Trail Cameras!
 

i know this post has been on here before time after time but since i cant find it anywhere on here... which is probably just me...
i am looking to by a new trail camera... i want one that can take great pics and the battery life is good. we average about 0 degress in the winter. any suggestions ? i heard multree and cuddeback but some of the reviews arnt so great.....

HCO ScoutGuard
 

I use the HCO scout guard cams and I think they're great. Bought both of mine @ beebusy outdoors and haven't had any problems. They're small cams, so they are easy to hide. I change my batteries out every month (whether they need it or not). Currently getting about 1800 pics a month. I think the daytime picture quality is top notch and the night time IR pics are more than good enough for scouting. Never had a Cuddyback but I sold both my Moultries when I bought these and haven't looked back.

i have 3 moultrie I40s, batterey life is great, but its usually not 0 degrees here. I think cuddebacks have better trigger speeds so my next one will be a cuddeback

stealth cam any "I" models with the external battery!

I will bet that this thread will eventually get cluttered with a bunch of suggestions of cheap bottom shelf trail cams that you can fin more negative feedback that positive.

Before that happens, let me tell you that in the trail cam world you honestly do get what you pay for.... cheap cams are exactly that.... CHEAP!

If you're lookig for excellent cold weather performance, excellent battery life (especially with Lithiums) and a great image quality.... the best of the best is RECONYX! You've got to take a very serious look at them and see why so many have rave reviews. Good luck

I will say this again. I have one of those cheap cams you are talking about, and I swea by it. Sure there are faster trigger speeds out there, maybe even some with better battery life, but I wonder if some of those high end cams could spend 3 days completly under water, laying face up, taking pics of the stuff floating above it the whole time, and still take good pics 2 yars later? Well, my "cheap" Moultrie D40 can, and has. My hunting land flooded one year before I could get out to get my cam, and the post that I had it on tipped over, and it landed face up. It was a steel post, so it just sank to the bottom, and didnt move.

Unfortunately, we deleted the pics that were taken under water. We couldnt figure out what they were at the time, but after I thought about it, I figured it out. The funny part was that when I went out to get it, I just picked up the post, and threw it in the back of my truck, thinking the camera was toast, and when I got home, and checked the card, I found out that it had taken a picture from the back of my truck every time I drove under a tree branch.

Now I should ad, that even tho I am more then happy with my Moultrie, I would like something with a little better trigger speed, so I am saving up for a Cuddeback Capture. I know there are better cameras out there then the Moultrie's, but it does everything I ask it to do.

i see you shoot a high quality bow so you should get a high quality deercam so get a reconyx