Recommendation for non cellular trail cam

[JTEX]

What is a good trail cam these days?

Not cellular.

I've used Bushnell for years but they aren't holding up very well these days.....
I leave them out year around in the hill,country of Texas and I run usually 7 of them so price is a consideration.

 

[ELR LVR]

I recently bought an on sale model at Walmart for like $40
it has bluetooth but you dont have to use that feature
took about 1000 pictures before batteries went down
the only drawback I noticed was it cant use larger than a 32MB card
but maybe go check your local walmart?

 

[Clancy]

I have a whole bunch of Wildgame Innvoations. I’ve never spent more than $80 and they take really good photos.

 

[Gary in MD]

I like the Browning

 

[CaptainMal]

I also like Browning. Own about 6-8 regular cameras. Browning works the best. The cheap Walmart Tasco cameras wiork until the weather stops that. I have three of them.

As for cellular, I use 5 spypoint ones. Most were less than $100 and seem to be OK. My two solar versions have been trouble as the cellular battery part seems to kill the battery and then the AA back-ups quit rather quickly.

Like anything else, when it's working it's good. After that ...

 

[boltfluter]

Browning is the one to beat in my experience. Very good quality for today's world.
Paul

 

[LHSmith]

After 8 years my Bushnell Trophy's are biting the dust. I have 2 year old Brownings that are much more user friendly and doing well. Since I have to replace a couple Trophys at once, I started using GardePro and they seem to give me equal results........except for Reconx all trail cams are made in China and I can get 3 Gardepros for the price on 1 Browning. As for cellular, I had such a bad experience with spypoint, I will never go that route again....absolutely the worst.
Finally- Lithium batteries are well worth the extra cost.

 

[dryhumor]

Hard to find the data, but if you can, try to determine if it makes any shutter actuation sound. Some do some don’t. The wild game innovation Terra 18 has a shutter sound, both at open and close. Has good distance actuation, but on closer deer they seem to avoid it.

That said, I have earlier wild game innovations cameras hanging on trees that are quiet. The deer are used to the IR glow, though I can tell some newcomers are a little affected by it. Once they accept it as part of the environment, it’s all good.

I remember years ago when trail cameras were film based and lit off a flash when they actuated. Talk about deer avoidance…

 

[Mulligan]

Stealth Cam QV24 Trail Camera - 3 Pack

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I run a pile of these.
No complaints
CW

Edit
Mine are all 18’s not 24 megapixels