Browning Trail cam gone haywire

[jerp]

I have had good luck with Browning Strike Force cameras but I’ve got one that’s gone spazmo. Its hooked up to a “Cell Link” that downloads pics to my app every four hours. The camera is about a year old and has done great until a week ago. It has been taken over by the ol’ “runaway camera syndrome” where it’s taking hundreds of pics of nothing. I’ve seen that happen in the heat of the summer but not in cooler weather. Interestingly, every pic shows the temperature at 120- 140 degrees - about twice the actual temperature. (Its in the shade) What do you think? Any fix for that? New batteries? Software upgrade? I know a lot of you run these cameras.

[RobinHood]

Do you have it on a camera stand or a tree? Mine was taking a bunch of empty pics also and I noticed when I would flip through the pics fast on the computer, the feeder moved in every pic. That told me the camera was moving so I built a camera stand to keep the camera more stationary. That solved my problem big time.
Maybe not your case, but just putting this out there.


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[GarGuy]

Probably got the lens pecked out of the motion detector

[jerp]

Do you have it on a camera stand or a tree? Mine was taking a bunch of empty pics also and I noticed when I would flip through the pics fast on the computer, the feeder moved in every pic. That told me the camera was moving so I built a camera stand to keep the camera more stationary. That solved my problem big time.
Maybe not your case, but just putting this out there.


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Yeah, I've seen that happen too but this one is securely attached to a t-post. The pen is clear of all weeds and stuff so it is not being triggered by wind movement either.

[bakin7005]

I have had good luck with Browning Strike Force cameras but I’ve got one that’s gone spazmo. Its hooked up to a “Cell Link” that downloads pics to my app every four hours. The camera is about a year old and has done great until a week ago. It has been taken over by the ol’ “runaway camera syndrome” where it’s taking hundreds of pics of nothing. I’ve seen that happen in the heat of the summer but not in cooler weather. Interestingly, every pic shows the temperature at 120- 140 degrees - about twice the actual temperature. (Its in the shade) What do you think? Any fix for that? New batteries? Software upgrade? I know a lot of you run these cameras.

I have one doing the same thing. I called Browning. They said to send it in and they would check it out so I did. They sent it back and said they couldn't duplicate my issue and said it functions normal for them. Most of it was in the summer months. Its still doing the same thing now but not as often. It also had very few night pics. It worked fantastically last season. Something happened to it that they cannot identify. I'm ready to toss it and go with something different.

[Joe H]

Probably got the lens pecked out of the motion detector

This. Especially if the extra pictures are all in the day time when sun is hottest. Like from 10 until 6ish.

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