Covert II Trail Cam
 

For some reason or another my original post got deleted so I guess I'll try this again.



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The one in front looks real nice!

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There both real nice. Think of what both of them are gonna be next season. I would shoot either one in a heart beat next season.

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I am amazed that the racks are still intact. Almost every buck that I have pictures of that showed up after the rut are busted up.
Those are some very nice bucks. Hopefully you get pics of them next season with there new headgear.
That is a very nice picture. How do you like the Covert II? How long have you had it? How long have you had it in the cold? How are the batteries holding up?

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Very nice bucks! How are you liking the covert II's? Looks like your are getting some good cold weather experience with them,, how are they holding up?

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Very nice picture It Is!!

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I wouldn't kick either one off my wall!;)

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I love this cam. I have had it for about two months now. First battery test I ran I got 5221 pics on one set. 5 nights of below zero with one night at minus 25 and another at minus 25. It lasted 12 nights. I turned the cam off during the day so 99% of pics were night. In this price range I dont think you can beat it.

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If you like the Covert llwith it's faults you are really going to like its upgraded clone being put out by Bushnell whichwill be available soon and will sell forless. [/align][/align]Bushnell Specs: [/align][ol][*]3 / 5 Mp high quality full color[*]Day / Night Auto sensor[*]Adjustable PIR (low/medium/High)[*]Trigger speed less than 1 second [*]Multi image mode - 1 - 3 images per trigger[*]Temperature ranges / -5 - 140 degrees [*]24 infrared night vision LED's - 45 feet range[*]Runs off of 8 AA batteries for up to 6 months.[*]Video length up to 60 seconds.[*]Requires the purchase of a SD Card.[*]Model 119415 comes with color built-in LCD color viewfinder [/ol]
Thanks,
KorkScrew

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Not sure what faults you are refering to but with 80 units sold and zero returns the faults have yet to show upby me. Hey I noticed that this was your first post. You wouldn't happen to be with HCO?????? You guys are so sly;)

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Feed Man,

No I am not associated with HCO but I can understand your fears and frustrations (as well as your need to lash out at someone). I know you are a businessman and I can only imagine what its like to first get your dealership revoked by HCO thenbe faced with a dwindling marketknowing this new mini Bushnell camera will hit the market everywhere.

Maybe you can fall back on Cudddeback or Predator cams ?

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I know a guy that bought a covert II, he bought from Feedman, he likes the cam. He has one fault about it. After he bought it he went home did a review on the internet and saw that the Feedman had it advertized on the Michigan sportsman site for $19.00 less then he paid for it.

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korkscrew, what do you mean by "Maybe you can fall back on Cudddeback or Predator cams ?" Is there any insider information you can give us if you were with HCO?

I saw this on bowhunting.com and did you copy the features from there about Bushnell?
http://www.bowhunting.com/blog/post/2009/01/10/2009-Trail-Camera-Round-up.aspx

Or did you see it from chasingame here?
http://www.chasingame.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12072

The HCO ScoutView has viewer, Bushnell will sell one with viewer too?




Somehow bowhunting doesn't allow me to use their picture here, but if you click the link below, you can see http://www.bowhunting.com/blog/image.axd?picture=bushnelltrophycam.jpg


Personally I don't like Bushnell, and they sell a lot of trash. HCO is new but I love their SG550. I'm now in the market for some high performance trail cam, last I read somewhere, HCO is working on that too (HCO Pro or something?).Can yousharesome insider info with the public, please?





So Bushnell is also having BMC make SG550 lookalikes for them?:DWhen will they be available, do you know?

Will you guys or HCO be at the SHOT show? What about Bushnell and coverts?

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Feed Man,don't you also sell HCO SG550s? Don't you think it's not a good sign if you trash your vendors? I doubt HCO has that much time to spend on forums - just like you do? As a seller, you really need to be more cautious with your public image if you tend to maintain any. Don't get burnt by your own tricks and keep your integrity as much as you can- my 2 cents.

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Well first of all HCO gave me a choice. Scoutguard or Covert. Iprefer Covert.
Second I'm not sure what you mean by lashing out because I'm perfectly fine with the cams I have.
And lastly the only thing I fear is my crazy ex-girlfriend!

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Yes and these people over there have been big supporters of me for the past few years. I am a sponsor there and it was my way of paying them back. I can do that can't I?

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No I do not sell Scoutguards and can you show me where I trashed them?
You might want to get the whole story here before you jump in.

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Once again, I am not HCO nor do I work for them. I do not sell cameras either. I am regularcamera user and hunterunlike these guys (Feed Man et al)that get on here promoting a camera just because they want to make profits. ie. DLC and friends....

As you can tell, I follow several forums but do not post much.

My statement above only meant that I knew from readingand following his posts for some time that he once promoted Cuddeback very heavily, then promoted Predator, now switched to DLC.As DLC sales dwindled I was simply suggesting that hesell those other cameras to make up for losses. Does this answer your questions ?

Here is Feed Man's post from Michigan-sportsman that got deleted by moderators. This should explain what was commented on above and if this isnt lashing out I do not know what is : (note the bigotry in his post)

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Feed Man, yeah, I want to know the whole story.

I'm leaving for Orlando in a few and I'll let you guys know what I think of these trail cams once I get back. I'd love to see how the viewer works on SG550V, and how the rectangular housings work -IF I seeall of these guysthere at SHOT show!

By all means, I WANT TOSEENEW things for sure:D

CIAO!

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korkscrew, sorry, I didn't mean to offend you!!!

ok, you guys have fun here and I'll try to bring back some news for ya! :D

Gotta run NOW[:@]

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Caution guys, although I see no direct linking, advertising and sales within our forums is prohibited as we have a free classifieds and paid advertisers. Also, bashing of one's product is not permitted either. Now carry on with your regularly schedule program.;)

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Thank you! :)

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thank you, Rob:)

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I certainly hope this Bushnell camera is better than their first attempt at trail cams. It was one of the worst cameras I have ever tried, and gets horrible reviews everywhere I look. I will not be trying anymore Bushnells. They need to stick to rangefinders...

I am looking to pick up 2 cams, and havebeentrying to decide between the SG550 and the Covert II. Both seem to get good reviews butare a lot more SG'soutin the field with proven successthan the Coverts. Anybody know the major differences between the two?

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wow those are some dandys

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The Bushnell should be good as the guts are SG550.
The difference between SG and Covert II is 2 more IRs and slight difference on the FOV. Dont think Im missing anything else. Again, coverts inside is SG. And ofcourse, the price difference and like you said out in the field for almost a year now.........

I saw a pic of the bushnell on chasingame:

http://www.chasingame.com/forum/view...=1&t=12095

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There are several differences in the covert II and the SG550. The biggest is the addition of 2 LED's resulting in better night time pics. At first there was concern of battery loss because of this, but as feedman points out, any loss at all has been minimal. Next is the new case. There has been quite alot of consumer concern with the design of the case for the SG550. The bottom access door does not have a seal. Although there were no issues, the consumers saw it as an issue. The new case for the Covert II eliminates these concerns with a rubber seal around the perimeter of the case. This new seal has laid to rest the concerns over weather proof or not. Also new to the covert II is the addition of a free 2 gb SD card. There are also some other features molded into the case such as a mounting hole for a camera tripod. This allows you to use a tripod to mount the camera where there is not a tree.I hope this answers your question.

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Skin dog is correct in his description dealing with the Covert. Last night I had a long conversation with a friend who has spent the last two days at the Shot Show and he described the Bushnell as having the same features, but it seems Bushnell chose to reverse the position of the sensor and lens to make room for the view screen in their high classed version. The word is they also upgraded the sensor to be in line with the field of view of the main camera lens. This is to correct the problem of missed pictures that was reported by Covert owners.

[/align] The next big exciting news was the release of two new mini cameras coming from Spypoint. The top of the line is suppose to be 12 MP and have a view screen with a ton of features. The $129 bottom of the line version will have switchable flash modules both standard flash and a 35 count IR flash module thatcan be removed and replaced. It will be 4 MP and have I believe a minimum delay of10 seconds. Recon also chose to go mini this year, so it appears this is the new trend that got kicked off in 08 by Scoutguard. The new Moultries are also suppose to be only about half as big as last years cameras. I got to start sticking a few dollars away because my addiction is going to get real expensive this year.


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I've not received any of these complaints. The only thing I've heard of it was from a certain reviewing group that didn't even have a camera at the time they reported this. I'm still not certain they have a camera since the pictures on their site are photoshopped copies of the picture that is in my store. When this was brought to their attention, they chose to ignore it and lock the thread so it would soon disappear...... If there are any customers that are having problems, they need to contact DLC and report the problems so that it can be attended to. They can even contact me directly at [email protected] and I'll make certain it is taken care of.

Thanks

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Nice bucks and pic.

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Talked again with friend a leaving the Shot show and they passed by Leaf River and Stealth and things there looked the same as last year so they did not stop. He stopped back at Recon and that new little cam is called the Viper and is small with external buttons for programming MP rating is suppose to be around 2 MP, no other information except lots about all the new gun stuff displayed.

I watch a lot of forums but have only just started posting. I am enjoying this but let me know if I am overdoing it. :)

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Here is one tested that might help you out..........

http://www.chasingame.com/forum/view...=1&t=12144

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Here is another similar one......... It seems to be the sensing range being wider than the field of view...........

Feed Man [/align] www.fifieldseednfeed.com[/align] [/align]
Join Date: Mar 2006[/align] Posts: 482 Photos: 32[/align][/align] [/align] [/align] [hr] Quote:[/align] Originally Posted by Mid-Michigan Rick [/align] I just went to the chasin'game site and can't find anything about the Covert II camera. Did I miss something?[/align][/align]I didn't see anything either but I typed in Covert in the search and read some of the posts. Seemed to be all positive.

FYI 497 pics last night. Still not one bad pic yet with this cam. I put a fresh set of bats in last night so we'll give it the true test. Also just to let you know I pull this cam every morning so almost all the pics I get are night pics. Maybe one or two just before dark but not many.
Also a note. I have noticed at times this camera tripping before anything is in the field of view. The sensing range is wider than the field of view.
Sometimes resulting in pictures with nothing on but by doing this you have a much better chance of not missing your target as it's passing through.[/align] __________________
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FYI, I happened to complete that battery test. 5221 pics in 12 nights with 5 nights logged in double digits below zero. Regular Energizers.
I also look at the sensing zone as a plus not a problem. I hope they leave it right the way it is.

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i JUST GOT MY COVERT 2 and also agree the motion sensor is wider then the camera. Can I not just put some black tape over the edges to lessen the side to side view??

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You can but I wouldn't. Set the cam to a three pic burst and enjoy. It's really not that big of a deal as some people like to make of it.

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Im not saying its a big deal, just passing along what folks out there are relaying. Some dont mind it and some dont like to have blank pics cutting down on the memory especially the ones that leave the cams out there for longer periods of time. Just some info for you to acknowledge that the sensing range is wider than the FOV. Might be something to relay to BMC for future improvements. Thats something im sure everyone would agree on;)
Just my 2 cents

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I've contacted severalcustomers this week trying to see if any of them are being negatively affected by this. So far everyone is perfectly happy and have not noticed it being a problem. Joe, I never received an email from the one that posted on chasin game. I'm going to have time tommorow to run some test and plan to put 2 sg550's and 2 covert II's side by side and check em at differentdistances to see how big of a difference it is. I'll also run some test with blocking the sides of the pir. BMC has been in discussions with DLC's owner concerning the PIR. At this point with no extensive user feedback it's hard to know exactly what everone wants. What is easy to tell so far, everyone I know using this little camera is in love with it, especially it's performance in cold weather and battery life. Any concerns over diminished battery life due to the 2 additional led's have been eased. Everything I'm hearing tells me the camera gets as good if not better battery life than the Covert I.

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Here is an in depth testing as you plan to do pretty much completed. This should help you out. Pretty thorough with pictures showing application test.............

http://www.chasingame.com/reviews_dlc.htm#dlccovertii

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Hope this is not the way things will be. Set up the Convert 2 on 23Jan and today the sd card will not eject I pulled it out with a pair of pliers 88 pics but will not slide in and lock. No click noise I don't see anything in the slot but then again I don't see how it clicks to start with.