best trail cam for the money?

[heronblu]

Might be a topic that has gotten plenty of traffic here but I'm new to the site so forgive me. What is the best trail cam out there for the money? Im looking for deer specifically (not sure if it makes a difference) and would like the option of setting up two or three in my area. Thanks!

[DoubleJ]

Marked.  I'd like to know this too

[Kola16]

This has been brought up, but there is no problem with starting a new one  A couple years ago, I talked to a guy who worked at Cabela's, who got to test all of their in-stock trail cameras. He liked the Bushnell trophy (or Bushnell something) the most, but that was an expensive camer (about 250). For the money, he said that the 5 mp Tasco was the best (100). I like it in the day, and it is really easy to set up, but the night shots suck 

[Turner89]

My wife bouht me a stealth camera at costco for $120.00. It came with sd card batteries and a pretty cool mounting bracket. It takes pretty decent pictures, but I didn't bring the card home because I barely had the buck in the photo. That was because it has a zoom option setting that I had set to high. I now have it set  to zero, and I will see how that works.
 The trigger speed seemed to work well, and the pictures I had were better than my Tascos, and Trophy cam. I feel like it's a pretty good deal. I will Know more this weekend.

[huntnnw]

I own the above mentioned cams and I am not impressed with them..I have more issues with the Bushnell not taking pics cause of cards or just doesnt work..the Tascos dont always work and the switching between IR and regualr pics is slow, so I get lots of super dark pics. I have some wildgame innovation cams and they so far have been hands down the best cams i have! and I paid $50 for them. I also have a wildview IR 8mp and so far its been great and was $100 with batts and a SD card

[Turner89]

I own the above mentioned cams and I am not impressed with them..I have more issues with the Bushnell not taking pics cause of cards or just doesnt work..the Tascos dont always work and the switching between IR and regualr pics is slow, so I get lots of super dark pics. I have some wildgame innovation cams and they so far have been hands down the best cams i have! and I paid $50 for them. I also have a wildview IR 8mp and so far its been great and was $100 with batts and a SD card

I have seen some of your pics huntnnw. My next cameras will be wildview and wildgames. Have you tried the stealth cam that i mentioned? The trophy cams are a big dissapointment, and way over priced.

[bobcat]

The main issue I have with Wilgame Innovation cameras is that they do not offer a "burst" mode. Which means they only take one picture each time the camera is triggered. I have two of the Wildgame W6X's and they do work well, I just miss having the multi shot burst option that most other cameras have. I got them for $50 each but you can't buy them at that price anymore.

For $50 right now I would buy either a Tasco white flash camera from Wal Mart, or a Primos Truth Cam 35 from Natchez Shooters Supply (refurbished.)

For a little more money I might get the Moultrie D55 that Amazon has for $71.89, free shipping. That's a pretty decent camera for the price.

[grundy53]

I would recommend a Moultrie M-80 they take good pictures day and night, They are inferred, I like how small they are, easy to use and with newer models coming out they have dropped in price. If you shop around on the Internet you should be able to find them for about $110.

[huntnnw]

I havent tried any stealths in a long time...I had some moultries and they always worked..I have a 7 yr old moultrie that still works perfect to this day

[MtnMuley]

I havent tried any stealths in a long time...I had some moultries and they always worked..I have a 7 yr old moultrie that still works perfect to this day

I'm betting it's a D-50.  I still run a couple of those and they are hands down the best camera I've ever used in the $50 range.  Only downfall is size and 8 D batteries.  They out preform many of my other cams that were three times the price.

[eltaco]

I'm trying a set of Moultrie M-80xt cams this year. I've read great reviews on them and you can find them for about $120tyd. I read great things on the Bushnell Trophy cams, but couldn't find a new one under $150. I ran done larger Moultries last season and was highly impressed, but they were a bugger to hike back an forth!

[bullcanyon]

I've got a couple moultrie m-80xd cams out and a bushnell trophy out. The moultrie takes way better night pictures. I won't buy any more trophy cams. Unless something else comes out and is better than the m-80 for the price. That's all I'll buy. bought my last one with a bear box for $139 to the door on ebay.

[et1702]

I have one Bushnell trophy cam, one Moultree D55, two Wildgame 6mp's and  just bought another Wildgame 5mp last night.  The Wildgame 5 was only $89.00.  Tried it at home last night and takes great pics.  I like the Wildgame cameras for their size, but only takes pics at minimum of 15 second intervals.  Bushnell takes best pics and has burst mode.  Moultree takes great pics too, but seems a little slow to wake up compared to other cams.

FYI, the Tulalip Cabela's has the Wildgame 6's with 4mb SD card and eight batteries for $139.  With the price of battries these days (plus the SD card), that's about $100 bucks for camera.

ET

[jrebel]

Hands down the M-80 (x, xt...etc.) or the Bushnell trophy cam 8 mp ($150 model) are the best cams on the market for the money.  I have one bushnell and two moultrie M80's and wouldn't buy anything else.  Check out this ebay link....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MOULTRIE-FEEDERS-GAME-SPY-M-80X-MINI-CAM-INFRARED-M80X-Optional-Security-Box-/260860987013?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item3cbc86c685

This is moultrie for a really good price.  He also has the bushnell in his ebay store for 146 ish to your door.   

Oh Yeah....and both these cams take 8 AA batteries.  I buy costco batteries and use in mine and usually 48 AA batteries cost me around 20 dollars and will last me all year for three cams.  The cams mentioned above are really easy on batteries.  My bushnell took 6000 pics in the 13-14 days this year and still had full battery life.  It will truely last 6-8 months.  Night quality will go down well before the batteries stop die so base replacement of batteries on quality of night photos.  There is something to be said for how much the batteries cost so don't buy a cheap camera for 70-100 dollars with D or C batteries....you will end up paying more in the long run.   

[Heredoggydoggy]

I have one Bushnell trophy cam, one Moultree D55, two Wildgame 6mp's and  just bought another Wildgame 5mp last night.  The Wildgame 5 was only $89.00.  Tried it at home last night and takes great pics.  I like the Wildgame cameras for their size, but only takes pics at minimum of 15 second intervals.  Bushnell takes best pics and has burst mode.  Moultree takes great pics too, but seems a little slow to wake up compared to other cams.

FYI, the Tulalip Cabela's has the Wildgame 6's with 4mb SD card and eight batteries for $139.  With the price of battries these days (plus the SD card), that's about $100 bucks for camera.

ET

I got my Wildgame 3mp IR and SD card for $65 from Midway 2 years ago.  Takes great pictures.  I got rechargeable batteries to try this year.  Buying batteries all the time will break you after a while.