Trail Cams
 

I'm thinking about buying a scouting camera. I have my eye on the Non-Typical Deer Cam for $100. Does anybody have one of those? I'd just buy a Cuddeback but their a little too much. Those new Wildlife Eye's that they use on Drury Outdoors are pretty cool but I don't have a video camera.

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I have the earlier DC200, same as the one you are looking at, just last years model. I love it. Easy to setup and use, good battery life, good trigger speed. I have gotten almost zero "empty" pictures and have gotten tons of good pictures.

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Thanks thats what I wanted to hear, I'll probably buy one after christmas.

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Yep hold out till after christmas or the season for that mater. Stuff gets cheap then.

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Getting a Racktracker Digital by H.S. for Christmas, will let you all know how it works

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I would save up the money to get a digital. It will save you money in the long run. No film to buy and get processed just buy a couple memory cards and swap them in and out. I just bought a Moultrie 200 digital yesterday for $166 shipped. It is 3.1 megapixels plus has temperature, moon phase, and time imprinted on the photo.

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Digital is the better way in the long run, however one common complaint I have heard (some first hand some second hand) about digital versions is the trigger speed is slow. My cousin went through 3 different Digital ones until he settled on the cuddleback which he loves. His "criteria" was setting it up in his yard and having his son walk slowly across infront of it. In some cases they got a picture of nothing cause the trigger speed was so slow. The cuddleback he likes, but its a few hundred.

In my case, the film processing is worth it, I have never gotten more than 15 pictures leaving it out for a full week. We just don't have the deer population to get the 100's of pictures some folks get. At $2-$3/roll to get developed (I now only use 12 exposure rolls) I don't mind it.

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I got a CUDDE and it has worked perfectly so far--many,many pictures on the first set of batteries(during warm weather)--put the second set of batteries in it during rifle season,so we'll see how long they last in the cold.

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I use the Stealth Cam and it works okay, good pictures if you dump corn out to get the deer to stop in front of it, otherwise it usually doesnt get pics of deer walking by the camera or you just get a pic of a hind quarter. I would definately go with a Cudde if I had the money.

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I also have Cuddebacks. Yeah they do cost more but, lthink you get what you pay for too. I bought my first one 2 yrs ago and saved up to buy the newest one this year. I just love them and I get lots of great pictures.

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If you had to choose between a Moutrie and Stealth which would you choose?

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Save your money and go digital. No sense in even messng with 35mm anymore. It smells and the cameras make noise that can spook the deer when the film advances. Here's my thought on the matter in another post.

http://http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1347990

Also, my opinion on the Cuddeback is this:

I have a Cuddeback 3MP and IMO the Moultrie GameSpy200 is a much better buy. The Cuddeback does have a fast trigger speed but that is the ONLY advantage I can see that it has over the Moultrie. IMO it's not worth the extra $250.

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I have an older Non-typical DC-100 and it works great. I also have a Leaf River digital and I have to set it up on a corn pile to get pictures. The digital is definately cheaper in the long run but trigger speed is a disadvantge

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I'm leaning towards the one that doesn't flash (infrared?). How much am I going to spend?

Thanks

Jeff