I started out with a Trailtimer Photohunter, it is a 35 mm and It is the best 35mm Ive ever used, but I dont even know if you can get them anymore, it is about 6 years old, and has taken hundreds of rolls of film. I also tried out the cheap Stealth Cams but didnt like them at all, I had lots of problems with them, I went through 4, finally gave up. Then I tried the Moultrie 35 mm Game Spy and it worked well, but really used up batteries fast, had to replace them almost every time I changed film. I now have a Cuddeback 1.3 and I love it, it has paid for itself many times over, and is easy to use and I get around 1200 pics on a set of batteries(4 ds). If you can find someplace selling the leftover 1.3s you can get a pretty good deal, but most places are selling the new 3.0 megapixel Cuddebacks. I just got one of the new Moultrie digitals from Wal-Mart last week, So far it is super easy to operate, takes pretty good pictures, and with the rechargeable 6 volt battery it will definitely be cheap on batteries too.
I think my first recommendation would be to go with the Cuddeback, it is just a very high quality camera and I love mine so much, but if you think of the fact that you can buy about 3 or 4 of the moultries for the price of one cuddeback,, well you decide, they are both good and serve the purpose well.

The 35mm cameras will usually take some of the clearest pictures you will ever see, and you can just scan them into your computer, and then share or whatever you need. However, i would really advise you against getting any 35mm camera unless you can develop your own photos, which few people can. I still have a stealthcam 35mm that i dont use and am going to sell next summer. I didnt get a digital last summer when i bought the stealth because i didnt want to spend the money. However, since then, i have bought two packs of 800 speed film at about $12 a pop, and then have developed those 8 rolls for a total of about $65-$70 to get them all done. With my camera, out of the 24 pictures, usually somewhere between 14-18 would be good, so over time i probably got somewhere between 120 and 140 pictures for about $80. That means was paying, and still would continue to pay about 60 cents per good photo. Since i have got a digital, which was also a cheap one, the Bushnell VGA Trailscout, i have got 168 pictures in the last month and a half. I would say that probably 3/4 of them are good. So in all reality, i have got more pictures with my digital, as i have with my stealthcam...except i didnt have to pay 80+ dollars!! Now i will be honest, the picture quality is not as good as the stealth, but all i want the camera for is to see what is out in my area, which trails are popular, etc. This camera, even though it is only 0.3 megapixels, does everything that i need. I am currently on my second set of batteries, which are 4 "C" batteries, and believe that i probably get 3-4 weeks off of each set of batteries....sorry this is so long, but im just tryin to help!! good luck.

I have the basic Stealth cam...model MC2-G. I actually have two of them that I use at various locations. I have no complaints about it and would probably choose it again because of my situation. At $60 I am not going to be that upset if it is stolen and I hunt heavily pressured public land. With a more expensive model, be it 35 mm or Digital, I would be more than a little ticked if someone walked off with it.

i use rock salt and mollasses to stop the deer for pic. just put a little pile of rock salt down. pour half a 1 pound coffee can of mollasses on top of it.seems to work for me.