RE: Good Trail Cams
I've tried 4 different digi's and I'll the only one I would really recommend is the bushnell 119200. It will cost about $150. It's got excellent trigger time (only about half second delay between motion and picture being taken). It doesn't false trigger (at least for me). pic quality beats the stealthcam wd2 hands down! will take more pictures of actual events then any other cam i've seen. also, runs for quite a while on 4 d batteries. down sides: flash is kind of poor, 30 second delay between events (most cams let you choose 1 to 10 minutes)
wildview 2.0 (only $99). takes good pics but it has a 5 second delay after motion before pic is taken. runs on 4 c batteries and eats them up in a couple weeks. easiest setup of any cam ever!
stealthcam wd2 - ($169) in my experience I get about 60 false triggers between valid pics! terrible pic quality (and i mean terrible!). this is a popular cam but i don't get why!
cuddeback - DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY! I can honestly say that I think the bushnell is a better cam then any cuddeback!
one thing i've noticed from all digital cams i've tried is they have serious problems taking good pictures at dusk and dawn. they tend to way over expose pics. sometimes i only get white pics with nothing else in them. that's the time when i'm hoping to get buck pics and the cam performs the worst. argh!
If you would consider a film cam you can't go wrong with the TrailTimer EZ-Cam ($130), i've used TrailTimers for 6 years and i can't say anything bad about them, anywthing! Well, the origional PhotoHunter let a lot of water in and eventually required repairs after about 5 years of non stop use and several raccoon attacks. I recomend them to everyone! If you have a scanner at home and don't mind scanning pics and emailingthem to your buddies it might work out!