picture of coons that I forced it to take.
Shouldn't they be big/close enough to trigger the camera?

[JSAPP]

Not sure. Mine send me coon pics with it on normal sensitivity.

[denowt]

I'm wondering if those few small limbs are enough to "block" the IR.
I hadn't noticed them until I posted this pic.
I'll break them off and see if that helps.

It's only been deployed for 24 hours, but so far, I'm not impressed.

The location feature is pretty much useless.
I plugged in the coordinates it gave me into GoogleEarth, and it says that it is 0.9 mile away from actual location.
That won't be very useful if the camera is ever stolen or lost.

[Blue Tick]

Following. I am looking into these myself for the lease next season.

[JMAG]

Following. I am looking into these myself for the lease next season.

X2

[Double L]

I have no experience with the Covert cams but my experience with other trail cams is that they work better in cold weather. The greater the differential in heat between an animals body and the air temp the better they work. I will be following this as I have almost pulled the trigger a couple of times in the past couple of days on one of these on the Feed and Seed website. Also, I wouldn't think that those limbs would be blocking enough of the detection area to cause a problem.

[az2tx]

Point your camera down a little

[Iansumrall]

How much are the coverts? And it might be the brush in front of the camera blocking the ir

[BowSlayer]

I've never had a problem with sensitivity on mine except for being too sensitive. When I first got it I had it on high and had to go out there after a few days and turn it down. I get pictures all the time of coons with mine on normal.

[BowSlayer]

how much are the coverts? And it might be the brush in front of the camera blocking the ir

$250-$300

[Das71198]

My covert takes pictures of coons all the time. It is on the normal sensitivity level

[Double L]

I've never had a problem with sensitivity on mine except for being too sensitive. When I first got it I had it on high and had to go out there after a few days and turn it down. I get pictures all the time of coons with mine on normal.

One of the things that I read on the reviews was that this camera has a pretty incredible detection range as far a distance and angle. Makes sense that you would have to turn the sensitivity down.

[denowt]

Pointing the camera down a little was the fix.
I got coon pics all last night and just got a squirrel pic.

[Plain Lucky]

Pointing the camera down a little was the fix.
I got coon pics all last night and just got a squirrel pic.

Very good to know, especially upon looking at your pics above that were failing to trigger the camera. Those pics failing to trigger on their own indicate that the sensor is dead center and/or just high of center.

I'm running 6 of these cameras now and really like them. The battery life and reliability are far superior to most other cameras (mainly Cuddeback captures) that I've used. The main issue that I've had is as others have mentioned and that is they are sometimes too sensitive, especially during the heat of late summer. I keep mine on normal sensitivity and it doesn't seem to miss a bird or rabbit one which I like.