Cheap game camera recommendations please.

[milemaker13]

Looking for a cheap game cam at amazon or walmart or something. It will be used inside an unheated garage, plugged into 110v. I don't have any experience with these so not sure what features are good/ bad/ unnecessary.

We have been battling chipmunks for over a decade. Finally got 2 feral barn cats last summer. They live in the garage on a pallet rack shelf with food water and shelter. I put a cat door in the garage for them to come and go. Recently noticed increased food usage and eventually stumbled apon a GIANT raccoon. Hes resting comfortably in that great tree hollow in the sky now.

All was good for a couple days but ive noticed increased food again so I have to assume another non paying resident. The other coon had to be there a month before i stumbled apon him and was lucky enuff to successfully dispatch him quickly.

I cant imagine where he was hiding all times I was in garage banging around.

Anyway I think a game cam should help ID whos in there and when. Other ideas are welcome.. its a weird thing... how do I keep coons out? Thats a different forum.

 

[jmorris]

If you are trying to get rid of something, most cameras only tell you when something was there and win. I have come to like the Spypoint link micro as with their app, a photo is sent to my phone when motion is detected. They are not 110 but have a 12v DC port on the back you can use with a 110-12vd transformer or connect to a large battery vs using the AA’s. Academy had them for $108 last time I was in one (two weeks ago).



The photo quality is not on par with other cameras but the cellular feature is the key to knowing what’s there now.

I still have others and the Browning ones are my favorite.



The bushnell ones have good battery life too. My moultrie eats batteries like a kid eats candy but I think takes the best looking photos.

 

[Fyrstyk]

Many of the Walmart stores are currently selling their in stock "wild Game" cameras cheap. The are selling for around $36 dollars. They do not run on 110, they are only battery operated.

 

[Highland Lofts]

The walmart here has trail cams for $38 which will work for your situation.
I have a couple of them. Battery operated.

 

[Patocazador]

Double post.

 

[Patocazador]

Wild Game Innovations cameras are pretty good and sell on Amazon or Wal Mart for about $40.

 

[north east redneck]

I'll second the Wild Game Innovations recommendation. Price is decent, long battery life and while not the best, picture quality is reasonable.

 

[22250Rem]

I'll also vote Wild Game Innovations. Only trail cams I use are the cheap ones and I've had good luck with W.G.I.. Although I still say that any trail cam is a crap shoot on how long the camera will last, regardless of price, which is why I started going cheap. Got 4 out now on two different properties and all are "AA" battery powered. In the winter they all use Lithium-Ion batteries exclusively, as those hold up much better in the cold.

 

[Ks5shooter]

Use these in your camera no matter which one you buy. They have lasted two seasons and still show full charge in the camera. My season here is four months long and I put it out a month before.

 

[sage5907]

The easy solution to your problem is to go to a farm supply and buy a live trap which is a heavy wire mesh cage with a door that springs shut when something trips the door. Bait it with wheat bread and it will catch anything. The cats that you have will get into the trap a time or two but they will quickly learn to stay out of it. When you set the trap you need to check it every day. A good place to release the animals is a local cemetery a few miles away because it is easy access to the cemetery and the people who are buried there won't care.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

I too was looking for an inexpensive game camera before last deer season. I wanted one with a built in viewer so I wouldn't have to plug it in to something else, or swap out the card to a computer to look at it.
This is the one I bought. The price was great.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D4HPQ4G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Here are a few pics from it.

 

[entropy]

Most Walmarts have the game cameras on clearance now, though they have been on clearance for a while. I have never seen a 110 V game camera-that's usually used for surveillance cameras. There are inexpensive wifi cameras that migh serve the same purpose.