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.
Shooter