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Cell Cams for Westside Elk
« on: December 09, 2025, 02:23:28 PM »
Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you guys use sell cams on the west side for El hunting? If so, what are some brands you would recommend I’ll be hunting public land. Hope everybody’s days been chill


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Re: Cell Cams for Westside Elk
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2025, 06:56:56 PM »
I don’t hunt Westside elk, but I do use cell cams quite a bit. Reveal 3.0 have been great.

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Re: Cell Cams for Westside Elk
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2025, 08:15:52 PM »
I've tried a bunch of different ones and the spy point cell cams are my favorite I use them a ton for elk scouting in western Washington

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Re: Cell Cams for Westside Elk
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2025, 09:13:39 PM »
All depends on how much traffic the place might get and if it had cell coverage. I use Reveal cell cameras and they are legit. I know multiple people that run them and use them. You can lock them with a digital code so noone can use it if they steal it. I know a guy that hangs a laminated card with his that says it has a pass code so don't bother tsking it. You get unlimited pics for $13 a month and can pause service in the off-season if you want.

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Re: Cell Cams for Westside Elk
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2025, 10:00:30 PM »
I have a slew of Moultrie cams out getting images of elk on the west side.


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Re: Cell Cams for Westside Elk
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2025, 09:20:01 AM »
Yeah, I’m just looking for something that is gonna be able to survive the thick of it but still get good quality pictures in the rain as we all know it dumps over there


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Re: Cell Cams for Westside Elk
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2025, 05:23:04 PM »
No problem with Reveals or Stealth Cams. Ive had 8 Spypoints and 7 have been junk. The Spypoints were all the Micro LTE or the original Flex models.

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Re: Cell Cams for Westside Elk
« Reply #7 on: Today at 10:12:19 AM »
If there's no signal it won't matter what brand. Find out before spending ya money

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Re: Cell Cams for Westside Elk
« Reply #8 on: Today at 12:48:25 PM »
If there's no signal it won't matter what brand. Find out before spending ya money

The nice thing about the Reveal/Tactacam's is they will use any available provider. I'm sure some other brands do this.

But there aren't as many places you can find that have zero service from any provider versus dead-spots with just some of the providers.

You don't need a ton of service to just get the pictures, but anytime you want additional communication from the camera (like receiving a video) they aren't nearly as consistent where the reception is poor. If you do put a memory card in them, you can always review videos and pics from the card, as well. I found on some of my locations there were definitely pictures (usually in the middle of a mass of pics) that didn't come through to my phone.

Their customer service is very responsive and they are fun to have out there!

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Re: Cell Cams for Westside Elk
« Reply #9 on: Today at 01:05:09 PM »
If there's no signal it won't matter what brand. Find out before spending ya money

The nice thing about the Reveal/Tactacam's is they will use any available provider. I'm sure some other brands do this.

But there aren't as many places you can find that have zero service from any provider versus dead-spots with just some of the providers.

You don't need a ton of service to just get the pictures, but anytime you want additional communication from the camera (like receiving a video) they aren't nearly as consistent where the reception is poor. If you do put a memory card in them, you can always review videos and pics from the card, as well. I found on some of my locations there were definitely pictures (usually in the middle of a mass of pics) that didn't come through to my phone.

Their customer service is very responsive and they are fun to have out there!

I have reveal/tactacams.  I love them.  To clarify above.....they don't use "ANY" provider.  They use verizon and AT&T.  They will lock onto whichever of those two has a better signal at that location.

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Re: Cell Cams for Westside Elk
« Reply #10 on: Today at 01:22:02 PM »
If there's no signal it won't matter what brand. Find out before spending ya money

The nice thing about the Reveal/Tactacam's is they will use any available provider. I'm sure some other brands do this.

But there aren't as many places you can find that have zero service from any provider versus dead-spots with just some of the providers.

You don't need a ton of service to just get the pictures, but anytime you want additional communication from the camera (like receiving a video) they aren't nearly as consistent where the reception is poor. If you do put a memory card in them, you can always review videos and pics from the card, as well. I found on some of my locations there were definitely pictures (usually in the middle of a mass of pics) that didn't come through to my phone.

Their customer service is very responsive and they are fun to have out there!

I have reveal/tactacams.  I love them.  To clarify above.....they don't use "ANY" provider.  They use verizon and AT&T.  They will lock onto whichever of those two has a better signal at that location.

I think they also use US Cellular. I know Verizon and AT&T were the two you could select from before. Now they say they use "Most major service providers." I guess if they use just those three, it's 3/4 largest and only wouldn't include T-Mobile. But it sounds like regionally they have some others they use, but they don't list whoever those might be.

 


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