NEW GAME CAMERA X6C WILDGAME CAMERA

[Todd_ID]

My first impression with this Amazon camera is: "Dang, it's fast!"  It also has an excellent sensor.  I was getting pictures into the sun of cars going by at 30 mph at a distance of about 90'.  I got pictures of every person that walks on our street, so a person at 80' and at 100' was setting it off.  The runners set it off but were blurry.  The walkers were fairly clear.

I did get some blown out pictures in the morning, but I think it was a lens frosting issue instead of any camera troubles; we had a very thick layer of frost until the sun came up.  It got good pictures in the evening.

I had it set up next to my Moultrie M80 as a test where my dogs like to hang out and it got a chance at motion on the road.  I got 705 pictures with the Wildgame and the Moultrie got 250 even though it was on 2-shot mode.  The Moultrie pictures were better quality in all departments, but the Wildgame saw much more motion than the Moultrie and was much faster to get a picture taken.  The 700 pictures was .98mb used on the card.

I formatted the cards before I thought about posting any pictures, so no comparison pictures for you.

Don't know about battery life because I have it plugged in to an external battery, so I didn't put batteries in it.  There must be an internal battery, because I didn't lose the settings when unplugging the external battery.  One note is that this thing runs on 6V and not 12v, so the battery and solar panel need to be the 6V ones instead of the 12v ones I posted above.

[bobcat]

I checked mine yesterday, after a 7 day soak. It had 704 pictures and not "whiteouts". No color pictures either, as apparently it was too dark in there even in the middle of the day. I pulled it and will find another spot to test it out that's more in the open. I want to see what the daytime color pictures look like. I'm definitely happy with it for a $50 camera. I especially like the small size and the long battery life. The only real negative thing I can say is that it only takes one picture at at time. No 3 shot or 5 shot bursts like with my Primos.

A few photos from it:

[Yelm hunter]

I put it out today in a pretty good spot... soaked the ground with deer and elk pee and set 2 elk bombs off in the area... Also put a bag of apples out. So we will see what I get in about 7 or so days....

[newred]

I have one of these up in the back yard snapping pictures of the dogs day and night they seem to take decent photos. I do wish there was a burst mode but so far money well spent.Do those elk bombs work? I have seen both the buck bomb and the elk bomb in stores but I hadn't smelled either and was worried they would just scare away animals. do you have success with them?

[christopheri]

The three cameras iI ordered yesterday, C-post (New to game cameras), ended up being this model.  Do I have to format the SD cards before I install them into these cameras? I will be setting a couple out this comming weekend. It is good to see all the good reviews on here about these cameras. I was kind of unsure about wich cam to buy.
 Does anyone have any pointers about what kind of bait to use this time of year? With the wet weather should I stay away from cob and alfalfa? I was thinking about apples and some salt.

[bobcat]

I got a few daytime pictures, in color. I'm satisfied....

[AKBowman]

If the sensor distance and trigger speed is as good as you guys are saying than that is a hell of a deal for that camera. Nice pics Bobcat, looks like that cam will work well. I would like to get a couple but I am in lock down $ mode right now.

Bobcat, how would you compare it to the $50 tasco's? I've got 4 of those now and trigger speed is good but seems the sensor is pretty limited in range.

[bobcat]

I like the Tascos and I'm not happy that I just had one of my two Tascos stolen last weekend. I was thinking these two w6x's would make up for it, but really they don't, because they're totally different cameras. The biggest difference of course is that the Tasco is a white flash camera and this is a infrared. So with the Tasco you get color pictures, the w6x you only get color when there's enough light that it doesn't need the IR flash. The other difference is this camera takes AA batteries instead of the C's or D's, depending on which Tasco you have. But as far as function for a deer scouting cam, I would say they're pretty close. They both only take one picture per trigger, and then have a delay of 15 seconds before the next picture is taken. The w6x is 6 megapixels instead of 3 but to me the pictures don't look any better than the Tasco, they're just a lot bigger and take up more room on the SD card. The w6x does have the advantage of much more range at night. The IR flash is rated to 50 feet, the Tasco only has a 15 foot range. The sensor on the w6x is also rated to 50 feet, I believe the Tasco is about 30 feet, although I think it's rated to 45. The trigger speed is good on both cams. On Chasingame they have the w6x at 1 second without flash, and 1.5 with flash. The Tasco they have at 1.5 with or without flash.

I think overall as a deer scouting camera, this w6x beats the Tasco. Uses cheaper batteries, better battery life, no flash so it's less likely to be seen by humans and less likely to spook deer, much better range at night. As long as it holds up well to the weather as my Tascos did then it should be a great camera. Hopefully Amazon will still have some left when you're ready to buy.

[AKBowman]

Thanks Bobcat, I was hoping that it would have better pictures than the Tasco at night. Not that the Tasco's dont take good night pics it just seems that the sensor range is very limited at night in the rain. Thats sounds like a pretty fair analysis so thanks for that.

How far in/what type of area (trail, clear cut etc) did you have your camera in when it was stolen? Was that the first cam you've had stolen?

I have not had one stolen yet but I have one up in a spot I dont feel real comfortable with. I know its coming its a matter of when not if, comes along with running 5 cams at a time I guess.

[Alan K]

Thanks for posting pictures from this camera Bobcat!  I ordered a bunch of these after seeing them.  Can't imagine I'll be disappointed for $50!   

[bobcat]

I've had about five cams out for almost a year now continuously and didn't have one stolen until now. This one I knew was a risk but I figured with no hunting seasons going on, nobody would be in there. It was just in a spot that is too easy to get to. I had it in some open timber on an elk trail that  they use at night, it's adjacent to a field they feed in, and only a half mile off the highway, and about 1/4 mile from the gate, and flat. I only had it there for a week and only planned on leaving it for another week. I was just curious to see if there were any bulls or if it was only cows using the field. I knew better. I have never locked up a camera either, but I may start thinking about doing so. Problem is it will cost just as much or more to get a case, a cable, and a lock as what I paid for the camera. But the most valuable thing that I will lose could be the memory card with hundreds of pictures if a camara's been soaking for a few weeks. So the stuff to lock them up may be worth it.

[et89]

nice pics

[Elkslayer]

Thats to bad someone had to steal it Bobcat. Any that i put out on public land have a lockbox and cable, even that wont stop them though if they really want it.