Trail Cam Reco

[Kessler10]

Looking to buy my first trail cam. Any recommendations? I would like a trail cam that I can view the pictures on the actual trail camera, opposed to having to take the SM card out and using a computer or phone to view them.
this might be a standard feature on all trail cams, i am not sure. I suppose that is why I am asking.

Thanks!

[WapitiTalk1]

I honestly didn't know there were cams that you could see the pics on? Shows you how much I know, lol. I usually just carry my tiny canon camera to check SD cards.. that works pretty good. Company to look at? I don't know brother, I just watch for deals on Camofire and grab em there. They all seem to work fine. I think a 6 mega pixel is about the lowest a person should go but I have some 5's that do the job also. Sorry, not much help here. I know WAwhitey owns a ton of them, maybe he'll chime in.

Edit: 1932 hours, Tuesday evening. Camofire has a good handful of cams on sale right now!

[wawhitey]

My advice, take it or leave it, dont get lured by bells and whistles like built in viewers. I have a whole mess of browning spec ops cause i liked that feature and they had good reviewsm. Theyre garbage. I do just fine getting my cams positioned properly by looking at the sd card with an 8 year old pocket digicam. Better to have good reliable cams than it is to have a piece of crap with neat features.

I highly recommend these. Old 2012 model, better than any beowning or bushnell made today. http://m.ebay.com/itm/New-Bushnell-X-8- ... nav=SEARCH

[Kessler10]

My advice, take it or leave it, dont get lured by bells and whistles like built in viewers. I have a whole mess of browning spec ops cause i liked that feature and they had good reviewsm. Theyre garbage. I do just fine getting my cams positioned properly by looking at the sd card with an 8 year old pocket digicam. Better to have good reliable cams than it is to have a piece of crap with neat features.

I highly recommend these. Old 2012 model, better than any beowning or bushnell made today. http://m.ebay.com/itm/New-Bushnell-X-8- ... nav=SEARCH

thanks for the reco.

What do you think about this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bushnell-119734 ... 2032894034

Trying to stay around the $70-$80 range. I like the idea of just bringing my old Digi camera to view pics, great idea. I do not need any bells and whistles. basically just need the most basic one that i can set out for about 30 days-40 days. Prefer to not spend as much bc I will be using this on public ground.

[wawhitey]

My advice, take it or leave it, dont get lured by bells and whistles like built in viewers. I have a whole mess of browning spec ops cause i liked that feature and they had good reviewsm. Theyre garbage. I do just fine getting my cams positioned properly by looking at the sd card with an 8 year old pocket digicam. Better to have good reliable cams than it is to have a piece of crap with neat features.

I highly recommend these. Old 2012 model, better than any beowning or bushnell made today. http://m.ebay.com/itm/New-Bushnell-X-8- ... nav=SEARCH

thanks for the reco.

What do you think about this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bushnell-119734 ... 2032894034

Trying to stay around the $70-$80 range. I like the idea of just bringing my old Digi camera to view pics, great idea. I do not need any bells and whistles. basically just need the most basic one that i can set out for about 30 days-40 days. Prefer to not spend as much bc I will be using this on public ground.

I had a couple of other bushnells like that that werent as good. Seriously id spend the extra $24 and get the x8.

[Kessler10]

how large of memory/SD card should i use if i want it to take pictures for up to 30-40 days?

you sold me on it, purchasing it now.

Thanks!

[rowdycwby1]

I'm using stealth cam px12 moultrie A-5, m-550 and a covert black ops I like the m-550 over the a-5 lot better pics, the px 12 is great and good price I can usually find them for $70 if you shop around. My best cam is the covert but pricy but it sends pics to my email or phone within a minute if it has cell service. On the SD card I run 32 and 16 in my cameras couse I leave them out for a month or more sometimes

[wawhitey]

how large of memory/SD card should i use if i want it to take pictures for up to 30-40 days?

you sold me on it, purchasing it now.

Thanks!

Realistically for a couple months an 8gig will be fine as long as youre not getting tons of false triggers from branches drooping in front of it ir some other screw up in your setup, but i always run at least a 16gig card. I do tend to leave mine up for long periods though. And i highly suggest skipping the bear box and python lock, thats just 60 bucks worth of extra crap that makes the cam more noticeable to people, but will not prevent a determined thief. I suggest getting a slate river ez aim mount and putting it up 12ft using some screw in tree steps to get it up there, and dont leave the steps in the trees of course. And use energizer ultimate lithium batts. I get over 1 year batt life in my x8s with those. Also, buy sd cards on amazon or ebay, theyll be like 1/5th what youd pay in a store.

[Ryan Conkle]

Another option for viewing your pictures in the field is to carry a mini USB to sd card adapter and you can then view your pictures on the go on your smartphone...the adapter is cheap and has worked well for me and I now do not carry a camera with me at all since I use my smartphone as my camera too.

[buglebrush]

I love my x-8. Solid cam. However I do love bear boxes. Makes it easier hanging them as just about any old tree will do. Would say that the tree steps are probably safe though. Decidedly need to do one or the other. For how cheap they are on Amazon I wouldn't go less than 16 GB on my memory card.

[CurlyTail]

I like the Moultrie 880. No viewer, but simple and reliable. I had one survive a lightning strike to the tree it was bolted to.

I also like the Plot Watcher for watching a larger area. More of a time lapse camera for daylight only, and low resolution. so more for determining if an area is getting used, than the trophy potential of an individual animal. Very simple to use, and great batter life. A bit tedious to review.