[Furncliff]

I don't hunt but I'd like to get a deercam just for grins. Can I get some recommendations. Let's give it a 400$ budget.


Thanks


Tom

[NAM7071]

TRY WALLY MART ONLINE THEY HAVE REASONABLE PRICES FROM $150. to $400. :D make sure that it can take a larger sd card for more pic. Your going to be surprised what lurks at night... have fun

[NAM7071]

Check this out Furncliff 72529

[Furncliff]

Whoa! I've never seen one of those, I had to look it up in Wiki. Is it a Sika?



Tom

[Furncliff]

As per you advise I checked Wallyworld online and came up with:
BUSHNELL TRAIL SENTRY 2.1MP NIGHT VISION DIGITAL CAMERA , for less than 200$. The next up from that was a bushnell for $300+ that is 5mp.

Tom

[Blackfork]

If you are spending over 200 bucks for a deercam, it's too much. I'd get two that cost over 100 but less than 180 each. Same operating system, same cards. Cover two areas.

Rechargeable batteries as well.

I run two cameras, wish I had three. Both Moultries. The cheaper one doesn't seem as sensitive and that makes for unhappiness. I use a half gallon of corn on the ground in front of them to hold the deer for a bit. I just swap cards with four cards for the two cams.

I don't try to get much range out of them. I usually work the corn within about five feet of the cam.

[El General]

Whoa! I've never seen one of those, I had to look it up in Wiki. Is it a Sika?



Tom

That there is an Axis. What is amazing is that ain't that big.

[Furncliff]

Ok. now I see the difference.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Axis_axis_Kanha_4kl.jpg

[Furncliff]

Sorry about the toooo big pic.

[NAM7071]

From past exp its best to get the cheap one and then when you become a pro (lol) get the serious cams. Just remember that they are not ripoff proof.

[NAM7071]

Now This Is A Sika 72562

[joebogey]

Right now Wally World has Wildview cameras for about 50 bucks. Or you can step up a notch and get one that timestamps the pics for about 100.
No they're not a top of the line camera, but the one I have has been 100% reliable and I've got a bunch of pics to prove it from the last two years.
If you're in a high traffic area, I'd recommend them cause they're gonna eventually walk away when noone's watching.

[Quigley]

They are great! I have a problem with a hunter that continually sneaks into our property from an ajoining plot. I know where his trail cam is and would love to put a gorilla suit on and roll around in front of it. Has anyone ever pranked someones trail cam?

[ADKWOODSMAN]

We have found that coyote will go around a camera that has "flashed" them. Maybe a trophy buck will also. I'de go with an infrared invisible flash.

[treeman800]

u can find year end/discontinued models cheap i bought 3 with batts and solar panals for under 5 bones.
Be carful with 6v recharge batts they dont like some typse of chargers
The solar panels keep em going along time.

[countertop]

Or, you can buy a cheap digital camera and build one (http://www.hagshouse.com/Hags%20House/Trail%20Camera%20Project.htm) for yourself!

[jmorris]

I have a problem with a hunter that continually sneaks into our property from an ajoining plot. I know where his trail cam is and would love to put a gorilla suit on and roll around in front of it. Has anyone ever pranked someones trail cam?
Trespassing and trying to get shot, sounds like a bad idea.

[nodlenor]

I have a Moultre and a Stealth. The Stealth takes better pictures with the flash but isn't as simple to operate.

[NAM7071]

I just tried the bushnell sentry trail cam I bought from wally world 149.00 / 162.00 with tax ---MY OPINION IS IT TAKES A FAIR PIC DURING THE DAY
AND A FAIR IR PIC AT NIGHT AND IT TAKES THEM ONE RIGHT AFTER AN OTHER NON STOP AS LONG AS IT SENSES ANY TYPE OF MOVEMENT BE IT ANIMAL OR PLANT AND THIS RUNS THE BATTERIES DOWN FAST AND LOADS YOUR SD CARD
WITH WORTHLESS PICS AND YOU CANT DELETE THEM FROM THE CAM YOU HAVE TO DELETE THEM ON A PC . IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY.
WELL ALMOST I WAS ABLE TO RETURN THE CAM TO WALLY WORLD AND GET MY MONEY BACK....... GOOD OLE WALLY WORLD (LOL)
OH BY THE PIC I POSTED ON THIS THREAD ARE FROM A STEALTH CAM I BOUGHT SEVERAL YEARS BACK

[Double Naught Spy]

You can get a Moultrie I60 that will take 6 megapixel images in color by day and B&W with infrared at night and the camera will run about $300 (I think Bud's has them for about $240, see link below). If you have $400, you could get two of the Moultrie I40s that are 4.0 megapixel, color by day and B&W by night. We have both on my property and I will be getting more of the I40s because the extra megapixels are nice in the I60, but not necessarily $100 better. The I60 also has a tiny viewing screen so that you can preview your pics in the field, but it isn't bright enough to work well if the sun is out at all.

The first image is from the I40, at dusk, showing one of the bucks on my place having lost one antler. This image and the next two were downsized and emailed to me.

One cool thing to note in the second image is that the sensor is good enough to pic up the movement of birds. Here you see cardinals in the image, which I thought was pretty cool.


The third image shows what looks to be a stare down between a 'coon and deer, after dark.

As I recall, Bud's has the I40s for $180.

Check www.budsgunshop.com

At these prices, you should have $ left over to buy some multi-gig SD cards for your cameras. They will take cards up to 4 gigs in size. Last I checked, they ran as low as $35 from Best Buy. 2 Gig cards can run as low as $15-20, maybe less. You don't have to have one of the cards, but the camera itself only has something like a 32 meg builtin memory, so an SD card is the way to go. Plus, if you have a spare for your camera, you can simply just switch out the cards when you visit your camera, versus having to having something like a laptop to download the images in the field (which can be done with these cameras).

Also, the I40 and I60 can take an expernal power supply.

Lastly, the infrared aspect of the cameras for night shots only allows for B&W images. They aren't as impressive as color images, but the standard regular flashes can sometimes scare your wildlife, especially some of the more mature animals. You get color pics with standard flash, but you may drive away some game as well. The infrared doesn't scare the game.