looking for relatively cheap camera under 250 is there anything you can recommend or had good results with? how are the moultrie cameras?

The newest Moultries seem to work ok. Some versions have a lot of problems. You can find the latest versions on Ebay. I have read a lot of good advice a www.chasingame.com a "consumer reports" kind of place for game cams. They have reviews and tips for many commercial brands and talk about home brews too.

try this game cam forum http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/...p?showforum=50

they have game cam reviews at http://www.jesseshunting.com/reviewp...at.php/cat/226

Here's an even better game cam forum

http://hagshouse.ipbhost.com/forums/...p?&showforum=4

I got a virus the last 2 times i went there. no thanks. they keep getting hacked by someone.

I've tested two versions of the Moultrie and they have both been the worst or near worst of the 13 that I have tested. From my experience I could not recommend them.

For a cheap unit you may look at the Wildview Xtreme II. I've only been using it for about three weeks but so far it is useable for a camera that costs only about $100. I do not know how well it will perform over the long run. I've had the original Wildview for about 6 months and one of the switches seems to be getting a mind of its own. These scouting cameras are cheap and are made cheap.

I'm currently buiding a digital scouting camera myself and if you are interested you could build a real nice one for $250 or less. Building your own isn't for everyone but if you are interested take a look at http://www.pixcontroller.com.

On the other hand you can buy a real nice unit for a little more than $400 and I think Pixcontroller has one for sale for about $300.

After all of this wind, my advice is to build or buy a good one.

you get what you pay for. cheap cams are exactly that. CHEAP. not only do the cheaper cams waste more batteries but the quality of pics and shutter speeds are horible. go with a good digital around 300 to 400 and you wont be sorry. or you can buy the cheap one and learn the lesson. then you will spend twice the money learning your lesson cause you will end up with the better one when its all said and done

Basic Moultrie work great I have pics I can post if I ever figure out how to make them smaller. If you want to see e-mail me and I will send some.

I agree.......

Register at Photobucket and you can upload them there. Once you have them uploaded you can post them on your messages. This picture was taken from a Moultrie Game watcher 100 and is high resolution. I have it hosted at Photobucket and as you can see here the site allows me to post it here. I hope this helps