best trail cam for the money?

[Button Nubbs]

I have a d-55ir, a bushnell trophy cam and 3 tascos. The d-55ir is on its first soak right now, the bushnell hasn't been out yet, and this is my 2nd year for the tascos. I have been happy with the tascos at $50. They've taken lots of pics. I may go pull cards tomorrow so ill let u know how the moultrie does.

On a side note I can't believe how many people support those *censored*s from wildgame innovations.

[grundy53]

All I have are moultries right now. If you want to check out the picture quality here is a link to my trail cam thread. The clearer pictures are from my M-80's the less clear ones are from my D-50's.

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=98268.0

[D-Rock425]

Im pulling my card from my tasco on Sunday its been in the elk hunting area for about a month now.  I will hopefully post pics sunday night.  Im thinking the more cameras you have in the woods the better.

[grundy53]

Im pulling my card from my tasco on Sunday its been in the elk hunting area for about a month now.  I will hopefully post pics sunday night.  Im thinking the more cameras you have in the woods the better.

That's my theory. I'm running 5 right now. I need more though 

[Hunter Dug]

I second the Truth 35.  Great camera.  I have two, yes I have had to send one back for SD card issues, and yes I had great customer service.  Great pictures in all conditions, and great video in all conditions.  For the price this camera is hard to beat.  I bought all my cameras refurbished, and all are warrentied by Primos.

[AKBowman]

My first camera ever was the Moultrie D-50 I believe...the one that takes the 8 D cells batteries. That was a great camera until a bear punctured the outside shell and rainwater got inside. I did like the menu and multi shot burst options it had, it worked for about 5 years and would still be working if it hadnt gotten bitten.

Along with the D-50 I've been running 4 of the $50 Tascos from Wallmart. I like the fast trigger speed and battery life (~90 days on 4 C's) they work pretty well and take decent pictures. They only have the option for a single shot which is the thing I dislike about them the most. I've had one go down on its own this year (bad sensor) another get bitten by a bear and yet another take pics tons of pics of nothing. I just purchased 4 more from Midway USA for $33 and they came in the mail Friday.

Along with the two remaining Tascos from the original fleet and the 3 new I purchased two Moultrie LX30ir's which are on their first soak. One thing I noticed on the LX30ir's is that the shutter is really noisy when it takes pics which may be a serious issue. I did like the fact that they took 4 C batteries and had options down to 1 minute delay between pics. I am pulling them next weekend after 3-1/2 weeks over my salt so we shall see. I will be setting one on video mode next soak.

[MtnMuley]

Glad to hear the good talk about the $50 Tasco's from Wal Mart.  Size sems pretty decent, and 90 day battery life out of 4 C's is plenty good enough for me.  The name Tasco just keeps me leary.   I was debating about getting a few if they were decent.  Now they're at $40 so I think I will go buy a few. 

[mfswallace]

I've got a few moultries and a few wildgame innovations- 
Go Moultrie all the way- better options and better pictures.  Price is good as well.

Doesn't have to be the best most expensive camera to let you see animals where you want to hunt. 

[whitetailslyr]

Moultrie m-80 is the best i've found for around the $100 range

[coop2424]

Personally for me it is the bushnell trophy cam 8mp mainly because of battery life.  Have had one for over a year and have only changed the batteries once and they are crappy batteries not name brand.  During that time for about a month it was taking about 300 pics a night in freezing weather.  It also takes great pics looking to try the video feature next week.  Just picked up 3 more from cabelas when they were on sale for 149

[KFhunter]

I got a bushnell trail cam soaking right now in the same spot I had the moultrie M80 soaking,  I couldn't find a 3 pic burst mode on the bushnell either 


It was from walmart and is a smaller cam about the same size as the M80




I'll be buying more M80's for sure, really pleased with it so far.   The video (with sound) even plays nice, it snaps a pic first then takes video up to 30 seconds.
The 3 picture burst is very nice, when you got 300 pics of one deer in 3 pic bursts its like watching a movie when you scroll through 

[CplRaines]

I have a Leupold RCX-2.
I would not recommend it if you are going to put it up anywhere that there is any possibility of someone getting to it. It is very expensive. Closing in on 400 bones after tax for the initial kit. 
The quality of the pics, videos and variety of settings is top notch. The casing has held up to several bear gnawing on it without even a tooth mark.  Just wish it was cheaper. Extra cams to go with the controller/viewer run more than most other complete cam set-ups.

[bobcat]

I got a bushnell trail cam soaking right now in the same spot I had the moultrie M80 soaking,  I couldn't find a 3 pic burst mode on the bushnell either 

Must be the "Trail Sentry." I think it's the same, or at least similar to, the Tasco.

[heronblu]

wow thanks everyone! Still not sure which one Im going to get but at least now I have a lot more information so that I will be a more informed buyer when I do get one.

[DBHAWTHORNE]

I have went with all the brands. For the price my Tasco's have worked fine. Not to say they haven't crapped out...but then so have all my other more expensive cameras.

The cameras I currently buy are the Moultrie and the Wild Game innovations... I generally get the models between 100-130 range.