I need suggestions on which trail cam to get. I want a high megpix and an SD card thatI can switch out in the field and take the one home. I wand good range. I don't mind spending good $$$ to get the best. Your suggestions please.

Cuddebacks use compact flash cards and depending on which model you want your mega pixels aren't real high on these, at least the no-flash isn't! I have a no-flash cuddeand the pics are great!

cuddeback

Moultrie 4.0
Mine has taken over 300 pics,and it's still at 55% battery.

The cuddebacks are great cams but Ive heard they had some problems. I 2nd the moultrie because its what I use and I love it. Its alsopretty cheap at around $100.00 - 200.00.Why spend $600.00 with all the thieves out there today.

They can't be any worse than Moultrie which (from my experience) has a 75% failure rate right out of the box for a D40 (your mmv).

I am seriously looking into Cam Trakker. http://www.camtrakker.com/ They're spendy ($425-$650 or so) but they appear to be one of the few out there that encorporates a digital camera (Sony) that can operate independent of the housing. And they apparently come with a replacement warranty and a customer service that you can actually talk to. Not so with Moultrie and I'm not so sure about Cuddeback.

I'm new to trail cams also

I have 2 Camtrakkers (a older 4.1 mp model and a newer digital Ranger 6.0) and have well over 100,000 picture between them without a hiccup, and if you want the best, you do have to pay for it.

I have owned a Cuddeback that crapped out before I ever got a picture (which Cuddeback would not make right), and my brother has had a Moultrie that was absolute junk (WalMart did take it back).

I am looking to buy a new camera. I am currently using a Stealth Cam, I used a Moultrie prior to that. My problem is the cold weather. It eats the batteries up. The Stealth Cam uses "AA" batteries and I switched to Energizer Lithiums and they seem to last a fair amount of time in the cold. But as I look at the trail cams now, they all seem to be using "C" or "D" batteries and I haven't seen any Lithium batteries in those sizes. Anybody out there using the trail cams in cold weather (below freezing)? If so, what brand/model cameras are you using and how do they fare in the cold?

Thanks!

buy a cuddeback. i've had mine for three years, and it's been hanging in the woods pretty much the whole time. i've never had any type of problem with it. hot, cold, and i mean really cold, well below zero air temp, sun, rain, whatever. it's without a doubt the best. you won't get a bunch of pictures of nothing, the batteries last forever, as in months at a time, and you will be able to tell what you're looking at when you check your pictures. the photo quality is head and shoulders above the rest of the cameras out there.

somebody show me a picture off of a moultrie or some other brand that looks better than this...