what is this?

Xfaxman · Dec 13, 2016

BrokeFarmerJohn said:
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 · Dec 13, 2016

Kenneth in Texas said:
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 · Dec 13, 2016

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 · Dec 13, 2016

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.