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Best Trail cam deal out there? What is it?
« on: July 15, 2011, 09:58:12 AM »
I was wondering what your guys opinion was of the best overall trail cam package out there? 

I need a steel bear box and the camera.....

Thanks for your opinions!

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Re: Best Trail cam deal out there? What is it?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2011, 11:15:26 PM »
there are lots... depends on what you want to spend.. I will never buy the high dollar cams again..they all cant handle the elements of being outside day after day...they all have glitches at some point no matter what you spend. Not to include somebody walking away with a cheap one doesn't hurt as much as $250 being gone. With this being said.. I really like the tasco 5mp IR cams they are $80 maybe cheaper now..very small and I have been happy with them.. I also have some $60 flash wildviews for 3 years now and am surprised I have had 0 issues with those..pics are not as good being a 2mp cam,but they get ya pics. I have a older moultrie that runs on a 6v batt and its lasted 4 years and has been bullet proof. I left this cam in the Mt's for a year before I could get to it..still working. I also own a Bushnell trophy cam the 5mp cam.. I like it all summer and fall last year till it got really cold and it had some all grey images and not triggering on deer at 5 ft but it worked when I stood there..dunno..its out now and is working fine now. I am sure others will chime in with other options and experiences...also another thing to consider is battery life and what type of battery's it uses...this can get really costly if they eat them.. a more expensive cam could be cheaper then a really cheap cam if its eating batts and u have to travel alot to change them with the cost of fuel these days.

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Re: Best Trail cam deal out there? What is it?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2011, 11:59:43 PM »
I'm all about cheap trail cams.    Sportsman's Guide has some for $59.   Don't remember the brand but I put 2 in the woods and they work fine for my purposes.    They'll take a 2G card and only take 2 meg pics so you'll get plenty of pics on a card.   You don't have to be a Ph.D. to set one up either..... seems like some of the high dollar ones have too many buttons/switches/setting for me.
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Re: Best Trail cam deal out there? What is it?
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2011, 12:28:28 AM »
Do your research, cheap cameras are great but when you have to replace the batteries every couple weeks you are spending a lot more. I keep getting temped to by a tasco, but over all it would cost me more than buying another bushnell trophy cam. My 8mp trophy cam has had approximately 8 months of use on its first set of ultimate lithium AA batteries and its still reading a full charge and thats getting 300-400 pics per week.

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Re: Best Trail cam deal out there? What is it?
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2011, 02:13:46 AM »
The IR tascos I have run a double A batts... same life.. I have heard of more issues with the newer bushnell trophy cams

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Re: Best Trail cam deal out there? What is it?
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2011, 05:13:47 PM »
I'd definitely go for one with double a batteries.I have a Bushnell and a stealth and i Seem to always be replacing batteries on my stealth cam compared to my Bushnell

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Re: Best Trail cam deal out there? What is it?
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2011, 06:30:40 PM »
Do your research, cheap cameras are great but when you have to replace the batteries every couple weeks you are spending a lot more. I keep getting temped to by a tasco, but over all it would cost me more than buying another bushnell trophy cam. My 8mp trophy cam has had approximately 8 months of use on its first set of ultimate lithium AA batteries and its still reading a full charge and thats getting 300-400 pics per week.

Wow that comes to well over 9,000 pics on one set of batteries and it hasn't even made a dent in the charge. I have owned two of the trophycams and they took a lot of pics on a set of lithiums but no where near that many. The cheaper cameras I purchase have not used batteries any slower than the bushnells I had. Which year of bushnell do you have? I had the first trophycam at 5mp and the next model which was 8mp.
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