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Title: Good Cheap Trail Camera??????? (pictures added 7/27/13)
Post by: PA BEN on July 13, 2013, 05:25:10 AM: Now that I'm back home in Chewelah I can do my scouting before season starts.The move over, getting the house ready to sell in PA not to mention the payment until it sells, bills over her will have me strapped for cash. So my question is are the low end camera's like the ones you see at Walmart any good? What are the good low end cameras?
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 13, 2013, 05:38:41 AM: Cabelas has some for $89 ..think they were the stealth cams !
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Post by: PA BEN on July 13, 2013, 06:17:22 AM: What I'm looking for is which ones are good. People w/experience with them. I can look up the lowest cost ones too.
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Post by: D-Rock425 on July 13, 2013, 06:34:39 AM: $50 tascos at Walmart.
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Post by: CedarPants on July 13, 2013, 06:46:35 AM: I bought my last Moultrie D55 off Amazon for $60 with free delivery. Great cam
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Post by: BowForElk on July 13, 2013, 10:08:21 AM: Ive got 3 of the $50.00 Tascos form Walmart and the only downfall I found was that they only take 1 picture every 30 seconds with a relatively slow wake up time. Meaning unless the cam is pointed down a trail your gonna get alot of butt shots or empty pictures.

I personally like Primos Truth Cams (I have 35's) Simple to use and you can set it to take 1 3 or 5 pictures every 10,30,60 seconds I believe with video as well. Their normally like $79 but Naches sporting had refurbished ones for $50 (which I bought 3 of) Been running them for a few months. I havnt had any probelms with the refirb ones except that ONE camera does make a significant clicking noise atleast what I can tell from the pictures and videos. Its not loud enough to scare the elk off but it does make em stop and look around a bit
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Post by: motg9_6 on July 13, 2013, 10:15:18 AM: wildview ir2 find em for 50.00 i have 4 had 5 till i ran one over. they dont hold up to a toyota but they take decent pics at a good price. i havent tried the video feature but my theory is a can buy 4 for the price of 1 higher quality.
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Post by: CoryTDF on July 13, 2013, 10:31:31 AM: Camofire.com has been having a ton of Cams on it.
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Post by: hillbilli on July 13, 2013, 10:36:28 AM: got the Basic moultie, called an A5, like 68$, been real good so far.
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Post by: TommyGun496 on July 13, 2013, 01:55:56 PM: Simmons Whitetail...$70.00 from amazon. They have worked well for me, plus they are very compact!
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Post by: Dan-o on July 13, 2013, 02:23:40 PM: Sportsmans guide has some in the low $40 range.

right now they have a 2 for $79 deal going i think.

I only run cheap cameras....... lots of cheap cameras vs a few expensive ones. But I'm no pro, that's just my choice.
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Post by: bowhunterforever on July 13, 2013, 05:07:03 PM: Moultrie D55 IR is a good cheap cam and I also have a primos truth cam35 that has been a good cheap cam. Both have good battery life and decent pics.
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Post by: cem3434 on July 13, 2013, 11:39:26 PM: Natchez sells refurbished Primos Truth 35 cams for around $50 each or you can get Truth 60 cams for like $80. I have 4 of the 60 cams and have had no issues in the last year. They all came with warranties as well. Check them out before you buy anything else.
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Post by: dogtuk on July 14, 2013, 09:40:58 AM: I got the Truth cam 46 from Natchez the refurbished one took great pics once I got it aimed right :-) a bear bit it or pawed it and the screen stopped lighting up so I sent it back to Primos for repair still waiting to see what they do about that issue
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Post by: SuperMag on July 15, 2013, 08:30:06 AM: I have a bunch of the Bushnell 5mp that they sell at walmart. they had 2 at the Colville walmart yesterday. they are $99 and i have been very pleased with them.
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Post by: yakimarcher on July 15, 2013, 04:46:30 PM: you can get used moultries on ebay for less than 50 bucks
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Post by: CoryTDF on July 18, 2013, 09:33:01 AM: Costco is selling stealth cams with an SD car, Universal mounting bracket, and batteries, for $99.
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Post by: SuperMag on July 18, 2013, 10:47:45 AM: Quote from: CoryTDF on July 18, 2013, 09:33:01 AM
Costco is selling stealth cams with an SD car, Universal mounting bracket, and batteries, for $99.

They have that same deal at Big R as well. One of my buddies just picked one up and said it was broke right out of the wrapper. I havnt heard much else about this Camera tho
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Post by: smartazz171 on July 18, 2013, 11:10:15 AM: once you narrow down your price range, take the lot and go to http://www.chasingame.com/ (http://www.chasingame.com/) I have found this site really helpful in the past. Good reviews are done, and no bias. from my experience, cheap cameras have 3 main weaknesses; sensor range, battery life, motion blur at night. just get the best you can afford but realize that some times having two ok cheap cameras is better then 1 nice camera; at least for scouting an area for animals.

p.s consider a camera with AA not c's or d's, although its the opposite of women. AA's are better (because of cost to replace) in the long run.
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Post by: elkh8me on July 20, 2013, 09:46:23 AM: Quote from: CedarPants on July 13, 2013, 06:46:35 AM
I bought my last Moultrie D55 off Amazon for $60 with free delivery. Great cam

:yeah:
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Post by: elk247 on July 24, 2013, 07:28:25 AM: Great thread. I was wondering about this also.
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Post by: KB88 on July 24, 2013, 07:38:36 AM: Just checked my stealth cam 5.0 yesterday... after 80 pics, complete white out shots. No more viewable shots.
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Post by: et1702 on July 24, 2013, 07:56:20 AM: Rogers has sell on Wild Game Innovation Micro Red 8MP cams for only $69.99. I have a couple Micro Red 6MP and a buddy has some Micro Red 4MP cams, and they work great.

ET
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Post by: Elkslayer on July 24, 2013, 08:03:33 AM: Quote from: SuperMag on July 18, 2013, 10:47:45 AM
Quote from: CoryTDF on July 18, 2013, 09:33:01 AM
Costco is selling stealth cams with an SD car, Universal mounting bracket, and batteries, for $99.

They have that same deal at Big R as well. One of my buddies just picked one up and said it was broke right out of the wrapper. I havnt heard much else about this Camera tho

Purchased one from Costco a couple years ago and it stopped working the second day I had it out. Took about 150 pics and that was it.
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Post by: Elkrunner on July 24, 2013, 08:06:00 AM: WE picked up some of the wildgame innovations. I am about to go soak them in 2 days. ET-has been using them with success...
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Post by: KB88 on July 24, 2013, 08:53:59 AM: I've read alot of good things about the $50.00 walmart tasco, that's my next route.
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Post by: PA BEN on July 27, 2013, 09:08:43 PM: Well I decided to go with the Primos Truth 35 from Wal-Mart for 78 bucks. I had it pointed at a trail and had it moved from the trail to up the draw, I did get a spike after it got moved. Here is who moved it and the before and after pictures.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi154.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs276%2FPABEN07%2FPRMS0029.jpg&hash=51689b6bfaae8d958905a83d5c57009b61d06d93) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/PABEN07/media/PRMS0029.jpg.html)
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi154.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs276%2FPABEN07%2FPRMS0043.jpg&hash=a01d59edcdf01f7538ecea382292d53997aebba3) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/PABEN07/media/PRMS0043.jpg.html)
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Post by: PA BEN on July 27, 2013, 09:13:33 PM: Here is who moved my camera. :chuckle:
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi154.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs276%2FPABEN07%2FPRMS0031.jpg&hash=c819cbe9d11d5d4775d689a330403c8274da751c) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/PABEN07/media/PRMS0031.jpg.html)
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi154.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs276%2FPABEN07%2FPRMS0032.jpg&hash=ec585da4a3a7bb6c33e73fc53b400826ec97a974) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/PABEN07/media/PRMS0032.jpg.html)
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Post by: PA BEN on July 27, 2013, 09:19:33 PM: Don't know why but I can't post more then 2 pictures???? Here is the last one.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi154.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs276%2FPABEN07%2FPRMS0033-1.jpg&hash=b6f125f4e18b515dd322e733d46d09ce05733193) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/PABEN07/media/PRMS0033-1.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Good Cheap Trail Camera??????? (pictures added 7/27/13)
Post by: turkeyfeather on July 27, 2013, 09:46:17 PM: Ok PA, I'm stumped. Did you get more pics from this set. That one pic at first glance looks to me like a panther. What is it?
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Post by: oldleclercrd on July 27, 2013, 09:47:34 PM: Cat
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Post by: turkeyfeather on July 27, 2013, 09:50:58 PM: Quote from: oldleclercrd on July 27, 2013, 09:47:34 PM
Cat
That's what I think to, but it looks to dark to be a cougar. :dunno:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on July 27, 2013, 09:53:36 PM: Bear
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Post by: PA BEN on July 27, 2013, 10:06:06 PM: The neck and ears tell me it's a bear. That's all the pictures I have of him. He's a big bear because he brushed my camera with his side as he walked by, it's over 3 ft off the ground.
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Post by: demontang on July 27, 2013, 11:56:43 PM: Man it does look like a cat. Im not sure though
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Post by: PA BEN on July 28, 2013, 07:57:02 AM: I unpacked my old game camera, I think I'll go up today or tomorrow and put it up in the same spot at a different angle. But, I'm looking for deer not bears :bash:
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Post by: cem3434 on July 28, 2013, 10:34:14 AM: Quote from: PA BEN on July 27, 2013, 10:06:06 PM
The neck and ears tell me it's a bear. That's all the pictures I have of him. He's a big bear because he brushed my camera with his side as he walked by, it's over 3 ft off the ground.

The ears and eyes look like a cat to me. My money is on it being a black cougar.
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Post by: turkeyfeather on July 28, 2013, 10:42:13 AM: Quote from: cem3434 on July 28, 2013, 10:34:14 AM
Quote from: PA BEN on July 27, 2013, 10:06:06 PM
The neck and ears tell me it's a bear. That's all the pictures I have of him. He's a big bear because he brushed my camera with his side as he walked by, it's over 3 ft off the ground.

The ears and eyes look like a cat to me. My money is on it being a black cougar.
That would be a trophy for sure.
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Post by: TommyH on July 28, 2013, 03:29:29 PM: It hard to tell? :dunno: I say bear. There was a black cougar in the same gmu as the OP lives. This was 7-8 years ago but it was seen by numerous people.