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- Thread starter Anthony Gruber
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Those reviews are kinda helpful but with the numbers of guys here that personally own game cams and have alot of experience with there's may be the best place to get actual reviews. To me it always seems that not quite enough knowledge is gained from an independent guy testing them without using each one for a whole season and actually see the pros and cons from each one. Some reviews are more conclusive but most are just surface use. I personally have opinions and so do many members here. I think if 4 of the same cameras kept coming up in the discussion by different members, it's a good camera to put your money on. Just my two sense!!!
I bought a Browning camera a year ago. It's completely dead now. When it was going I noticed very short battery life. I bought a wireless motion detector at Harbor Freight for $12. I use it to let me know when deer are in the back yard. The receiver in the house has 3 beeper volumes or an LED light. Works well. Three months so far on the same batteries.
What you never read {somebody quick call Ripley's!!!} in all these camera reviews is how the things are designed to work for just about exactly one year and then puke. I have tried just about every one made and have yet to own/use one more than about a year and a half. The reviews also never bother to mention customer service...yep, they will send you another camera, no problem...all ya gotta do is send them your old one and the same amount of money it cost to buy the current model and you get one of those. Geez...do me a favor!!! Nothing like taking steps to insure your business perpetuates!!!!
hogpatrol
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By the forty buck el cheapos at Wallyworld. Three months in to the season, hundreds of photos and still on the same batteries. I spray the contacts with anti-corrosion and it doesn't seem to deter the deer.
Like I mentioned in a previous post on game cameras. Moultrie has been my go to game cams in the last 10 years. I've tried others but not as satisfied as with moultrie. Other companies MAY have faster trigger speeds(may), more megapixels,other fancy options or cellular service for surveillance 24/7. Moultrie has(IMO) the best service and warranty in the business. I had a bear literally eat some of my camera. I was using the optional solar charging unit that attaches to the camera by red and black coated wires externally to one of my older moultries. I just happened to be feeding bears with black and red licorice that year as well. Never realizing that black bears could see color makes me a believer now that they in fact can ( or pure coincidence) due to them targeting those wires. They chewed off the black and red coated wires and chewed open the camera and punctured the 6 volt battery with teeth marks. A phone call to moultrie had them sending me a new upgraded model free of charge allowing me to keep the destroyed one for memorabilia. My experience and my choice is Moultrie . I have had other companies not even return my calls on failure to function issues. Hope that helps on choice.
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effendude
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I have had excellent luck with the Cuddeback cameras. Their trigger speeds work for me in non-baited, trail watching set ups. They also make bear boxes for their cameras to reduce bear issues and tampering by others. Cheaper cameras have given me excellent photos of trees because of slow trigger speeds. They all take good photos when the animal is standing at a pile of corn.
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I've had a Moultrie for around 4 years and a Bushell Trophy Cam for 3 that are still going strong. I'd like to get a few more to cover more spots on the 80 acres we hunt. Moultrie is great for feeding spots or scrapes but it misses some tight trail shots with a slower trigger speed. I'm wanting to try the Wildgame Innovations 360 cam. I like the idea of covering multiple angles instead of just one. I always wonder what walks right behind the camera that I never see.
As for reviews, I like the info at trailmcampro.com. I've bought from them once and would do it again too.
As for reviews, I like the info at trailmcampro.com. I've bought from them once and would do it again too.
I agree my moultries are not the fastest in trigger speed operation but there about in the middle of the pack in that area. I set them up on run ways facing down runways where beam contact is longer and trigger speed isn't as important. Works well. Cuddebacks have fast triggers and I believe Bushnell do as well.
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