I leave cam's out all yr too, Have a few of them with the solar panal chargers, very handy, get over a yr out of battery's in them, and lots of pic's too
BUT have to be careful where you stick them, due to jecks out there with sticky fingers
I just like seeing odd critters the cams being out all yr get me!
I'm also lucky to have so many critters in my yard too,
this little guy comes every nite and sucks up bird seed of my deck, the birds drop, only crumbs mroe or less, but he seems to like them LOL