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Re: Game Camera ?
[Re: Ringneck1]
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08/03/20 02:24 PM
08/03/20 02:24 PM
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Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 269 West Virginia
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Posts: 269
West Virginia
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I've had several brands, both cheapo and major expensive. I've come to the conclusion that they are all junk! Seems one or two seasons is all I can get out of any of them but I'm dumb enough to keep spending money on them. Bought 5 by Stealth Cam last season and they seem decent so far. I stopped buying the really expensive ones when I learned just how much bear like to play with them.
Trash your goals and plans for life. Just wing it and you'll never be let down!
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Re: Game Camera ?
[Re: HayDay]
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08/03/20 10:15 PM
08/03/20 10:15 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,628 indiana
wamp
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indiana
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I buy cheaper ones from rural king at $49.00. I don't need the very best picture just want to see what is using the trail or crossings.
"Keep your traps free"
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Re: Game Camera ?
[Re: HayDay]
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08/03/20 10:31 PM
08/03/20 10:31 PM
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Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 319 Ohio
JoeGoodman
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Ohio
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Not a good idea to point your trail cameras west or east, avoid direct sun for picture's sake. Cheat them West, SW or East NE. Never heard of direct sun ruining a camera though. Usually just needlessly trips them and leaves bad pics, video. On the subject of brands - Browning, Browning, Browning. Buy last year's model on Ebay, save some bucks. They stand by them. Print a copy of the Ebay transaction and keep it. And ABSOLUTELY quit buying alkaline AA battieries!! Buy Panasonic Eneloops AA lithiums and a $25 charger for them. They last longer and can be charged over TWO THOUSAND times! $23 an 8 pack on Amazon. I just pulled my cameras from late December 3 weeks ago and they were still capturing video on all but 2. Impressive batteries! Good luck! Joe Goodman www.JoeGoodmanPrints.com
Long-time Staff Artist at Fur-Fish-Game magazine
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Re: Game Camera ?
[Re: HayDay]
#6953649
08/04/20 09:22 AM
08/04/20 09:22 AM
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Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 2,207 Missouri
HayDay
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More evidence something has gone wrong with current camera (cheap CamPak). Had foot traps set for coon coming into barn....caught a possum instead. That was around 9:30 yesterday evening. Camera fired about 3 times prior to catch, yet only 2 or 3 times after. Large catch circle formed after the catch, so camera had plenty to look at over the course of the next 6 hours. Would have expected to see dozens of shots. Did have a heavy dew last night, and camera did pick me up early this morning, with fogged up lens and blurred out picture. Fogged up lens isn't camera's fault, but failing to pick up a target would be.
While it seems this is new behavior for the camera since the bright sun event, as I think back, it started acting erratic a couple weeks ago. Would miss coon 10 feet away, but pick up a deer in the shadows 40 feet away. Guess when they go bad, they go bad and hard to know why. And what you should expect from a cheap camera?
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