Help with Stealth Cam

[kearneyhill]

I know...I know. I shouldn't have but I did. I bought 2 stealth cams at Walmart for $67 each. Anyway, I left both of them at different funnels for 3 days. Went back today to check. The first camera had taken 14 pictures. Turned it to test and waited for it to rewind. It didn't, so I hit the manual rewind button. It did briefly, but then nothing. Opened trap door to check. And sure enough it didn't rewind all the way. Started to pull out the exposed film and it pulled the "Do Not Place Past This Line" yellow tag with the plastic feed strip. Now I have heard of some people who have said to take out first. But the directions do not mention this. Some have experienced the same problem that I have had with manual rewind. Please Advise... Went to the second camera. It said 26 pictures. Of course only 24 available. Turned it to test and hit rewind. It did for awhile but very sluggish. I had to hit it 2 more times before I was satisfied that it had rewound enough. Opened trap door and it needed an inch or so more to complete. Pulled out film and went ahead and pulled out the plastic feed strip. Took film to Wally World and got 23 great pictures. The first one was ruined because it still needed to rewind an inch or so, remember. Anyway, any help over the plastic thing is much appreciative. Does it rewind by itself after 24 exposures or not? Thanks...kearneyhill