what is this?

[smstonypoint]

You have 2 pans out there already. Put cat food in one, and corn in the other one. If the cat food disappears, it's a cat. If both tins are emptied, you have a pig. If both are empty, and the aluminum tin is eaten too, you have a goat.

I like that. Instead of engaging in idle speculation, apply the scientific method.

Steve

 

[prichard]

You have 2 pans out there already. Put cat food in one, and corn in the other one. If the cat food disappears, it's a cat. If both tins are emptied, you have a pig. If both are empty, and the aluminum tin is eaten too, you have a goat.

That assumes that one animal is the only thing to feed there. If there are coons they'll eat anything.

 

[Shaneard]

That assumes that one animal is the only thing to feed there. If there are coons they'll eat anything.

You have taken the camera away from the pans. If the camera is still on pans it will capture photos of whatever is eating said food from pans.

 

[Kenneth in Texas]

thanks for the looks at the pic! Looks like about 50/50 as to a cat or pig. I can see everyone's points but still im not convinced which drives me crazy!

The pans are out on the back of our land about 2 acres away from the house, wife throws the food scraps back there fairly often as she likes to have the game camera take pics to see whats coming around and she has came up with some amazing pics over the last couple months, mainly foxes, raccoons, opossums and a few coyotes. Strange thing is some pics where all species are eating out of the pan together at the same time which i thought would never occur.

 

[SirReal63]

To me the image looks like a good excuse to buy a trail cam with better resolution.

 

[Kenneth in Texas]

To me the image looks like a good excuse to buy a trail cam with better resolution.

believe it or not that camera usually really takes some nice sharp pics, even in the dark, but not this pic :mur:

 

[TomSeller]

I think it is an elusive pallet on the move.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

Looks like a cat to me with a white rear paw, the laminated part I think is the eyes as it's quickly turning its head, the body looks more like a pig but legs look like a cat.

But I agree with comancheflight it's most deff Bigfoot based on quality of pic.

 

[Leejohn]

Now you made see a pig.

 

[dfh1977]

To settle it this is a house cat by the fur. I have a cat that we first thought was a maine coon but it was just a huge house cat. I have one

 

[Xfaxman]

Looks like a cat to me with a white rear paw, the laminated part I think is the eyes as it's quickly turning its head, the body looks more like a pig but legs look like a cat.

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I agree, that was the first way I saw it.

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[scdeerslayer]

Strange thing is some pics where all species are eating out of the pan together at the same time which i thought would never occur.

I've got a picture from a corn pile with a small buck, a raccoon, and a coyote in it. Yes coyotes will eat corn, usually they grab an ear and take off with it, but they don't do it very often. They eat lots of fruit too. I had to stop putting out pears for the deer because the coyotes would eat them all and keep the deer away. The main reason I started getting trail cameras was to find out why the pears were disappearing but the corn wasn't and I wasn't seeing deer anymore.

 

[scdeerslayer]

The glowing streak is definitely an eye. I've got no idea what the creature is though. I think the biggest issue is the poor flash output of the camera where the edge of the good flash is where the animal's head is.

I always set my cameras (other than the ones on time lapse) for multiple pictures for each trigger so that hopefully with the sequence you will get at least one good picture of what it is. With the invisible or "black" flashes any movement at night will lead to poor pictures. It was the same with the original IR flash cameras that had the bright red glow but not as bad.

 

[RPW]

Where's the tail? If cat is moving then tail will generally be upright. Pig on other hand may not be seen. I've seen a lot of pig activity around my deer feeder in the past. This year I'm not hunting my property but will next year.

 

[Kenneth in Texas]

seems to me it sure has a big front leg if its a pig?

 

[MossRoad]

Looks like a tiny little elephant....

 

[Citydude]

Heavy set kitty cat.

 

[Xfaxman]

Some image search pictures for those like me that are not familiar with game camera pictures.

Feral pigs:

 

[MossRoad]

 

[Egon]

Ant eaters!