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shrpshtrjoe Super Red Neck Member
Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 2965 Location: Maryland
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject: What to Look for |
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Howdy. I have never owned a trail camera but would like to get one before next season. What are some of things you guys look for in a digital trail camera. Have ya had good luck with any ? or bad luck?. Any good accessories. I would be interested in opinions on them. Now keep in mind fellas I'm pretty cheap so I'm figuring in the $100.00 to $ 150.00 range. Thanks Guys.
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keetoowah Super Member
Joined: Mar 20, 2007 Posts: 691 Location: Deep in the mountains of Montana
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject: Re: What to Look for |
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How high the pixelations and resolutions are mainly joe.
water proof bag of course and if you look at underwater digital cameras I have found from personal experience to most enduring at high elevations and heavy wet woods
good luck on your mission
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shrpshtrjoe Super Red Neck Member
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject: Re: What to Look for |
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Thanks keetoowah Glad to see ya back
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5001 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject: Re: What to Look for |
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First thing I'd look at is the trigger speed, if it's too slow it doesn't matter how good the pictures are, they just show trees... How quickly it resets fro the next pic could also be important.
I like the infrared flash capability, as most pics are likely (at least around here) to be at night or just at dawn/dusk. The IR flash doesn't seem to disturb the game, I have strings of pictures taken over several minutes when deer were feeding right in front of the camera.
I like a digital camera with a removable storage card. I bought 2 cards and just swap them out. Bring the card home and pop it into a reader connected to the computer.
I ended up with a Cuddeback "NoFlash" because it was on sale for about $400, normally about $450. I also bought a "BearSafe" steel box to mount it in, due to the cost of the camera. The box was about $40 from Cabela's.
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Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: What to Look for |
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Gidday Joe. I don't know a damn thing about Trail Cameras, so I thought...time to learn a little, so I Googled it. Came up with this website:
Trail Camera Reviews
Don't know if it is of any use to you, but if the blurb on the front page is to be believed then the reviews are from people that use the Trail Cameras.
Cheers, Vince
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shrpshtrjoe Super Red Neck Member
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: What to Look for |
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Very Cool Vince thanks
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keetoowah Super Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:15 pm Post subject: Re: What to Look for |
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thanks joe good to be back so did you get the camera before you were laid off???
if so how is it working for you.
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