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Offline cynrays

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Best low end digital game trail camera ?
« on: October 01, 2006, 08:55:39 AM »
What is the best low end priced game trail camera for the money? I am thinking about buying one and I prefer the digital cameras. Any help will be appreciated....

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Re: Best low end digital game trail camera ?
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2006, 06:42:12 PM »
I have the Moultrie Game spy 100. I like it soo much I am looking for a good buy on another. They can be found for 100 all day long NIB.
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Re: Best low end digital game trail camera ?
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2006, 04:23:56 AM »
My Moultrie came from Wal-Mart & it works fine.  It's 2.1 megpix.  The only problem I see is that the first movement turns the camera on, but it doesn't fire until the second movement.  I have solved this problem by pointing it more down the trail than straight across.  It was around $100.  I would never buy one that is only .3meg.  It would not have enough resolution in my opinion.

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Re: Best low end digital game trail camera ?
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2007, 01:54:02 AM »
I would look for one that  uses "AA" batteries if you're in a cold weather area. I had two trail cameras that used 6 volt & 9 volt batteries and as soon as the temp dropped, the batteries died. I bought a trail camera that used "AA" and bought Lithium Energizers. For what it's worth, they're advertised as being better for cold weather ops and I have had success with them.

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Re: Best low end digital game trail camera ?
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2007, 04:09:44 PM »
I have the Moultrie Game spy 100. I like it soo much I am looking for a good buy on another. They can be found for 100 all day long NIB.

Thats what I've been using, Bass Pro has them for $79.00.. Her's some pics.



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Re: Best low end digital game trail camera ?
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2007, 12:11:34 PM »
Just got a moultrie from walmart, the $100 model.  So far it's working pretty good.  Set up was easy, seems to be very well made, especially for the money.
I was thinking of using some other type of strap.  Does anyone have any experience or advice.
Do any of ya'll actually use the straps that come with this.
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Re: Best low end digital game trail camera ?
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2007, 11:09:18 PM »
Cynrays ,
       I tested several this summer.Wildview 4mp ,Strealthcam i450, Moultrie $100 unit from Walmart ,Cuddeback Excite 2.0mp , Stealthcam WDC-AD2 (?) .Its my humble opinion that they are only really good for monitoring scrapes ,baits ,feeders.With the exception of the Cuddeback ,none of them use the more expensive PIR sensors necessary to capture an deer walking by perpendicular to the camera lens.If you want to moniter a deer trail you have to point it down the trail to give the animal more time to trigger the camera ,have the camera come out of "sleep" mode ,turn on and take a picture.Most of these cameras may get one photo this way but immed go into sleep mode again unless you are using a stealthcam with burst mode.Even with burst mode ,the amount of time to recycle (pwr back up ) the flash at night is on the average of 6 seconds IF your batteries are fresh.alot can happen in 6 seconds ! Most of the time you will get 1 photo of a deers arse (lol) and 5 pictures with no animal in it.I gave up and bought a used Homebrew (homemade ) deer cam .Try researching these by doing a search on Homebrew trail cameras.Many folks sell them in various kits that you assemble yourself.If they do it,they run about $350 and up.Ofcourse you have to supply the digital camera yourself and follow their "hacking" instructions to connect the camera to their Kits.It aint easy ,so i bought a used one.PM is you need the various site names.As far as the best cheapie sold in stores ,one is as good as another ,try the smaller wildview extremes and dont pay more than $150 for any of these.
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