Well guys, I may just give up on digital game cameras and go back to the "old" 35mm units. Yesterday I woke up to about 30 turkey in my food-plot in my back yard. I was pumped up as I figured I would take my Cuddeback 3.0 and my Trail Mac Digital (fresh back from the company) and set them up in hopes of getting some bird pics. Well, I set them up at 1:30 p.m. with brand new batteries in both units. After work this evening I decided to just check the units for the heck of it.

When I opened the lid of the Cuddeback and pressed the menu buttons there was no response. I tried putting in new batteries and nothing again. I pulled the memory card out and went over the to the Trail Mac. I open it up and find that it is still working properly. I go to view the pictures and the batteries (Energizer rechargeables) are entirely dead (I had just pulled them out of the charge the day before). I put new batteries in and find that I had one picture. I brought the memory card up from my Cuddeback and found that it had 500 pics of nothing. The camera started taking pictures as soon as I set it up and didn't stop until the memory card was full. I am not sure if this fried the unit, but like I said it won't even turn on now.

The Trail Mac Digital that I sent to the company is still having battery life problems and my Cuddeback 3.0 just entirely gave up on me for no reason. I am gonna try some different batteries in the Trail Mac and hopefully find some that last longer and Cuddeback will be getting a call from me tomorrow.

I am seriously considering going back to the 35mm film units. Sure, I gotta buy film and pay to get it developed but geez, I never had any problems with my $65.00 cheapo Stealth Cams.[:@][:@][:@][:@]