I appreciate the fact that you don't want to put a lot of money into something a bear may tear up. If you don't want to put the money into a good camera then you will give up something.

For example the last two weeks I had my Moultrie 200 and one of my homebrew cameras at a feed trough. With both cameras pointing to the same place and with the same 5 minute delay the Moultrie took 48 pictures while the homebrew took 88 pictures. This is commonplace for the Moultrie. For some reason it just misses pictures.

I've also noticed the same thing with the Cuddeback before it quit working.

This and trigger speed are not the only variables though.

You can take a look at our digital trail camera reviews at the website listed below or if the odds are pretty good that a bear will soon tear it up you might want to just get the cheapest one that you can get your hands on.