New trail cams

[ZaneHunts]

Hey everyone, I'm looking to get a couple new trail cameras but I'm not sure which ones are good and which are a waste of money. I'm looking for something preferably under $100.

[hughjorgan]

Stealth cam is all I’ve ever used, never had a problem. Just bought some wild game innovation to give a go but haven’t put them in the field yet.

[jrebel]

Moultrie, bushnell and cuddeback have been my go to cams.   I recently bought two bogpod clandestine cameras.  I have them hung and will be checking them in a couple weeks.  I have super high hopes for them as the test the trials at the house turned out well. 

For the price you mention, I would be looking at the moultrie a700 series or bushnell core series.

[Magnum_Willys]

Whats available in cigarette pack size or smaller ?  Keep waiting for good hidden ones - can't be that hard?  Skip interface and screen and just use phone to see/control, aaa's or remote battery.  Anything out there yet? 

[ZaneHunts]

Okay, thanks guys! I'll probably try out a stealth cam and see how that does.

[Cougartail]

Stealth cam is all I’ve ever used, never had a problem. Just bought some wild game innovation to give a go but haven’t put them in the field yet.

Wild Game is all I use now. Over 5 years on some of them and no issues.

[vandeman17]

watch camofire. They have, usually tuesday, deals of stealth cams.

[Tenkara]

I've used cuddeback, Bushnell, stealthcam,  and moultrie, I will not buy anything other than moultrie again. I had problems with all, but very few with the moultrie cams.

[buglebrush]

I've got at least 10 of the sub $50 stealth cams from camo-fire out.  Only had one of them fail so far.  My first few cameras were more expensive, and have been great, but I prefer Buying 4 cameras to the price of 1 now.  I currently have 17 out, and am hoping to check my first one of the year this weekend.  Have another 5 sitting in the cupboard that I have plans to put out this year too.  I think I'm addicted. 

[ZaneHunts]

I've got at least 10 of the sub $50 stealth cams from camo-fire out.  Only had one of them fail so far.  My first few cameras were more expensive, and have been great, but I prefer Buying 4 cameras to the price of 1 now.  I currently have 17 out, and am hoping to check my first one of the year this weekend.  Have another 5 sitting in the cupboard that I have plans to put out this year too.  I think I'm addicted. 

How is the the image quality on the cheaper stealth cams?

[jrebel]

Can’t speak to the stealth cams but my experience with really cheap cams is you get horrible night and motion pics.  Any cam will take decent pics in good daylight conditions. 

[buglebrush]

I've got at least 10 of the sub $50 stealth cams from camo-fire out.  Only had one of them fail so far.  My first few cameras were more expensive, and have been great, but I prefer Buying 4 cameras to the price of 1 now.  I currently have 17 out, and am hoping to check my first one of the year this weekend.  Have another 5 sitting in the cupboard that I have plans to put out this year too.  I think I'm addicted. 

How is the the image quality on the cheaper stealth cams?

Not awesome, but adequate for the most part.  Day pictures are great, but there's definitely a difference between my $250 bushnell/ moultrie and the cheapos when it comes to night pictures.  Still prefer quantity over quality as my goal is simply to find target animals and areas. 

[huntnnw]

started buying wildview 12mp cams last year for $35 to try. Been super impressed and will be buying more. cant go wrong for that money and never hurts when they break, bears eat them or people walk off with them

[nalley112]

I have ran several different cams the last to years the top two cams have been coverts and Suspect cams.. now that ive used them side by side i love the suspect cams over the coverts. the price is $100 for the hoots and they are a a liny bit bigger then a wallet. The day and night videos are absolutely incredible also on the suspects.

[huntnnw]

started buying wildview 12mp cams last year for $35 to try. Been super impressed and will be buying more. cant go wrong for that money and never hurts when they break, bears eat them or people walk off with them

almost a year using several of these and no issues and have worked awesome. One camera is approaching near 50k pics or more

[hal]

over the last 12 years we have tried about 10 brands of cams. We settled on Stealth Cams. You can buy older model year units for less than $50.00. SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND: If using multiple cams try and use the same brand. For awhile we had 4 brands and made many mistakes setting them up. All cams have different ON/OFF/SETUP button positions. Often I had turned one off thinking I turned it on because of position of switch. Getting old (72) might have something to that but not always.

[Skyvalhunter]

Plus if stay with the same brand and model the lock boxes can be used again. I use Bushnell with great results