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trail camera that emails photos......

Smartscouter?? And I think Moultrie has one that does it too..You still have to pay a cell tower usage fee I think,or pic a plan,where your only allowed so many pics,and anything over it charges you like 25 cents a pic.
 
There are a few new ones that do that now. Scout Guard has the "SG580M", Covert has the "Special Ops" and Spypoint is about to come out with the "Live" model I think.

The SG and Covert cameras require you to buy a sim card from a cellular provider and a text plan. I think the Spypoint is going to handle the data on their own servers and only charge for the images you decide to download.

I have not tried any of them yet.
 
Cant wait for the day when it is affordable! would love to have that set up but not affordable for me.
 
redblood said:
I think if u calculate what gas and your time is worth, they are the best value going. Especially when gas hits 5 bucks a gallon
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Another thing to consider is picture quality once you receive them in your email inbox. I have been told (never seen firsthand) that several of the vendor's software typically reduces the file size of the photograph to email it across the wireless network (AT&T, Verizon, etc). If this is true, it will in turn reduce the amount of pixels and overall quality of the photos. I would like to hear from someone firsthand who actually owns one of these and has field tested it. My point here is the concept sounds great but if the photo is useless to me once it is received, it would not work out for me over time. Just some thoughts here. One diagram of how the cell base works for the Buckeye can be seen in the link below.

http://www.buckeyecam.com/index.php/pro ... /base/cell
 
One other point I might add is I think that these systems could be beneficial and possibly a cost saving measure for those in the deer management business where one has multiple properties to manage. An additional bonus would be he/she could write the expenses (big sunk cost on the front end I would expect) off on their taxes. You also need to have good cellular service, which is not the case for many places I hunt. I will close by saying that the more I look at that diagram in the above link, the more restless nights I would have if I did not have insurance on it too (yet another expense). I think I will stick with my old fashion way of running trail cameras (on a single property). :)
 
Wes Parrish said:
For me, a better plan is to have cams with longer battery life, large cards, great reliability ------- reduce the frequency of needing to check.
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Exactly Wes. This is what I was referring to in my above post when I said I will stick with my old fashioned way of running cameras. You just said it a lot better. ;)
 
a few over at Chasingame bought them and the reports have not been very favorable for the SG 550/580. Don't know about the Moultries but the BUCKEYE system will cost you huge $$$$$ to initially set up properly. I can buy alot of gas for the cost of their systems but I have been told by someone who owns many that they are the greatest thing since sliced bread.

PM Jack Yoder over at the QDMA Forum...he is an authority on them.
 
Im sure technology will make it easier and cheaper in the future but it will always have a decent cost. I want to do a live surveillance camera that I can log into over a internet connection and watch. No electricity even close enough to consider it right now though, at least not on my place here.
 

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