looking for best camera for the money

[Pic IN the Casa]

We've had quite the success this year from a Moultrie D55 (non IR version). $50-70 on ebay most of the time.

Yep.

 

[muddyboots]

Midway USA has all trail cams marked down this weekend. Some are 1/2 price. I have had great luck with moultries.

 

[wrightk2]

Covert 3.0. Runs on 4 AA's and takes great pics. Got mine on sale from wingsupply.com.

 

[Superduty Guy]

I'll have to check them out to

 

[Boone 58]

Consider battery life. Many cameras eat batteries. In a short time of buying batteries for a cheap camera, you could have paid for an expensive camera that has great battery life.

In my opinion, the best value in trail cameras right now is the Bushnell Trophy Cam. Read the reviews on any sight: trailcampro.com, or chasingame.com or amazon.com, etc. On Amazon.com you can get the Bushnell for around $145 with free shipping and no tax. 8 AA batteries will last 6 months- 1 year. It takes good pics, has audio when used in video mode and are pretty reliable cameras for the money. The word is Bushnell has excellent customer service on their cameras as well. I have not had any problems with any of mine (own 3 bushnells), so I don't have experience with their customer service.

My second choice would be the Primos Ultra 35. About $110. But, does not have as good a battery life as the Bushnell and the pictures aren't as good. But, for the money a pretty good camera. They have excellent customer service as well.

Some cameras you will be putting batteries in every couple of weeks. That adds up quick.

So Well put!!

 

[mr.hicks]

My Moultrie M80 is my workhorse.

 

[BSK]

I've quit giving suggestions. All of the cameras experience technical problems at unacceptably high rates. Even the Reconyx bran--that in the past was notorious for flawless long-term operation--has been experiencing problems with their newest models.

Currently, the brands that appear to be displaying the best reliability are Bushnell Trophy Cam, Covert, and HCO Scoutguard, although even those brands produce a few stinkers from time to time.

 

[UpperTully]

I have a Moultrie m80xt and have had no problems with it at all. The picture quality is great, battery life is excellent ( can get upwards of 1300 photos per set of AA Batteries). It doubles as a plot cam ( shoots a photo every so many seconds for a certain time frame every morning and afternoon), hybrid cam ( plot cam during the day, photos at night), trail cam or will shoot trait video. The feature I like the best is the camera features a anti-blur, which eliminates alot of blur and guessing with low light photos . I gave 130 for it at Bass Pro on sale.

You get what you pay for essentially. I had a WGI Red 6 and took it back the same day, it was a piece of junk at best. Also have experience with Cuddeback and im not that impressed, they are over priced and over rated.

Here is a few sample photos from my pull earlier today.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Build your own. Its not that bad and you wont be dependent on a company or another builder.

 

[BuckHunter511]

Primos truthcam 35

 

[fairchaser]

Build your own. Its not that bad and you wont be dependent on a company or another builder.

How would one get started with building your own? Are you talking about having someone build it to your specs or actually buying the components and assembling yourself. I am clueless. Please help.

 

[BuckHunter511]

Or Spypoint G4

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Build your own. Its not that bad and you wont be dependent on a company or another builder.

How would one get started with building your own? Are you talking about having someone build it to your specs or actually buying the components and assembling yourself. I am clueless. Please help.

I am talking about buying the components and assembling yourself. There are tons of resources out there for this. Google hagshouse for starters. Theres youtube videos of nearly everything. I learned just with the internet. Several on here will help you as well.

 

[make them gobble]

i got a primos 35 this year and very pleased with it. i will be purchasing the primos 46 next

 

[Jarred525]

I bought a couple of moultrie m80s and bushnell hds and also one of the bushnell black flash this year. I am liking them all. I would probably go with the bushnell hd because of the 2 year warranty versus the 1 year warranty moultrie offers.

 

[fairchaser]

Build your own. Its not that bad and you wont be dependent on a company or another builder.

How would one get started with building your own? Are you talking about having someone build it to your specs or actually buying the components and assembling yourself. I am clueless. Please help.

I am talking about buying the components and assembling yourself. There are tons of resources out there for this. Google hagshouse for starters. Theres youtube videos of nearly everything. I learned just with the internet. Several on here will help you as well.

Thanks