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

thanks everyone you guys or gals are always helpful...... :) good luck to the people whos season is still going are about to start !

Everybody can talk all they want to about cheap cameras or high dollar cameras. I use Reconyx cameras an have three of them.

The real issue with operating a camera in 0 temps for a long period of time is not the camera but the batteries. Get a good set of rechargeables to go along with your camera of choice.

Opened up a can of worms, didn't ya?

MY preference is the ScoutGuard 550. I've used a number of different cameras over the years and have several of the SG's. Small, great battery life, loads of clear pictures and video, easy to set up.

For night shots, be mindful of aiming properly and distance. Other than that, no problems at all.

Good luck with whatever one you go with and Great Hunting!

I use
 

Moultree ifra red. Own two of them for two years now. Seem to do a good job. $179.00 If it should get stolen it doesnt kill the pocket book.

If you think it will get stolen. Mount it in the tree high.

In Trail Cams you do what you pay for. If you don't have the money to spend on a good cam I guess any Cam is better than none.

I have owned Cuddeback, Bushnell, & Moutries, but once I started using Homebrews built by a friend I sold All my other cams. They are not cheap by the time you buy everything to build one with, but trigger speed and quality pics are as good as it gets. He builds most of the cams for me using Sony P41 cameras.

Lithium batteries are definitely the way to go. When I was running 2 cams in Nebraska earlier this month, the cams were filling the 512mb cards up with over 260 pics in temps well below zero. Battery life was still good even after that many pics and many using the flash. They only take 2 AA batteries as well.:cool:

Dan

Big Daddy12T....I guess I shouldn't laugh but seeing that camera still taking pictures as the water rises just makes me think that that Moultrie was not giving up no matter what! ;) Did You get any Fish pictures as it went under water? Hmmmmmm? :) ;)



I have the Moultrie I-60 camera and It has a very fast trigger speed,it takes some really great IR night pictures and I can set on video and get some really good video of what the Deer are really doing around my area...even got a picture of a Doe running/jumping past my camera and a pic of a Doe kicking a young Spike Buck right in the head!I have read reviews about the the Cuddebacks and Moultrie Camera's and I have read bad reviews about both also,if your going to buy an expensive camera I suggest getting it from a reliable Dealer/Supplier and keep your receipts,all these camera's have good and bad qualities and some of us can't aford to drop $400-$500.00 for a high-dollar camera so we try to find one thats affordable and does a decent job.I bought the Cuddeback CaptureIR Camera and had nothing but trouble with it,poor performance,lousy pic quality and it had all kinds of issues with quality.

About the best way to go would be to build your own quality trail camera,you can get most of the parts through Hags House and build it the way you would want a camera to perform to your specs.I believe their are called Pelican cases and you can buy a digital camera of your choice to use.

I have had such success with my Moultrie I40 that I just bought another one.