Looking to buy Cellular trail cams….what you suggest?

I have run spy points they aren't worth anything at all waste of money. Bushnells they did good, but didn't last but 2 years. Currently run tactacams and Moultries. I like my tactacams quite a bit. I don't like my Moultries the app is annoying and it takes almost 24 hours to get a video. They take good day time pictures but night time they need to be within about 10 ft to get a good picture. I run browning regular cameras and love them. So adding browning cell cams a couple Spartans and a couple new 3.0 tactacams for me this year.

Interested in the black gates but from what I understand they are good but the animals have to be pretty close to trigger it.

I have just started to dabble into them. First one is a Bushnell A20. It doesn't send pics at all, despite having really good signal. It does act as a normal camera though via SD card.

Next was the SpyPoint Flex-M series. I bought one on sale and I have been really impressed with it. I just ordered 4 more. They give you 100 free pics a month, $10 for 1000 pics or $15 for unlimited. I'm going to run these a while and see how they do. I have my normal SD card Brownings setup beside them to see if I am missing anything. So far, no.

TNTreeman said:

First evening pic since I set 1 camera up today. I think I'm going to like this. View attachment 233544

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It's a different feeling having those pics come onto your phone for sure. I like it, but it will probably be my nemesis this fall

Just curious on the data plans. Are they easy to turn off and on like for deer season only? And follow up question is do the cell cameras stuff function as normal cam without data plan?

I've been running the muddy manifest and muddy mitigator they use the same internals as stealth cam and I have yet to have issues with them over the last year. Look at trail cam pros website they test alot of the cameras out there.

I bought a couple Browning Pro Scout Max Extreme HD cell cams. The name should have given me enough warning… so far 2 of 2 will not register on cell network. I've opened a case with support and hope they can figure it out but I'm definitely concerned this model may be a dud.

I have a Bushnell cell cam. Works pretty good and decent price.

One of my BILs bought a Browning Ridgeline. Now I've got to figure out how to set up a cell camera.

BSK said:

One of my BILs bought a Browning Ridgeline. Now I've got to figure out how to set up a cell camera.

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Word of advice: set it up at your house or somewhere extremely convenient for you, and run it for a few days to make sure it is powering up correctly, taking pics, connecting to cell tower and sending to the app as it should be. I like to confirm this over at least two days before deploying to the field. The last thing you want to do is drive an hour, walk 1/2 hour, setup a cell camera, drive back home, to realize it is not working correctly, and it is 2 hours from you. That is a PITA, ask me how I know.

Andy S. said:

Word of advice: set it up at your house or somewhere extremely convenient for you, and run it for a few days to make sure it is powering up correctly, taking pics, connecting to cell tower and sending to the app as it should be. I like to confirm this over at least two days before deploying to the field. The last thing you want to do is drive an hour, walk 1/2 hour, setup a cell camera, drive back home, to realize it is not working correctly, and it is 2 hours from you. That is a PITA, ask me how I know.

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HA! Thanks, will do so!

DPinTN said:

I bought a couple Browning Pro Scout Max Extreme HD cell cams. The name should have given me enough warning… so far 2 of 2 will not register on cell network. I've opened a case with support and hope they can figure it out but I'm definitely concerned this model may be a dud.

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Browning customer service contacted me today and gave me a simple process of rebooting while holding some buttons and now all the cameras are working perfectly. Actually very pleased with the quality of pics transmitted.

ZachMarkus said:

Might check out the new Tactacam pro 3.0 they released today. I added two of them to my camera line up.

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Dang, Tactacam spent a fortune advertising these! Sound good.

But after reading this independent review, think I'll hold off adding any to my arsenal.

BSK said:

One of my BILs bought a Browning Ridgeline. Now I've got to figure out how to set up a cell camera.

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Hate to say this, but those original "Defender Ridgelines" were the only Browning cell models for which I was disappointed. I had 4 of them, and every one had "issues". These came out maybe 3 yrs ago.

Biggest issues I had with all was they used 16 AAs, had relatlively short battery lifes, and poor reception where all my other Browning models worked fine. They were true black flash, which was part of their appeal to me. That said, I sent all 4 back to Browning, exchanged them for different models.

You can currently buy new ones direct from Browning, but most dealers aren't selling that original Defender "Ridgeline". Not to be confused with a newer "Ridgeline Pro" or some others with similar names. Something new every year.

Note: Browning has many, many different models of cell cams. Their very first "Defender" model also used 16 AAs, and all of mine of that original model (many years later) have been great cell cams. The word "Defender" has been used in many different model years. I have many Browning Pro Scouts (use only 8AAs) that have been fantastic & reliable cell cams.

TheLBLman said:

Dang, Tactacam spent a fortune advertising these! Sound good.

But after reading this independent review, think I'll hold off adding any to my arsenal.

Tactacam Reveal Pro 3.0 (Cellular)

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I haven't tested the battery life out yet, I have both of mine connected to solar panels and they are doing great, 4+ weeks in and still going strong. The picture quality is a huge upgrade.

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The picture quality is a huge upgrade.

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Yes, sounds like the pic quality is good, and the cam is overall better than previous Tactacams.

I was just surprised the trigger & recovery speeds weren't better, and battery life (without solar panels) seems short for having 12AA batteries.

I have been very happy with my Tactacam Reveal 3.0. Awesome trigger speed and quality pics.

Moultrie for the price! I like mine

These are some recent pics from tactacam gen2s

They are very reliable cams. Pics are decent, night pics are better than day pics imo.

If there was a knock- they are a little harder on batteries than My muddy cams but are much more durable

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