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Morty Kit Instructions:
Resetting the Camera
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If you return to the camera in the morning and the bait has been
pulled, you can either get the photo developed right away or reset
it for another shot. If the bait has been eaten and there are large sasquatch tracks around the camera site, you may not want to leave the camera there another night. Have a fresh FunSaver ready for such an occasion. |
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When you first approach the camera in the morning, take a peek in the lens hole to see if water droplets are visible on the lens. If so, you need to make a skirt around the hole with scotch tape. Water condensation ("morning dew") tends to fall downward, but can drift sideways. A half inch of protruding scotch tape around the lens hole can make a big difference to shield it from drifting water droplets. If the camera needs to be mounted sideways, you'll have to add
more pieces of tape to shield the lens hole better. If there's no reason to remove the camera, and no water has collected inside the baggy, then you can reset it in place. Advance the film and reset the flash without removing the camera from the branch. Use a nail to as a temporary substitute for the cotter pin to hold up the trigger hammer. Pull up the hammer and slide in the nail, into the cotter pin hole. Using your fingernail through the plastic, slowly advance the film wheel to the next photo. Be careful not to scratch a hole in the baggy. Rain leaks in any size hole. When the camera is mounted and snug against the bracket arms, hold down the flash charger button for about 8 seconds to make sure the flash is charged. Sometimes you can see the illumination of the red flash-ready light through the front of the camera's viewfinder window, but it might be hard to see this in broad daylight. |
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| A few things to check before you can leave the trap do its work: 1) Make sure camera is snug against both bracket arms. 2) Make sure the trigger hammer is directly above the center of the gray photo trigger button on the camera. If it's not directly over the gray button, you won't get a photo. 3) Make sure the red rubberband still has enough tension to pull the hammer trigger down forcefully onto the gray button. If there's not enough tension on the rubberband the hammer it won't click the gray button hard enough. If the rubberband is too loose then either replace it, or tie a knot in the end of it to make the loop slightly smaller. That will make it tighter, which will pull the hammer more forcefully.Rubberbands will steadily loosen up and literally disolve within a few days if exposed to direct sunlight. You'll need to replace them every week or sooner, depending on the sunlight exposure at the installation site. After going through the checklist, hang the bait slowly and carefully so you don't yank out the cotter pin. Important note: You can conceal or camoflauge the camera as you like. The photos show an installation without any camoflauge to make it easier to see the process. |
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