deer/trail cameras need help

Can any one sugest one of these that is not to exspencive but works ok? Wife wants it.

(quoted from post at 17:38:16 04/25/11) Can any one sugest one of these that is not to exspencive but works ok? Wife wants it.

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What I can say is what NOT to buy, any Moultrie product! Bought two Game Spy 50's at different times as gifts for family members, in one case they had a question for customer service who was quite rude, and when they found it was out of warranty, would not even assist them! The second was used for a month, the batteries removed, and put away in a closet. When re activated with NEW batteries, it had/has a switch problem, wont stay on, of course "out of warranty"

It makes a differance what you will use it for, if you are trying to catch someone stealing, infared may be needed.

They all have issues, such as taking a picture every time the wind blows a branch, or a sunny day, and a cloud comes along it may sence that as motion.

Few are usable to get a picture of a licence plate that is readable.

My son worked for Cabelas, and sold them............he gave me a line of this crapola when I wanted two for a abandon farmstead.

i have a moultre model 50 that is small and takes great pics, i also have a wildlife industries that works good too, the only problem you have useing them for property protection is the time delay in takeing a pic, they go to sleep to save the batteries and it takes a few seconds to wake up when they sense motion,..but they would beat nothing,..i'm still amazed at the quality of pics they take,...i gave less then 60.oo each for mine,..get a couple you won't regret it it's like xmas every time you download the pics,..and don't forget to get a couple memory cards so you don't have to bring the camera home with you...

I had a bad experience with a Moultrie too. Won't
happen again. I replaced it with a Primos Truth
Cam for about the same price, and it works great.

Got my son a Bushnell Trophy Cam LXT, great camera. Not cheap, but like with most things you get what you pay for. Here's a sample of the quality:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnVwkxjbm7A

i bought some wildview digitals from gander mountain, about 50 dollars or so, and you add a memory card so they hold a couple hundred pictures. they hold 6 or 8 c batteries and last a couple weeks in the winter. heres a couple pics from them

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I have a Wildgame innovations, cheap, works well, got lots of nice photos of deer.

Trigger speed, range and battery life are going to be your biggest concerns. I know some of the cheaper camera have problems when the temps get warmer and I know some camera are better suited for actually placing on trails because of the their faster trigger speeds as opposed to some better suited for bait stations. What I mean by that is, in order to build up enough energy to activate the camera and flash they need a capacitor to give the components enough energy. If it stayed ready to fire at all times you'd drain your batteries to soon. Some cameras are faster than others and if you have a bait station where your subjects are going to be hovering around, you can go with some of the less expensive cameras. When we bow hunt areas where we can't bait and actually want to see what's walking down game trails these cameras either take pics of nothing or a deer's rump. That's where you need a better and faster firing camera that can detect and then ramp up the energy to fire off the pic with or without the flash.

I'd take a good look at either cuddeback or covert cameras. I've got friends with the cuddebacks and they love them. I've got friends with covert and they love them too.

Personally I have a covert that is small, easy to conceal and will take over a thousand pics on 8 AA batteries that will last over a couple of months. I've got pics as far as 30 yards before and it has infrared but as mentioned will put off a red glow when triggered. Price isn't to bad on the coverts either and the customer support is pretty good too.

I have several in use for wildlife and some of my hunting buddies have them. We have used several brands over the years but have all ended up with Cuddeback. I use the Expert model. They are superior to all other brands we have tried.

They take great Day and night shots out to 60 ft and the 4 D cell batteries last for hundreds of shots, much longer than anything else we've tried. They use SD cards which are cheap and can store thousands of pictures. Just get 2 cards for each game cam and swap them out when you make the rounds. Take the cards back to your computer and view the pics (JPegs).

Not cheap, but wish I'd bought this model first.

I was going to tell you how great my Moultrie 50 is. But farther down the post a few others have not had good luck.

I set mine out in January, batteries are still good. Gets cold here in Mid-Mich. It will capture video or 3 "stutter" shots. Low, med, or Hi res pictures.

Works great for me. It costs $59 at Cabelas on close out. Didn't pay a lot, nor did I expect a lot, and it works good. Oh, I did spend $14 to put a 16GB memory card in it.

Now it is no where as nice as the $150 cameras. But it takes nice pictures of deer, coyotes and hawks.

My two cents,
Rick

I have a Stealth cam and a Moultrie. The stealth cam for my money is much better.
The moultrie eats batteries.

Not a bad deal at all.

Not a bad deal at all.


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(quoted from post at 17:38:16 04/25/11) Can any one sugest one of these that is not to exspencive but works ok? Wife wants it.

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I sure hope you, her, or anyone that offers suggestions to this didn't comment on the traffic camera thread against them............
Wouldn't want folks calling any of you hypocrits :roll:

I have to look for the reciept, but I ordered one that works decent for less than 50 bucks from cabellas or someplace.

Dave