Hey all, I have some questions regarding the Moultrie Edge 2(non-pro) cameras! I picked up a 2 pack of them, and set one up with 16 lithium batteries and one with 16 alkaline batteries.
I hunt blacktail in western WA, so my cameras are set up in pretty thick timber. I have no cell service with Verizon where I hunt(only 10 minutes from a town with 5g), but ATT service map shows that they have 4g/5g where I hunt at. One of my cameras(alkaline) reflects this as it connects quickly with “weak” signal, but the other one(lithium) really struggles.
Anyways, I left the cameras in the woods about a week ago after both showed being connected, and by the time I got home(about an hour later), “lithium” was disconnected, and “alkaline” has been on and off connected, but usually connected.
I said heck it, they have internal memory and will send me pictures as they’re able to.
“Alkaline” has off and on sent me pictures and always sends my daily test image at noon on the dot, but when I went in hunting yesterday, it showed no sign of triggering me walking in front of it, for about 10 minutes. I opened the front and it showed connected. It’s been 24 hours, and I’ve received on demand pictures I’ve asked it for but it never sent me the pictures of myself that it should have taken.
“Lithium” was completely dead after 7 days(there goes $30 in batteries) and even after I brought it home where I have 5g service and put new batteries in and fired it up, it never sent me any images from its “internal memory”.
Im looking for others advice or experience with the cameras’ actual internal memory capabilities and if that has worked for others. And any input on why my working camera never took any pictures of me in front of it. And am seeking any ideas of how to move forward. Perhaps the thick canopy of blacktail habitat is the match-maker for cell cams lol!
Thanks all!