Best Trail Cam Bang for the $$$
 

Best Trail Cam Bang for the $$$
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Thinking of getting a couple cams after xmas.
Whats the best deal on a decent cam??
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RE: Best Trail Cam Bang for the $$$
 

wildview

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Moultree 4.0. Nothing too fancy, but gets good battery life, can take up to a 2 gig sd card, and I've got em as cheap as $69.00 at Cabelas

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i agree. my grandpa bought 6 of them because they were cheap and they take pretty quality pictures. i like them

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My Moultrie has a push button on/off andis fine until it gets cold, it seems to turn itself off on a cold night. My Wildvied has a toggle on/off and seems to do much better in the cold. Pretty equal otherwise.

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Moultrie D40 is (in my opinion) the best low-end camera on the market, but it depends on where you plan on placing it. These cameras do not work well on trails because of the "Sleep Mode".All of mine are placed around food plots where deer are for a longer period of time. I currently have two of these and will be at least doubling that soon.

For true trail cameras, it can get alittle pricier.

I would suggest that you check out Chasing Game. The person/people that run thsi site do a lot of extensive tests on most every commercially available camera ont he market. From what I can tell, these are independent studies. Use the board on thate site to see what owners (people that have spent money on the cameras) say. This site is pricelss.

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I have a seathcam I540IR and it takes pretty good pictures until it gets really cold then it seems that it goes to sleep. Maybe its just the batteries they were in the whole year.

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Moultrie all dayI recommend a IR model

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It depends on what you are going to be using it for. If you are putting one over a bait source I would say the Stealth I590 for around $100 is the best bang for the buck right now. I seems to have a better sensor than the D40 does and takes higher quality pictures and records the temperature and moon phase on the photo all for about $10 more than the D40. If you want an all around camera that will also be useful on trails I would recommend the Scoutguard 550 at around $200.

I've personally used 2 different models of Moultries (3 different cameras), 2 different models of Stealthcams (4 different cameras), a Bushnelland a Scoutguard. I keep my cameras out 24/7/365 so things like battery life and durability are important to me.

If you really want to know and hear about folks that have a passion for trail cameras, check out www.chasingame.com the entire site is dedicated to trail cameras.

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Moultrie- definately. Best deal and always took great pictures.

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when you go out looking for you trail camea rember the higher mega pixels the better camer

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Tell me more about the Scoutguard. I think I'm gettin one for Xmas. But don't tell anyone cause it's s upposed to be a secret. (grin)

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I bought a Scoutguard about 6 weeks ago. Nice little camera (and I do mean little!)
Minuses: 1. Night pics are in black and white due to IR 2. IR range is less than some others (but you would need to spend $400 or more for them) 3. Strap that comes with the camera isn't really long, probably good for 20" trees or less
Pluses: 1. Size and Weight. So small and light you could pack it in with you in your pocket 2. Battery life, 6 weeks and over 3/4 battery life left, the majority of this was in 30 degree or less weather (with several nights being -0). 3. video mode, Again other cameras have this, but IMO not with this quality at this price. 4. Pictures, 5mp pictures are nice and clear.

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Cuddeback Capture

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Thanks Handles,
That's the info I was lookin for.
I've got a Wildview and I've had a ball with it the last 2 years or so. But, I've got a few gripes as well. Mine is a flash model, and in order to get good night time pics, the camera has to be pretty close, or the dark swallows up the flash. The does and young bucks that see that flash, don't pay a whole lot of attention to it, but the older bucks tend to steer clear. And the battery runtime is not all that great, about 3 weeks at most.
I've just recently began to have a samll problem with the WV as it's only taking a few pics around a big PVC feeder that I know is getting a lot of traffic. WV claims it's because I'm using a larger SD card, but I've used the same cards for over a year now with no problem. Regardless, I've more than gotten my moneys' worth out of it just in entertainment alone.
Hopefully ol Santa will come through on the Scoutguard and I can really get to havin some fun. I'm in an area where there's not supposed to be any big cats. But I'd swear I saw 2 on opening day od gun season. I'd really like to get some hard proof.

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wildview extreme 4.0 at gmtn for like $79 great deal great pics for the price works good

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One thing to notice when you get your scoutguard, put it lower on the fencepost, tree, ect than you would other cameras, they seem to be pre-focused up a little. If you notice the picture above, I set that camera at about 3-3 1/2 feet high as I would my other camera. You can see that there is a TON of picture above this buck, and nothing below his chest. While this photo looks good, some other deer that came into this scrape from the side and their head low I could only see their backs. Set it at about11/2 to 2feet and you should be good for almost everything.