Game Cameras
#7257300
05/04/21 09:00 AM
05/04/21 09:00 AM
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,347 New Mexico
Chamacat
OP
trapper
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OP
trapper
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,347
New Mexico
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Yep..I'm looking for 4-5 game cameras. I haven't ever used a game camera...SO...I see a lot of T-Man members using cameras and posting. I have somewhat read about them and all of the different things they can do and it gets numbing to me.I will be using them on public land and figure to get some ripped off..So I'm not looking for high end cameras..I will be back in a couple days from the woods to look at this thread..Any suggestion is greatly appreciated..and thanks in advance..
I can catch them here...I can catch them ANYWHERE
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Re: Game Cameras
[Re: Chamacat]
#7257311
05/04/21 09:44 AM
05/04/21 09:44 AM
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Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 8,356 Firth, Nebraska
jabNE
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trapper
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 8,356
Firth, Nebraska
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Kids got me a browning dark ops extreme with infrared for Christmas. I use it to see what visits on a pile of corn and an old deer food block i put in corner of our property. Been a fun way to watch wildlife. Takes nice color pics by day, and decent night pics too. It is pretty simple to use. Batteries last a long time and through pretty extreme weather. Still took pics at -34 one morning. May not be best model but ive been really happy with it. I just use a couple SD cards I swap them out to see what visited recently. Jim Recent pics...camera closer to food pile... January pics...camera farther from food pile. Still picked movement up from about 60 paces or so. Fox and bobcat visitors...
Last edited by jabNE; 05/04/21 09:49 AM.
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: Game Cameras
[Re: Chamacat]
#7257375
05/04/21 11:31 AM
05/04/21 11:31 AM
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Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 4,738 carolina, Alabama
The Possum Man
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trapper
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 4,738
carolina, Alabama
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Look on amazon, i found some last year models on sale there. I think it was a 5 pack for 200 bucks. all wildgame innovations blackout cams. I tried moultrie cams and feeders and hate all of them. The cams dont trip on small game like fox and such that i want to see. The moultrie feeders, all the spinner motors died within a year. My best luck has been with wildgame stuff over the years for price vs performance. pics are A+
"If you're gonna be stupid you better be tough"
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Re: Game Cameras
[Re: Chamacat]
#7257416
05/04/21 12:51 PM
05/04/21 12:51 PM
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Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 12,395 South Ga - Almost Florida
Swamp Wolf
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trapper
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 12,395
South Ga - Almost Florida
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Ive had worst experience with Stealth cameras and have had several different models....still got em...they just dont work anymore. I will NOT buy another Stealth.
For the $$: Wildgame has been pretty good. Only have 1, and its going on 4 years and still no problems. I'd buy more.
Got a 4-pack of Muddys about 6 months ago. $170 for 4 cameras. So far I'm pleased. Good trigger speed. Nice clear daytime color pics. Decent b&w nightime pics. Good battery life.
I have 1 Spartan wireless. Its 3 years old and has taken 10 thousand pics. Its linked to Verizon. No problems at all..yet. It's been in the woods since day 1. Spartan is a little $$ at $240. More now.
Im about to purchase a Tactacam Reveal soon. It'll be a Verizon wireless. Have heard good stuff about em and only $119.
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Re: Game Cameras
[Re: Chamacat]
#7257492
05/04/21 02:28 PM
05/04/21 02:28 PM
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Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 422 CO
Ringneck1
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trapper
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 422
CO
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I've tried most every brand over the years. Except the ultra expensive reconyx. Settled on dark ops models by Browning. Seem to be very reliable with long battery life sometimes its hard to believe that batteries will last for several months....Cheap enough. Got a 5 year old model that still works as good as ever. Excellent day pics, average night pics. Good enough for most uses. They appear to be a coyote when it comes to photo cards. Never a problem there. That being said, decent cards are important and cheap.
Whatever you do get the quickest trigger speed you can cause it gets old looking at 1\2 of a deer, coyote or bobcat. Trigger speed allows you to set camera perpendicular to trail which helps minimize theft. Usually I set them on a 3photo burst or video.
I may try tactacam this year, but good cel signal can be difficult here.
Last edited by Ringneck1; 05/04/21 02:30 PM. Reason: Autocorrect bad
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Re: Game Cameras
[Re: Chamacat]
#7257547
05/04/21 03:43 PM
05/04/21 03:43 PM
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 649 Europe
Pest's Dad
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trapper
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 649
Europe
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Got a Bushnell Trophy. Sick and tired of it! In fact, I've simply stopped bothering to put it out now. It decides when it feels like activating and when it doesn't. Takes great film and pix, when It has a mind to. But, it's just soul destroying to watch a fox, juggling chain saws, right outside your gate. Thinking; " OMG!!! And I'm getting all this on my trail cam!!! " Only to rush in with it and examine the SD Card and find:
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