RE: What brand of trail cam do you use?
TrailTimer. I have 2. My trailtimer photohunter is really good on batteries, hardly ever misfires and there is no noticeable delay forthe picture to be taken once motion is detected. I have a stack of pictures over 2 feet long with those two cameras. The only problem I had was when a raccoon went nuts on it and tore everything apart. It broke a little piece off that I was able to super glue back on. My photohunter has been in the woods non-stop for3 years.
I bought a leaf river and absolutely hated it. the delay to get the picture taken was incredibly long. i returned it. So, i was really shocked to see in this pole how many people have the leaf rivers. this was a couple years ago, but it was junk.