Another draw back to the game cam II (which I own and love by the way) is it' s distance. I believe, tho I' m not certain, that the distance at which it can detect movement/heat is not as far as the $450 cams. BUT (and this is a big BUT) we' re talking hundreds (millions if you talk old mexican pesos) of $ in difference. I love mine. All you have to do is bait (but then you' ll wonder if you found a trail or you lured ' em in) or just be certain of the trail, scrape, rub you found and set it up close enough to get the shot.

For the money i think it' s an incredibly good buy.

But let me tell you about what I almost got: www.fieldpix.com

that website has all the stuff to " do it yourself" and make one of the $450 cams for around 140-150 (after shipping, for the camera I wanted anyway). But that' s if you want to venture putting it together yourself or having an experienced friend do it. You don' t get a warranty and all that good stuff, but the reports on the website are that you end up with a good camera for less. If everything went according to plan you could end up with a much better game cam then the moultrie game cam II. For me, it was just TOO BIG of an IF.