Am thinking about purchasing and trying a trail camera this year in anticipation of deer hunting season.
Would appreciate some advice on which feature(s) are the most important / advantageous and which brands and models offer the best of combination of those features.
I bought a bushnell from walley world and it's been good, but not great. Main complaint is the firing time. I get the tail of some critters instead of the whole critter. Other than that I use it more around the house than I do in the field. Now I know who is in my driveway etc. I tried to look up the model as it is a nice camo'd small unit with great storage, but apparently it was a separate batch made for walley. Just compare the firing times, cost, etc.
Had a Moultrie IR55 that lasted 4 years or so before getting some water in the works.
Since then I've got 3 Bushnell's---simple to operate, work OK and not expensive.
My trophy cam still workey after 4 years, from what I hear if you get two years out of any of them you are doing good. Nothing to get 200 bear picts a day at any of my stands, so it's getting a work out. I transport it under my shirt so it doesn't get banged up.
Buy the lock cables and lock box http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1311.R1.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.Xtrail camera lock box&_nkw=trail camera lock box&_sacat=0 They have a couple holes in the back for lag bolts and holes for the python pass thru cable. Keeps the thieves from stealing the camera. Buy the external battery pack and the larger gb sim card. Set the camera to one shot and lower megapixels so you don't eat up the memory on the card. Critters will snack for quite awhile and eat up memory. Wind blows trees and you eat up memory. Get the blacked out, no visible light so you don't scare away the critters. Get distance ability so you can trigger the sensors. Play with it on your property as cars drive by, etc to get the feel of it. Make a overhang roof piece to keep any rain off the lens and sensors but not in view.
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Christmas specials and sales coming so don't buy now.
I bought an elcheapo camera from Academy 3 years ago. Put it up by the feeder. Took it down after a few weeks. Over 23oo pictures during that time. Haven't put it back up yet. But am thinking about sticking it on one of my fence rows in the back of the property. I would like to see what is walking the logging road out back.
Most any cam that has the blackout filter over the IR lights is " usually " considered a good trail cam.
As far as I know , the IR lights don't scare away animals , but do attract people.
For the safety of the trail cam , I use and old farm light electrical box .These boxes are really tough and can be had for only a few bucks at most any fea market. Don't forget to buy some four or six inch lang bolts to attach the box with your cam to a tree.
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