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Originally Posted by ContainerTed
Trail cameras are used by hunters to get pictures of animals such as deer or a sasquatch by taking a picture when there is movement within a certain distance from the camera. I do see your frustration with this one. But, I've also seen a raccoon climb all kinds of fences and still do their damage to the guarded zones.
If the leaves that are having broken stems are large, then sometimes wind can oscillate them and cause breaks. BTW, a good trail camera only costs about $55 to $100 bucks and can give you much more in value with knowing what the prowler, or the perpetrator, really is.
I used one in my garden to determine that I have more raccoons than I can battle on who actually is the real owner of my corn crop (or at least my intended corn crop). One row of corn (~ 50 plants) against what I think was about 20 critters who didn't want me to have them. I gave up and bought corn at 4 ears for a dollar.
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Thanks for the clarification about the cameras, Ted. Raccoons climbed the fence last year the night before the corn was ready.
Don't know what they'd be after by the potatoes, and I think the damage would be greater. Each affected plant is losing 1 or 2 branches/day, gradually going up the plant. Think I need a mini-motion camera focused on 1 potato plant!
We had a couple of days of wind/rain, but the breakage has been happening for about 2 weeks and most days/nights have been relatively calm...nothing out of the ordinary. The damage, on the contrary has been consistently increasing despite the weather.
Btw, corn here is $7/dozen!