Wis bow huntr, Ive had stealth cams, cudde back and moultrie and none of them even come close to the performance of my reconyx. I would have never spent that much on a camera either had I not delt with all the other cameras short comings. I do have a python cable lock on mine at all times to help prevent it from being stolen. Ive had a moultrie I40 up in the same place I put my reconyx last week. The moultrie has had around 500 pictures a week with a good percentage of them just being shadows or grass moving. I put my reconyx up and in 7 days I had 2085 pictures and not one was an empty frame. Is it worth the extra money, thats up to the individual but it is in my opinion a far superior camera.