Which Trail Cam is the best

I build my own, using an Olympus D-360 L camer or Sony a couple of different Sony cameras. It's cheaper and they work GREAT. Takes some time to build, but it's fun.

I bought a 3.0 MP Stealth Cam Digital Scouting Camera.
I have been very impressed with it. I had troubles with my first camera and native outdoors was more than willing to work with me. They sent a new one with no questions. They are very helpfull.
I will send you pictures if you would like.
The last couple weeks I have been getting 300 pictures a night of elk.
Very clear pictures. Good flash range.
The only thing I suggest is to buy a 6 volt rechargeable battery. They last for 2 weeks. If you were to buy d batterys for the camera it will eat them up in a couple nights. Would get very expensive.
Camera- $180.00
Battery- $7.00
http://www.Nativeoutdoors.com (The website I bought it)

I just bought a Moultree 4.0. I got 74 pictures in 1 night and I could bearly make out the elk. Not impressed so far.

I will download pictures tonight so you can compare.
Carrie

Here are some pictures to compare. (the pictures are about the same distance apart)
Stealth Cam

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Moultrie 3.0
Im disapointed in the camera, im sending it back and getting another stealth. You can bearly see the elk

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MM,

That would be a great post a pic by pic of you putting together a trail cam.

MuleyMadness- How's about you donate a game camera to the weekly prize one week. Not that its not good enough, but then Ill have a chance at getting one this year before season starts. :thumb

all ways wont to get one

those are some cool pics!

MM, how do you build your own? What do you use for the housing and more importantly how do you control the power, activation and so forth...?

Antlersoutwest, those are some great pictures. I was just curious how accurate you felt the camera was/is. In other words, have you found that it was missing events.

One of the camera's I have takes great pictures but I know it missed events from testing it. I have set it up in my yard and walked past it and it would trigger about 50% of the time. Has your experience been different with the stealth cam?

Johnyutah5:

I believe this camera is very realiable. This spring I got 5200 pictures in two weeks. I set it up in our pasture when all the elk come down to eat our horses hay. I check it every other day and it seems to catch everything.

I give most of the credit to the quality of the pictures, Very pleased.
I have noticed that the sun will set it off . I get a few pictures of nothing
but you can see the change of shadows in the picture.

Im sure every camera gets alot of missed pictures. It all depends on how fast the animal is moving infront of the camera. I will go check it once a week to see if it working properly and I never have any problems.
I have very pleased with the stealth cam.

I set up bear bait to see if I can get a couple picts by my Moultrie camera last weekend, I will post pictures Sat to compare. Not so impressed with it so far.

I can send pictures if you would like.
Carrie

"MuleyMadness" wrote:I build my own, using an Olympus D-360 L camer or Sony a couple of different Sony cameras. It's cheaper and they work GREAT. Takes some time to build, but it's fun.

I also build my own like MM says they are cheaper and you can have them do anything a store bought will do.

ALthough I do not live in muley country, I use trail cameras for a lot of scouting here in Ohio for whitetails. I own 4 trail cams, by 3 different companies. Each has it's strong points and downsides, but some are better than others. Here's what I have and what I have to say:

-Moultrie 1.3 digital: takes great night photos, average daytime photos. The trigger speed is slow and not very sensitive to smaller animals. Battery life is also not great. With rechargeable batteries I have to swap batteries every week. Bottom line, they are cheap and work well for feeder watching where animals will be in front of the camera for a while.

-Cuddeback Excite: this camera takes great quality photos during the day and good pics at night. Nighttime quality is not quite as good as the Moultrie in my opinion. It triggers exceptionally fast and is perfect for trail watching. Battery life is very good. It will usually get about 800-900 photos per battery set.

-Leaf River IR3-BU: this is my first infrared "no-flash" camera, and I have been very impressed. Day photos are very clear and sharp, although not true-to-life colors (doesn't bother me). Night photos are OK, but the IR illumination is weaker on the edges of the photos. I may add a flash booster for $40 to add illumination. This camera also does video mode, day and night. I have had excellent results with both still and video mode. Battery life is incredible. I have had and ran this camera since February and am only on my 3rd set of batteries.

If you have any questions or would like some of my sample photos, feel free to ask!