Trail Cam Help

[CouesSlayer]

I'm definitely going to purchase a trail camera in the near future to assist me with my elk hunt...I was wondering what kind I should get and how much I should expect to pay for a decent quality camera. What kind of areas should I be looking at? How do I avoid the human factor as much as possible? How often should I hike back and check it? What else should I know? I would really appreciate your guys' help! Thanks!!!

[coueschaser3]

Ive got a Moultrie D-40 and the pic quality is great, trigger time is good but i do have it on water but have caught birds in flight. I am changin it for a I-40 which runs about 220 er so. Mine uses the flash at night once in about every 15 pictures and always uses it evening and morning and washes out pics. Ive been checkin it every week and average 20-40 pictures per week minus the birds and "ed" the squirrel. If you got elk hittin the water they should come in often one bull ive just recently got comes in every evening about 7pm and every morning about 4am. good luck.

[crazy4COUES]

Another vote for MOULTRIE, I just bought the I40. Tested it out at the house, trigger speed is good, about 1.5 seconds. They sell @ cabelas for 199.99 + tax. Have it hanging as we speak. I found this website to be very helpful www.chasinggame.com GOOD LUCK, it can be very addicting

[GameHauler]

I use Moultrie also

Here is link to where I have been buying them.

They go pretty cheap sometimes on auction.

 

http://stores.ebay.com/Hunting-Products-Et...sQ3amesstQQtZkm

[CouesSlayer]

What do you guys think of this one?

 

 

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/template...&hasJS=true

[bowhunter4life]

don't do it! unless you want a new addiction!

[mattys281]

I've been using the Wildview II's w/ excellent success. The pros are that they sell for around $100 bucks, so if you do end up "losing" one, you're not out a ton of money. The price also allows me to run several of them (4 currently, buying no. 5 this payday). In addition to that, the run on 4 'c' cell batteries & are quite small & light weight when compared to many others. I've found that Rayovac batteries last longer then Duracel or Energizer, inspite of what the rabbit would have you believe. Depending on how much action it sees, my cameras can go 4-6 weeks on fresh batteries. The Wildview IV & V have much better resolution & video capabilities, but are the same size/weight & run off the same 'c' cell batteries. Don't know how thier battery life compares, though, as I've yet to use one of them. If you sign up for myspace, you can see a bunch of pics that I've gotten w/ my Wildview I & II's at www.myspace.com/azbackcountry.

 

Matt S.

[Elkaddict]

I've been using the Wildview II's w/ excellent success. The pros are that they sell for around $100 bucks, so if you do end up "losing" one, you're not out a ton of money. The price also allows me to run several of them (4 currently, buying no. 5 this payday). In addition to that, the run on 4 'c' cell batteries & are quite small & light weight when compared to many others. I've found that Rayovac batteries last longer then Duracel or Energizer, inspite of what the rabbit would have you believe. Depending on how much action it sees, my cameras can go 4-6 weeks on fresh batteries. The Wildview IV & V have much better resolution & video capabilities, but are the same size/weight & run off the same 'c' cell batteries. Don't know how thier battery life compares, though, as I've yet to use one of them. If you sign up for myspace, you can see a bunch of pics that I've gotten w/ my Wildview I & II's at www.myspace.com/azbackcountry.

 

Matt S.

You can get a 2 pack of wildview II's for $130 at cabela's, hard to beat for the money. I've got 2 in the field now and am going to put 2 more out this weekend. This stuff is addicting!!

[youngbuck]

Im a fan of the wildviews aswell. I heard cabelas runs that 2.0 twin pack on sale from time to time for just over 100 bucks. I have a few of the 1.3 and a 4mp. Check out chasingame.com for reviews and other info, they do a pretty good job. I think they gave that timber eye a pretty rough review. I found interstate batteries last longest for me in my wild views. I made the mistake of buying energizers last time. They lasted 6 days. i checked the cam on day 10, lucky i did though. The interstates last a month.

[Huntn coues]

I use the wildviews as well and have had good success with them and they have not failed me yet.

[GodIsGood]

I use wildviews in areas that are either high-risk for thieves or preliminary exploration... for a spot that matters to me or one that I am committed to, I switch to Cuddieback because the trigger speed and picture quality is excellent!

 

[Lance]

I've been using the Wildview II's w/ excellent success. The pros are that they sell for around $100 bucks, so if you do end up "losing" one, you're not out a ton of money. The price also allows me to run several of them (4 currently, buying no. 5 this payday). In addition to that, the run on 4 'c' cell batteries & are quite small & light weight when compared to many others. I've found that Rayovac batteries last longer then Duracel or Energizer, inspite of what the rabbit would have you believe. Depending on how much action it sees, my cameras can go 4-6 weeks on fresh batteries. The Wildview IV & V have much better resolution & video capabilities, but are the same size/weight & run off the same 'c' cell batteries. Don't know how thier battery life compares, though, as I've yet to use one of them. If you sign up for myspace, you can see a bunch of pics that I've gotten w/ my Wildview I & II's at www.myspace.com/azbackcountry.

 

Matt S.

 

 

 

Do those Wildview II's have the time and date on the pictures?

[jamaro]

Jordan...

I have used a ton of them and I think that you get what you pay for... most of the pics on my website are from Cuddies or Leaf Rivers...

Visit My Website

 

The Video of the Bear is from a cudde and the three mountain lion pics are with the cuddies

 

J

 

PS what unit did you draw?