Guess I need to upgrade

[Shed Hunter]

I had very high hopes for my cameras after seeing the deer sign where I put them. In both spots I put about 10 lbs of corn trailing to a 40 lb pile. I did this because I knew my cameras have slow trigger speed and obviously the deer will stop to eat the corn. I put them out two weeks ago so I decided today would be a good time to check them. I got to the first spot and I was telling myself there had to be atleast 100 pictures on the camera. The reason being, there was not a drop of corn to be found, even in the pile that was right in the cameras view. Of course when I checked the camera I only had 3 pics.

Same thing with the other one. There wasn't a drop of corn but all I got was two videos.


Here is a pic from my first cam. The camera has been progresively loosing the ability to take night pictures every time I put it out. The flash doesn't even reach far enough to see the deer very good now.

As far as the second camera goes the trigger speed was too slow to even take a video of me walking directly into it. I'm worried all of the rain we had might have damaged the camera because it normally is actually pretty good about trigger speed for a cheap camera. The thing that really worries me is the two videos I had were of a button and a good size buck running away from the red glow of my Wildgame IR cam.

I guess I can't say I still support buying the cheaper cameras anymore. I still don't plan on buying a Reconyx but maybe I'll try out a homebrew and mid price cameras.

 

[BSK]

As the batteries wear down, flash distance decreases pretty dramatically. Of course, they could also just be bad cams (or cams that are failing).

Don't expect any difference in deer "spook" using any other brand of red-glow cams. Deer really hate the long-duration red glow of a video unit.

Black-flash is the only way to go, and luckily, several companies will be entering the black-flash market in 2012.

 

[7mminatree]

I have a couple of the tasco cameras, about 10 to 12 feet is all the IR flash is good for. You might want to move the corn pile about 8 feet from the camera, that way you'll get approaching critter shots. Also set the camera to 1 pic at a time and not the 3 burst mode, because the IR flash will not recover in time. Another thing is about three to four coons can eat up 40 pounds of corn in a couple of nights. The tasco are made by bushnell but they aren't the same. The bushy camera has a lot better IR flash range FYI.

 

[Pic IN the Casa]

For $20 bucks more you can get a WGI cam that performs better. When I was justin getting into the trail cam addiction I read a lot of reviews and unfortunately, tasco didn't fare well.

 

[Savage Shooter]

Check this site out before you buy another camera. My next one will probably be a homebrew.

http://www.trailcampro.com/reviews.aspx

 

[easy45]

I've got an old cam that does that, I just lighten them up on the computer, normally works good enough for me to be able to see what they are.

 

[stik]

there is a reason for the name trashco.

 

[BSK]

Check this site out before you buy another camera. My next one will probably be a homebrew.

http://www.trailcampro.com/reviews.aspx

Just as a warning, trailcampro sells cameras. At times, I've seen blatantly false information in their reviews, and that false information appeared to be linked to promoting a particular camera they were trying to sell.

Personally, I find chasingame.com to be a less biased review site. Not totally unbiased, but definitely less biased (they don't sell cameras).

 

[Good time Charlie]

I have had some good luck with my little tasco,some grainy nightime pics.Nothing like my homebrews but worth 50 bucks.