Trail Cam Gift Recommendations Please

[parker]

I would sure appreciate some experienced input from anybody who has a Trail Cam. We want to purchase one for a xmas gift.

Let me know what works, brand, features, battery life in the cold, USB , flash type , pixels ... any advice , pro's and cons much appreciated. Lot's of info on these things to consider.

Just started my research today so I thought you folks may be a good place to get the real info on what works vs what don't.

Happy Thanksgiving !

 

[polarisrider1]

I would sure appreciate some experienced input from anybody who has a Trail Cam. We want to purchase one for a xmas gift.

Let me know what works, brand, features, battery life in the cold, USB , flash type , pixels ... any advice , pro's and cons much appreciated. Lot's of info on these things to consider.

Just started my research today so I thought you folks may be a good place to get the real info on what works vs what don't.

Happy Thanksgiving !

Let's clarify this a bit. Do you want a fixed mounted camera at say your cabin to show what's going on there like snow?? or a Helmet camera to use on a trail.

 

[ezra]

I am looking in to this http://www.liquidimageco.com/

 

[heckler56]

Check out the Go Pro cameras. You can mount them on your helmet or sled, and they can go under water. I have several buddies that use them on their race cars and they deliver excellent movies or stills. They take the punishment rain or shine.

 

[parker]

Let's clarify this a bit. Do you want a fixed mounted camera at say your cabin to show what's going on there like snow?? or a Helmet camera to use on a trail.

Fixed Mount for at the house. So we can capture pictures of the critters that come through.

 

[polarisman_98]

Parker, I have several of these at the cabin... http://www.moultriefeeders.com/productdetail.aspx?id=mfh-dgs-d50

They are cheap and high quality and pretty bulletproof. On sale for $64.95 from Moultrie website.

They take D batteries which will hold up pretty well even in the cold weather. We like them and plan to get a couple more. Picture quality is good and don't worry about the flash. It does not scare off the deer. We have them standing there on the bait pile for an hour+ with flashes going off and it doesn't bother them a bit.

 

[joks79]

I have had three Moultrie cameras. It seems like after a few years they start to go bad. They seem to have issues in the cold and have a slow reaction time. I also have a Bushnell camera. It has great reaction time. It was hard on batteries, but I rewired it to run on a 6V lantern battery. My next camera is going to be a spypoint IR 6. My brother purchased one of these and is very pleased. It runs on AA batteries and have taken over 3000 pictures on his first set of batteries. There is a website that reviews game cameras. Do a search for it.

 

[jerkbait_1075]

When it comes to trail cameras there is only one choice, CUDDEBACK!!!!!! I have several of them placed on farm ground all over west central illinois. Cuddeback has the fastest triggering speed on the market and that picture clarity is unbelievable. Cuddebacks battery life is really good as well. The cameras are "idiot proof" to operate. There is a rotary dial that allows to to set the date, time, year as well as run a motion test and set the time. The only real question with Cuddeback Cameras is wether or not you want a Flash operated camera or a IR (infarred Camera). All the cameras I have have the night time flash. I went with the flash over the ir because of the flash operated cameras were a little bit cheaper price wise. After my first Flash camera I soon realized that the flash does little if anything to "spook" game when the camera flashes at night. The most important thing to consider with any trail camera is the triggering speed. This is where the old adage "you get what you pay for is true". Mega pixels for picture quality and trigger speed. Many of the significantly cheaper cameras fall short in this two categories. I have caught every thing from whitetails, tresspassers, birds, hawks, coyotes, cattle, foxes, racoons, oppossums, squirrels, butterflys, turkeys and I have even set the camera within my decoy spread infront of the duck blind and caught ducks coming and going from the water I hunt.


Cuddeback.....

 

[misty_pines]

I use a Bushnell Trophy cam. The batteries last for a couple thousand pictures and usually last 6 months to a year. They do real well in the cold temps also. They use 8 AA batteies. Mine is an 2009 5 mega pixel model. The newer ones are 8 mp. They use an infrared flash for night pics. Several of my friends have these also. I recommend this trail camara.

 

[parker]

Thanks everbody for the replies !

Anybody have one that runs off 120VAC through a transformer down to the 6VDC or 12VDC ?

Not to sure about battery life in -20F